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Fisheries Act 1985 Part VIII — Aquaculture

s 39–s 40 · 2 sections

Development of aquaculture

s 39

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The Director General may, and in consultation with the State Authority concerned where it relates to inland fisheries in the States of Malaysia, promote the development of aquaculture in Malaysia.

Control of live fish

s 40

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(1) Any person who— (a) imports into or exports out of Malaysia; (b) transports from Peninsular Malaysia into the Federal Territory of Labuan or the State of Sabah or Sarawak; (c) transports from the Federal Territory of Labuan or the State of Sabah or Sarawak into Peninsular Malaysia; (d) transports from the Federal Territory of Labuan into the State of Sabah or Sarawak; (e) transports from the State of Sabah into the Federal Territory of Labuan or the State of Sarawak; or (f) transports from the State of Sarawak into the Federal Territory of Labuan or the State of Sabah, live fish without a permit or in breach of any condition in a permit issued by the Director General under this section shall be guilty of an offence. (2) The Director General may impose such conditions as he thinks fit in the permit, including conditions concerning the state of cleanliness of the fish to be exported, imported or transported and measures to avoid the spread of communicable fish diseases, or to avoid or control the release into the natural environment of non-indigenous species of fish.

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Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated. Read the official text ↗

Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).

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