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Pesticides Act 1974 s 10

Pesticides Act 1974 s 10

Text recovered by OCR from a scanned copy — section numbers and wording may be wrong. Check the official PDF on lom.agc.gov.my before citing.

s 10

(1) Subject to subsection (2) and without prejudice to any prosecution that may be brought under this Act or the rules or regulations, the Board may order the cancellation of the registration of a pesticide... (a) upon receipt of a notification in writing from the person on whose application the pesticide was registered, and on being satisfied, that the pesticide has been withdrawn from sale or use; (b) if the Board considers it undesirable that the pesticide should continue to remain registered owing to its toxicity, inefficacy or adverse effects on human beings, animals, plants, fruits or property; (c) if the pesticide does not conform to the claims made for it in its label; (d) if its label does not comply with the requirements of this Act ot the rules or regulations; (e) if any of the conditions subject to which the pesticide is registered has not been observed; (f) if the Board finds that any of the matters submitted to it under subsection 7(2) is untrue in any material particular; (g) if the Board is satisfied that the pesticide has fallen into disuse. (2) Before ordering the cancellation of the registration of a pesticide on any of the grounds in subsection (1), other than those in paragraph (a) thereof, the Board shall by notice in writing give the person on whose application the pesticide was registered an opportunity to show cause against the making of the order, and pending the making of such order all sales, import or manufacture of the pesticide by that person shall be suspended from the date of the receipt of the notice by him. Registrant shall inform Board about adverse effects of pesticide

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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).

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