2.4 Offences

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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