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s 48 Power to detain and sell vehicle or ships
(1) Where the Director General has reason to believe that any discharge or spillage of oil or mixture containing oil or scheduled wastes was from a vehicle or ship, he may detain the vehicle or ship and the vehicle or ship may be detained until the owner deposits with the Government such sum or furnishes such security as would, in the opinion of the Director General, be adequate to meet the costs and expenses which would be incurred to remove or eliminate the oil or mixture containing oil or scheduled wastes.
(2) If the detained vehicle or ship proceeds to move before it is released, the owner or master, or any person who causes the vehicle or ship to move shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years or to both.
(3) Where the owner of the vehicle or ship is unable to pay the costs and expenses incurred in removing or eliminating the oil or mixture containing oil or scheduled wastes, the Director General may apply to the court for the sale of the vehicle or ship and use the proceeds to pay for the costs and expenses of removing or eliminating the oil or mixture containing oil or scheduled wastes.
Malay text (authoritative)
(1) Jika Ketua Pengarah ada sebab bagi mempercayai bahawa apa-apa perlepasan atau pertumpahan minyak atau campuran mengandungi minyak adalah dari sesuatu kapal, ia boleh menahan kapal itu dan kapal itu boleh ditahan sedemikian sehingga pemunyánya mendepositkan dengan Kerajaan sejumlah wang atau memberi sesuatu cagaran sebagaimana yang pada pendapat Ketua Pengarah akan
[Bah. VI, S. 48-49] akan dilakukan bagı menghilang/atau menghapuskar minyak atau campuran mengandungi minyak itu. Sub.AA953 tidak kurang daripada sepuluh ribu ringgit atau peniara idak lebih daripada dua tahun atau kedua-duanya denda yang dikenakan atau koş dan perbelanjaan yang di lakukan bagi menghilang atau/menghapuskan minyak itu atau campuran mengandungi minyak itu Ketua Pengarah bolen memohon kepada mahkamah supaya vesal itu dijual dan hasil jualan itu digunakan/untuk membayar denda atau kos dan perbelanjaan bagı menghilang atau menghapuskan minyak itu atau campuran mengandungi minyak itu. 48A,48B-.... -ins. AA 636
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).
