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Access to Biological Resources and Benefit Sharing Act 2017 Part VIII — USER MEASURES

s 34 · 1 section

Measures to support laws of other countries

s 34

(1) Any person shall provide permit or its equivalent as evidence of compliance with the law or other regulatory requirements of a Party to the Nagoya Protocol to the relevant authority, before using or commercialising biological resource or traditional knowledge associated with a biological resource accessed from the jurisdiction of such Party, if that Party requires such permit or its equivalent. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the National Competent Authority shall establish measures aimed at preventing the use or commercialisation within Malaysia of a biological resource or traditional knowledge associated with a biological resource, which is not accompanied by a permit or its equivalent. (3) A notification by a Competent Authority of the other Party to the Protocol to the National Competent Authority that it has not issued a permit or its equivalent for access to its biological resource or traditional knowledge associated with a biological resource, or mutually agreed terms have been established, shall be prima facie evidence of the notification.

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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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