(1) Where any forest produce required under the licence to be cut and removed is not cut before the expiry of the licence, or is not removed within thirty days upon the expiry of the licence, or is damaged or destroyed by reason of the operations conducted in or about the licence area, the Director may issue an assessment against the licensee thereof in an amount up to three times the royalty, premium, cess and other charges and any such forest produce which has been cut but not removed shall become the property of the State Authority free from all encumbrances, notwithstanding that royalty, premium, cess or other charges have been paid with respect to such forest produce to the State Authority.
(2) An assessment under subsection (1) shall be based upon an inspection of the licence area by a forest officer made within three months, or such longer period as the Director may allow, of the expiry of the licence.
(3) Any person aggrieved by an assessment made under subsection
(1) may, within thirty days of the service of the assessment upon him, appeal to the State Authority whose decision shall be final.
Chapter 2—Marking of Forest Produce
Malay text (authoritative)
Kegagalan menebang dan memindahkan hasil hutan
(1) Jika mana-mana hasil hutan yang dikehendaki dengan lesen supaya ditebang dan dipindahkan tidak pula ditebang sebelum tamat tempoh lesen itu, atau tidak dipindahkan dalam tempoh tiga puluh hari apabila tamat tempoh lesen itu, atau rosak atau dimusnahkan oleh sebab kerja yang dijalankan di dalam atau di sekitar kawasan lesen, Pengarah boleh mengeluarkan suatu taksiran terhadap pemegang lesen itu sebanyak amaun hingga tiga kali ganda royalti, premium, ses dan caj lain dan apa-apa hasil hutan yang telah ditebang tetapi belum dipindahkan hendaklah menjadi harta Pihak Berkuasa Negeri bebas daripada segala beban, walaupun royalti, premium, ses atau caj lain itu telah dibayar bagi hasil hutan itu kepada Pihak Berkuasa Negeri.
(2) Suatu taksiran di bawah subseksyen (1) hendaklah berasaskan pemeriksaan kawasan lesen itu oleh pegawai hutan yang dibuat dalam tempoh tiga bulan, atau suatu tempoh lanjut sebagaimana dibenarkan oleh Pengarah, selepas tamatnya lesen itu.
(3) Mana-mana orang yang terkilan dengan taksiran yang dibuat di bawah subseksyen (1) boleh, dalam tempoh tiga puluh hari dari penyampaian taksiran itu kepadanya, merayu kepada Pihak Berkuasa Negeri yang keputusannya adalah muktamad.
Bab 2—Penandaan Hasil Hutan
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).
