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Access to Biological Resources and Benefit Sharing Act 2017 s 43

Access to Biological Resources and Benefit Sharing Act 2017 s 43

s 43 Temporary return of conveyance, etc.

(1) Where any conveyance, machinery, contrivance or equipment is seized under this Act, the court may temporarily return the conveyance, machinery, contrivance or equipment to the owner of the conveyance, machinery, contrivance or equipment or the person from whose possession, custody or control it was seized, subject to such terms and conditions as the court may impose, and subject in any case to sufficient security being furnished to the satisfaction of the court that the conveyance, machinery, contrivance or equipment shall be surrendered to the court on demand and that such terms and conditions, if any, shall be complied with. (2) Where any seized conveyance, machinery, contrivance or equipment is temporarily returned under subsection (1), a person who— (a) fails, on demand, to surrender the conveyance, machinery, contrivance or equipment to the court; or (b) contravenes any of the terms or conditions imposed under subsection (1), commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years or to both.

Malay text (authoritative)

Pemulangan sementara pengangkut, dsb.

(1) Jika apa-apa pengangkut, jentera, peralatan atau kelengkapan disita di bawah Akta ini, mahkamah boleh buat sementara memulangkan pengangkut, jentera, peralatan atau kelengkapan itu kepada pemunya pengangkut, jentera, peralatan atau kelengkapan itu atau orang yang daripada milikan, jagaan atau kawalannya ia disita, tertakluk kepada apa-apa terma dan syarat yang boleh dikenakan oleh mahkamah, dan tertakluk kepada jaminan yang mencukupi diberikan sehingga mahkamah berpuas hati bahawa pengangkut, jentera, peralatan atau kelengkapan itu akan diserahkan balik kepada mahkamah apabila diminta dan bahawa terma dan syarat itu, jika ada, hendaklah dipatuhi. Akses kepada Sumber Biologi dan Perkongsian Faedah 43 (2) Jika apa-apa pengangkut, jentera, peralatan atau kelengkapan yang disita dipulangkan buat sementara di bawah subseksyen (1), seseorang yang— (a) tidak menyerahkan balik pengangkut, jentera, peralatan atau kelengkapan itu kepada mahkamah apabila diminta; atau (b) melanggar mana-mana terma atau syarat yang dikenakan di bawah subseksyen (1), melakukan suatu kesalahan dan boleh, apabila disabitkan, didenda tidak melebihi satu ratus ribu ringgit atau dipenjarakan selama tempoh tidak melebihi tujuh tahun atau kedua-duanya.

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Find Act 795 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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