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s 1 Short title, application and commencement
(1) This Act may be cited as the Environmental Quality Act 1974 and shall apply to the whole of Malaysia.
(2) This Act shall come into force on such date as the Minister may appoint by a notification in the Gazette and the Minister may appoint different dates for the coming into force of different provisions of this Act and may bring all or any provisions thereof into force either in the whole of Malaysia to which the notification applies or such area as may be specified in the notification.
Malay text (authoritative)
(1) Akta ini bolehlah dinamakan Akta Kualiti Alam Țajuk Sekeliling, 1974 dan hendaklah dipakai di seluruh Malaysia. ringkas, pemakaian
(2) Akta ini hendaklah mula berkuatkuasa pada tarikh dan mula *Warta dan Menteri bolch meretaalan taniker-tahii alam berkuatkuasa. berlainan untuk mula • berkuatkuasanya peruntukanperuntukan yang berlainan dalam Akta ini" dan boleh
Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.
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).