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Padi Cultivators (Control of Rent and Security of Tenure) Act 1967 s 36

Padi Cultivators (Control of Rent and Security of Tenure) Act 1967 s 36

s 36 Offences for failure to comply with decision or order of Tribunal or Committee, etc.

Any person who— (a) fails to vacate a padi land within fourteen days from the date of the service of the order of the Tribunal or Committee directing him to vacate such land; (b) remains on the land after the expiration of the period of such order of the Tribunal or Committee; (c) cultivates or employs any person to cultivate the land after the expiration of such period; or (d) refuses or fails to comply with any decision or order of the Tribunal or Committee, shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine of two thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year or to both.

Malay text (authoritative)

Kesalahan kerana tidak mematuhi keputusan atau perintah Tribunal atau Jawatankuasa, dsb.

Mana-mana orang yang— (a) tidak mengosongkan tanah padi dalam tempoh empat belas hari dari tarikh penyampaian perintah Tribunal atau Jawatankuasa yang mengarahkannya untuk mengosongkan tanah itu; (b) masih tinggal atas tanah itu selepas habis tempoh perintah Tribunal atau Jawatankuasa itu; (c) mengusahakan atau menggaji mana-mana orang untuk mengusahakan tanah itu selepas habis tempoh itu; atau (d) enggan atau tidak mematuhi apa-apa keputusan atau perintah Tribunal atau Jawatankuasa, melakukan suatu kesalahan dan boleh, apabila disabitkan, didenda dua ribu ringgit atau dipenjarakan selama tempoh sehingga satu tahun atau kedua-duanya.

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Find Act 793 on lom.agc.gov.my ↗

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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