Malaysia legislation
Section 16
Section 16
(1)
Subject to subsection (2) and section 20, any person, not being a Wildlife
Officer acting in the course of his duties, who hunts any animal or searches for or harvests any plant in a Wildlife Sanctuary commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine of not less than fifty thousand ringgit and not more than one hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not less than six months and not more than five years or to both.
(2)
A person may when so authorised by licence or permit fish with rod and line or a hand line in a zone of a Wildlife Sanctuary where fishing may be permitted.
Other prohibited acts within a Wildlife Sanctuary.