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s 22 Restrictions on pollution of the atmosphere
(1) No person shall, unless licensed, emit or discharge any environmentally hazardous substances, pollutants or wastes into the atmosphere in contravention of the acceptable conditions specified under section 21.
(2) Without limiting the generality of subsection (1), a person shall be deemed to emit or discharge wastes into the atmosphere if—
(a) he places any matter in a place where it may be released into the atmosphere;
(b) he causes or permits the discharge of odours which by virtue of their nature, concentration, volume or extent are obnoxious or offensive;
(c) he burns any wastes of the trade, process or industry; or
(d) he uses any fuel burning equipment not equipped with any device or control equipment required to be fitted to such equipment.
(3) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years or to both and to a further fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit a day for every day that the offence is continued after a notice by the Director General requiring him to cease the act specified therein has been served upon him.
Malay text (authoritative)
(1) Melainkan jika dilesen, tiada seseorang boleh Sekatan mengenai +-nA 953 mengeluar atau melepaskan apa-apa/buangan ke dalam pencemaran udara dengan melanggar syarat-syarat yang boleh diterima udara. yang ditentukan di bawah seksyen 21.
(2) Tanpa menghadkan • keluasan seksyen-kecil (1), seseorang"hendaklah disifatkan sebagai mengeluar melepaskan buangan-buangan ke dalam udara jika—
(a) ia meletakkan apa-apa benda di suatu tempat di mana benda itu boleh dilepaskan ke dalam udara;
(b) ia menyebab atau membenar dilepaskan bau-bau yang, oleh sebab keadaan, kepekatan, isipadu atau takatnya, adalah mencela atau mengganggu;
(c) ia membakar apa-apa buangan tred, proses atau perindustrian; atau
(d) ia menggunakan apa-apa kelengkapan membakar bahanapi yang tidak dilengkapi dengan sesuatu alat atau kelengkapan kawalan yang dikehendaki dipasang pada kelengkapan itu.
(3) Seseorang yang melanggar seksyen-kecil (1) adalah
[Bah, IV, S. 23-24] Sekatan mengenai pencemaran bunyibising.
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).
