Offences under the Sabah Biodiversity Enactment 2000 (SBE)
Section 26 of the SBE stipulates the following offences:
a) Conducting research activities without the Access Licence;
b) Failing to provide or withhold information required under the provisions of the SBE;
c) Removal of biological resources or associated relevant knowledge out of Sabah without the Export Licence.
Within the T&Cs of the Access Licence, users are required to notify and send copies of their publication, thesis, and report to the Sabah Biodiversity Council.
*** Shall be guilty of an offence and shall, upon conviction, be liable to a fine not less than thirty thousand ringgit and not more than one hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not less than six months and not more than five years or to both.
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