Biosafety Act 2007 s 22
s 22 Requirement for notification
(1) No person shall undertake any of the following activities without giving prior notification to the Board:
(a) exportation of living modified organisms;
(b) contained use involving living modified organisms;
(c) importation of living modified organisms for purposes of undertaking a contained use activity.
(2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable—
(a) where such person is an individual, to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit for each day during which the offence continues after conviction;
(b) where such person is a body corporate, to a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand ringgit and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding twenty thousand ringgit for each day during which the offence continues after conviction.
Malay text (authoritative)
Kehendak bagi pemberitahuan
(1) Tiada seorang pun boleh menjalankan mana-mana aktiviti yang berikut tanpa memberikan pemberitahuan terdahulu kepada Lembaga:
(a) pengeksportan organisma diubah suai yang hidup;
(b) kegunaan terkawal yang melibatkan organisma diubah suai yang hidup;
(c) pengimportan organisma diubah suai yang hidup bagi maksud menjalankan suatu aktiviti kegunaan terkawal.
(2) Mana-mana orang yang melanggar subseksyen (1) melakukan suatu kesalahan dan boleh, apabila disabitkan,—
(a) jika orang itu ialah orang perseorangan, didenda tidak melebihi dua ratus lima puluh ribu ringgit atau dipenjarakan selama tempoh tidak melebihi lima tahun atau kedua-duanya dan, dalam hal kesalahan yang berterusan, didenda selanjutnya tidak melebihi sepuluh ribu ringgit bagi setiap hari kesalahan itu berterusan selepas disabitkan;
(b) jika orang itu ialah suatu pertubuhan perbadanan, didenda tidak melebihi lima ratus ribu ringgit dan, dalam hal kesalahan yang berterusan, didenda selanjutnya tidak melebihi dua puluh ribu ringgit bagi setiap hari kesalahan itu berterusan selepas disabitkan.
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Text as at 1 May 2019 (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).
