Malaysia legislation

Section 42

of WILDLIFE CONSERVATION (AMENDMENT) ACT 2022

Section 42

Section 70 of the principal Act is amended—

(a)

in subsection (1), by substituting for the words

“not exceeding three hundred thousand ringgit”

the words “of twenty thousand ringgit for each female of a totally protected wildlife but such fine shall not exceed in the aggregate of five hundred thousand ringgit”; and

Wildlife Conservation (Amendment)

(b)

in subsection (2)—

(i)

by substituting for the words “two hundred thousand ringgit and not more than five hundred thousand ringgit” the words “two hundred and fifty thousand ringgit for each wildlife”; and

(ii)

by substituting for the words “five years” the words

“fifteen years”.

Amendment of section 71