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National Forestry Act 1984 s 80

National Forestry Act 1984 s 80

s 80 Payment to be made by claimant before delivery of timber

(1) No person shall be entitled to recover possession of any timber collected under section 76 until all expenses incurred in collecting, moving, storing and disposing of the timber, as assessed by the Director, have been paid to the State Authority. (2) Where a person fails to pay the expenses payable under subsection (1) within thirty days of the service of the assessment on him, the Director may direct that the timber be sold and the proceeds of the sale shall be used for the payment of such expenses, and any sum remaining (if any) shall, unless claimed by the person aforesaid within fourteen days of the sale, be credited to the State Consolidated Fund.

Malay text (authoritative)

Bayaran yang kena dibuat oleh pihak menuntut sebelum penghantaran kayu

(1) Tiada seorang pun berhak mendapatkan semula milikan mana-mana kayu yang diambil di bawah seksyen 76, sehingga semua perbelanjaan yang ditanggung beban dalam mengambil, mengangkut, menstor dan melupuskan kayu itu, sebagaimana ditaksirkan oleh Pengarah, telah dibayar kepada Pihak Berkuasa Negeri. (2) Jika seseorang tidak membayar perbelanjaan yang kena dibayar di bawah subseksyen (1) dalam tempoh tiga puluh hari dari tarikh penyampaian taksiran itu kepadanya, Pengarah boleh mengarahkan supaya kayu itu dijual dan hasil jualan itu hendaklah digunakan untuk membayar perbelanjaan itu, dan apa-apa jumlah wang yang tinggal (jika ada) hendaklah, melainkan dituntut oleh orang yang tersebut di atas dalam masa empat belas hari dari tarikh jualan itu, dikreditkan ke dalam Kumpulan Wang Disatukan Negeri.

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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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