s 25 Director may order licensee to cease operations where there has been a contravention of the Act or licence
(1) Where the Director has reason to believe that a licensee has contravened any of the provisions of this Act or of a licence, he may, by serving a notice in Form 2 on such licensee, order such licensee, his servants and agents to cease immediately all operations in the licence area or any part thereof.
(2) Any person who fails to comply with a Form 2 notice shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding *fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding **five years or to both such fine and imprisonment; and if the offence is a continuing one, to a further fine not exceeding ***one thousand ringgit for every day or part of a day during which the offence has continued.
Malay text (authoritative)
Pengarah boleh memerintahkan pemegang lesen supaya memberhentikan kerja jika terdapat pelanggaran Akta atau lesen
(1) Jika Pengarah mempunyai sebab untuk mempercayai bahawa seseorang pemegang lesen telah melanggar mana-mana peruntukan Akta ini atau suatu lesen, dia boleh, dengan menghantar suatu notis seperti dalam Borang 2 kepada pemegang lesen itu, memerintahkan pemegang lesen itu, pekhidmat dan ejennya supaya memberhentikan dengan serta-merta segala kerja dalam kawasan pemegang lesen itu atau mana-mana bahagiannya.
(2) Mana-mana orang yang tidak mematuhi notis Borang 2 melakukan suatu kesalahan dan apabila disabitkan boleh didenda tidak melebihi *lima puluh ribu ringgit atau dipenjarakan selama tempoh tidak melebihi **lima tahun atau kedua-duanya, dan jika kesalahan itu kesalahan yang berterusan, didenda selanjutnya yang tidak melebihi daripada ***satu ribu ringgit bagi tiap-tiap hari atau sebahagian daripada hari yang kesalahan itu berterusan.
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).
