National Forestry Act 1984 s 15
s 15 Prohibition on taking of forest produce from permanent reserved forest or State land unless licensed, etc.
(1) No person shall take any forest produce from a permanent reserved forest or a State land except—
(a) under the authority of a licence, minor licence or use permit; or
(b) in accordance with any other written law.
(2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding *five hundred thousand ringgit and to imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than one year but shall not exceed twenty years.
(3) Any person convicted of an offence under this section may, in addition to any penalty imposed on the conviction, be ordered to pay, in respect of any forest produce unlawfully taken, to the State Authority—
(a) a sum not exceeding ten times the royalty, premium and cess;
(b) a sum not exceeding ten times the value of such forest produce; and
(c) any other charges payable,
and any sum ordered to be so paid shall be recoverable as if it were a fine so imposed.
*NOTE—Previously “ten thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both”–see the National Forestry (Amendment) Act 1993 [Act A864].
Malay text (authoritative)
Larangan mengambil hasil hutan dari hutan simpanan kekal atau tanah Kerajaan melainkan jika dilesen, dsb.
(1) Tiada seorang pun boleh mengambil apa-apa hasil hutan dari hutan simpanan kekal atau tanah Kerajaan kecuali—
(a) di bawah kuasa suatu lesen, lesen kecil atau permit penggunaan; atau
(b) mengikut mana-mana undang-undang bertulis lain.
(2) Mana-mana orang yang melanggar subseksyen (1) melakukan suatu kesalahan dan apabila disabitkan boleh didenda tidak melebihi *lima ratus ribu ringgit dan dipenjarakan selama tempoh tidak kurang daripada satu tahun tetapi tidak melebihi dua puluh tahun.
(3) Mana-mana orang yang disabitkan atas suatu kesalahan di bawah seksyen ini boleh, sebagai tambahan kepada apa-apa penalti yang dikenakan ke atas sabitan itu, diperintahkan membayar, berkenaan dengan apa-apa hasil hutan yang diambil secara menyalahi undang-undang, kepada Pihak Berkuasa Negeri—
(a) sejumlah wang tidak melebihi sepuluh kali ganda royalti, premium dan ses;
(b) sejumlah wang tidak melebihi sepuluh kali ganda nilai hasil hutan itu; dan
(c) apa-apa caj lain yang kena dibayar, dan apa-apa jumlah wang yang diperintahkan supaya dibayar itu boleh didapatkan kembali seolah-olah ianya suatu denda yang dikenakan sedemikian.
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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).
