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(Incorporation)
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LAWS OF MALAYSIA
REPRINT
Act 105
MALAYSIAN TIMBER
INDUSTRY BOARD
(INCORPORATION) ACT 1973
Incorporating all amendments up to 1 January 2006 PUBLISHED BY
THE COMMISSIONER OF LAW REVISION, MALAYSIA
UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE REVISION OF LAWS ACT 1968 IN COLLABORATION WITH
PERCETAKAN NASIONAL MALAYSIA BHD
2006
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MALAYSIAN TIMBER INDUSTRY BOARD
(INCORPORATION) ACT 1973
Date of Royal Assent ... ... ... ... 6 April 1973 Date of publication in the Gazette ... ... ... 12 April 1973 PREVIOUS REPRINTS
First Reprint ... ... ... ... ... 1994
Second Reprint ... ... ... ... ... 2000
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LAWS OF MALAYSIA
Act 105
MALAYSIAN TIMBER INDUSTRY BOARD
(INCORPORATION) ACT 1973
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
PART I
PRELIMINARY
Section
1. Short title, commencement and application
2. Interpretation PART II
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BOARD
3. Establishment of the Board
4. Composition of the Board
5. Representative members 5A. Tenure of office
6. Amendmend of Third Schedule
7. Alternate members
8. Temporary exercise of functions of Chairman
9. Appointment of officers and servants 9A. Board may provide for schemes of service
9B. Powers and duties of the Director General
10. Public servants
11. Offices
12. Functions and powers of the Board 4 Laws of Malaysia ACT 105
PART III
REGULATION OF THE TIMBER INDUSTRY
Section
13. Prohibition and penalty 13A. Exemption
14. Registration 14A. Power to vary conditions or restrictions of registration
15. Register
16. Power to refuse registration
17. Power to suspend, cancel or to refuse to renew registration
18. Appeal PART IV
FINANCE
19. Malaysian Timber Industry Board Fund
20. Levy on timber exported 20A. Power to impose and collect fees and other forms of payments
21. Contribution by Sabah and Sarawak
22. Borrowing powers
23. Power to invest
24. Annual estimates
25. Audit and annual report
26. (Deleted) PART V
MISCELLANEOUS
27. Power to enter premises, carry out inspection and examination and prohibit sale or export of timber
27A. Director General to carry out inspection at legal landing place 27B. List of seizures
27C. Return of timber seized
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27D. Things liable to forfeiture
27E. Court to order forfeiture
27F. Things forfeited to be the property of the Federation 27G. No costs of proceedings shall be allowed
27H. False or misleading information
27I. Authority card to be produced
27J. Obstruction of authorized officers
27K. Examination of witnesses
28. Disposal of prohibited timber
29. Secrecy 29A. Protection against legal proceedings
30. Abuse of power 30A. Prosecution of offences
30B. Power to compound
31. Jurisdiction
32. Power to amend First Schedule
33. General penalty 33A. Offence committed by corporation
33B. Offences committed by servant, agent, etc.
34. Rules and regulations 34A. Discipline of officers and servants
34B. Surcharge
34C. Power to make disciplinary regulations
35. Power of Minister to issue directives PART VI
REPEAL AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
36. Repeal and dissolution
37. Transfer of powers, rights, liabilities and duties Section
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38. Transfer of property
39. Existing contracts
40. Continuance of criminal and civil proceedings
41. Transfer of Fund
42. Continuance of officers and servants
43. Saving of existing certificate holders
44. Prevention of anomalies FIRST SCHEDULE
SECOND SCHEDULE
THIRD SCHEDULE
Section
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LAWS OF MALAYSIA
Act 105
MALAYSIAN TIMBER INDUSTRY BOARD
(INCORPORATION) ACT 1973
An Act to repeal the Malaysian Timber Export Industry Board (Incorporation) Act 1966 and dissolve the Malaysian Timber Export Industry Board to establish the Malaysian Timber Industry Board and provide for matters connected therewith, and to make better provisions respecting the Malaysian timber industry. [Peninsular Malaysia--1 June 1973, P.U. (B) 220/1973;* Sabah and Sarawak (PARTS I and II only)
--4 March 1991, P.U. (B) 141/1991;
Sabah (PARTS III, IV, V and VI),
--1 January 1992, P.U. (B) 645/1991]
BE IT ENACTED by the Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong with the advice and consent of the Dewan Negara and Dewan Rakyat in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
PART I
PRELIMINARY
Short title, commencement and application
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Malaysian Timber Industry Board (Incorporation) Act 1973 and shall apply throughout Malaysia. * Except the following provisions of section 13:
(i) subsection (2);
(ii) subsection (3);
(iii) that portion of subsection (4) that applies to packers and manufacturers; (iv) subsection (5);
(v) subsection (6),
and section 21.
However, the above provisions of section 13 came into force on 1 June 1975 vide P.U. (B) 120/1975.
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(2) Subject to subsection (3), this Act shall come into operation on a date to be appointed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette.
(3) The Minister may appoint different dates for the coming into operation of this Act, or of different provisions of this Act, in Peninsular Malaysia, Sabah and Sarawak respectively. Interpretation
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires-- "appointed day" means the day on which this Act, or, if different dates are appointed for the coming into operation of different provisions of this Act, the day on which Part VI, comes into operation;
"Board" means the Malaysian Timber Industry Board established under section 3;
"Chairman" means the Chairman of the Board appointed under section 4;
"Director General" means the Director General appointed under section 9 and includes the Deputy Director General; "exporter" means a person who exports timber;
"Fund" means the Malaysian Timber Industry Board Fund established under section 19;
"grader" means a person who holds a valid certificate of competency in the grading of sawn timber, issued by the grading authority;
"grading authority" means, until otherwise declared by the Minister by notification in the Gazette, the Director General of Forestry, Peninsular Malaysia in relation to Peninsular Malaysia, the Conservator of Forests, Sabah in relation to Sabah and person appointed by the Sarawak Timber Industry Development Corporation, in relation to Sarawak;
"jetty" means a yard from which timber may be directly removed for immediate shipment without having to be kept at another yard; Malaysian Timber Industry Board
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"jetty operator" means a person who operates a jetty; "legal landing place" has the meaning assigned to it in the Customs Act 1967 [Act 235];
"member" means a member of the Board, and includes an alternate member;
"mill" means any building or factory used wholly or partly for the manufacture, processing, seasoning or preservation of timber; "Quality Control Inspector" means a quality control inspector appointed under section 9;
"recognized association" means an association, body or organization listed in the Third Schedule;
"registered grader" means a grader registered under this Act; "supplier" means a person who supplies timber;
"timber" means the products, or any of the products, listed in the First Schedule;
"timber processor" means a person who carries on the business of seasoning or preserving timber;
"yard" means any area or place used for checking, inspecting, seasoning, selling, storing, packaging, preserving or bundling timber, and includes any area, place or premises where timber, intended to be used in the manufacture of any article or in the erection of any building or structure, is seasoned, preserved or offered for sale.
PART II
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE BOARD
Establishment of the Board
3. (1) There shall be established a body corporate by the name of "Malaysian Timber Industry Board" which shall have perpetual succession and a common seal and power to acquire and hold 10 Laws of Malaysia ACT 105
movable and immovable property and to dispose thereof or otherwise deal therewith, and which may sue and be sued in its corporate name.
(2) The Second Schedule shall apply to the Board. Composition of the Board
4. (1) The Board shall consist of the following members who shall be appointed by the Minister:
(a) a Chairman;
(b) a representative of the Ministry responsible for the timber industry;
(c) a representative of the Ministry of International Trade and Industry;
(d) a representative of the Forestry Department Peninsular Malaysia;
(e) a representative of the Forest Research Institute of Malaysia; (f) one representative of each of not more than five of such States as the Minister may determine;
(g) representatives of recognized associations to be appointed as provided in section 5; and
(h) not more than two persons who in the opinion of the Minister are able to contribute to the development of the Malaysian timber industry.
(2) The terms and conditions of the appointment of the Chairman, and his remuneration, shall be determined by the Minister. Representative members
5. (1) Each recognized association is entitled to be represented on the Board by the number of persons shown against its name in the Third Schedule, to be appointed by the Minister. (2) (Deleted by Act A776).
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Tenure of office
5A. Each member of the Board shall, unless he sooner resigns his membership or his membership or his appointment is sooner revoked, hold office for a period not exceeding two years, but shall be eligible for reappointment.
Amendment of Third Schedule
6. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Minister may from time to time, after consulting the Board, amend the Third Schedule. (2) No association, body or organization shall be added to, or allowed to remain in, the Third Schedule unless its rules-- (a) have been approved by the Minister;
(b) contain nothing prejudicial to the general interests of the timber industry; and
(c) permit the admission as its member of every person whom it is intended to represent and who applies for admission and undertakes to comply with its rules.
(3) If a recognized association amends its rules so as to affect its membership, it shall lodge a copy of the amendment with the Minister within fourteen days of the making thereof. Alternate members
7. (1) Subject to subsection (4) the Minister may, in respect of each member appointed under section 4(1)(b) to (g), appoint two persons to be alternate members to attend in place of that member, meetings of the Board that member is for any reason unable to attend.
(2) Only one alternate member may attend meetings of the Board at any one time in place of the member whom he is alternate to.
(3) When attending meetings of the Board an alternate member shall for all purposes be deemed to be a member of the Board. 12 Laws of Malaysia ACT 105
(4) An alternate member shall, unless he sooner resigns his membership or his appointment is sooner revoked, cease to be an alternate member when the member whom he is alternate to ceases to be a member of the Board.
Temporary exercise of functions of Chairman
8. (1) The Minister may appoint any member of the Board to exercise the functions of the Chairman during the period in which the Chairman is for any reason unable to exercise his functions or during the period of any vacancy in the office of the Chairman, and such member shall, during the period in which he is exercising the functions of the Chairman under this subsection, be deemed to be the Chairman.
(2) Until an appointment is made under subsection (1) or in default of such appointment or in the absence of the Chairman from any meeting of the Board, the representative appointed under paragraph 4(1)(b) shall exercise the functions of and be deemed to be the Chairman.
(3) Should the representative appointed under paragraph 4(1)(b) be for any reason unable to act under subsection (2), the representative appointed under paragraph 4(1)(d) shall exercise the functions of and be deemed to be the Chairman.
Appointment of officers and servants
9. (1) The Minister shall appoint a Director General of the Board on such terms and conditions and for such specified period as he may determine.
(2) The Board may, on such terms and conditions, appoint a Deputy Director General of the Board and such number of other officers and servants of the Board, including Quality Control Inspectors, as it considers necessary and expedient for the exercise of its functions.
(3) The appointment of the Director General, the Deputy Director General and the Quality Control Inspectors shall be published in the Gazette.
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Board may provide for schemes of service
9A. The Board may from time to time with the approval of the Minister and the concurrence of the Minister of Finance, after consultation with the Director General of Public Services, make regulations to provide for any scheme of service for its officers and servants, including the terms and conditions of service and the salaries, any pension scheme, and any scheme relating to allowances and other remunerations payable to its officers and servants. Powers and duties of the Director General
9B. (1) The Director General shall be the chief executive officer of the Board and shall have all the powers and duties necessary for carrying out the administration and technical functions of the Board.
(2) The powers and duties referred to in subsection (1) shall be in addition to any power or duty conferred or imposed on the Director General by the Board or by this Act and any regulation made thereunder.
(3) The Director General shall--
(a) submit for the approval of the Board--
(i) an annual programme of activities of the Board; and (ii) the estimate of expenditure necessary to carry out the activities of the Board;
(b) ensure that the approved programme is duly implemented and that the expenditure of carrying out the approved programme as well as for the administration of the Board is in accordance with the estimates approved by the Board; and
(c) keep the Board fully informed of the progress of the activities, and prepare and submit to the Board as soon as possible after the end of each financial year a report dealing with the administration of the Board accompanied by a statement of income and expenditure for, together with balance sheets as at the end of, the financial year. 14 Laws of Malaysia ACT 105
(4) Where the Director General is temporarily unable to exercise his functions on grounds of sickness, absence or any other cause, the Deputy Director General shall exercise the powers and duties of the Director General.
(5) Where the Deputy Director General has not been appointed the Chairman may appoint any officer of the Board to exercise the powers and duties of the Director General for the purposes of subsection (4).
Public servants
10. All members, officers and servants of the Board shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of the Penal Code [Act 574].
Offices
11. The Board shall have a principal office in the Federation at such place as the Board may determine, and may establish such other branch offices as the Board may deem desirable. Functions and powers of the Board
12. (1) The functions of the Board are-- (a) to regulate and control the trade in, and the marketing and distribution of, timber;
(b) to promote and improve the trade in, and markets for, timber;
(bb) to co-ordinate activities for effective marketing and shipping of timber;
(c) to encourage effective utilization of timber with emphasis on product diversification and to promote improvement and economy in the methods of processing timber;
(d) to provide technical advisory services and training required to assist in the development of existing timber industries and the establishment of new industries;
(e) to assist the timber industries in the marketing of timber; (f) to organize and assist in the consolidation of the small- Malaysian Timber Industry Board
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scale timber industries and the closer integration of the activities of the timber industries generally, so as to achieve greater efficiency in, and secure a stronger base for, the timber industry as a whole;
(g) to gather information on and maintain records of all relevant matters relating to the timber industry; and
(h) generally to do everything within the scope of the objectives of this Act for the betterment and proper conduct of the timber industry.
(2) The Board shall have power to do all things reasonably necessary for, or expedient or incidental to, the discharge of its functions, and in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of this subsection--
(a) to enter into such negotiations and agreements or arrangements as the Board considers necessary for carrying out its functions and for the promotion of the general interests of the timber industry and trade;
(b) to undertake marketing of timber on behalf of the small- scale timber industries;
(c) to set up and maintain such establishments as the Board considers necessary for the discharge of its functions; and
(d) to appoint committees.
(3) The Board may from time to time, with the approval of the Minister, establish, by order published in the Gazette, a corporation by such name as may be specified in the order to carry out and have the charge, conduct and management on behalf of the Board of any project, scheme or enterprise that has been planned or undertaken by the Board in the discharge of its functions under this Act, and may in like manner cancel, vary or amend any such order.
(4) Every order made under subsection (3) shall make provision in respect of--
(a) the constitution of the corporation;
(b) the financing of the corporation;
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(c) the repayment of loans to the corporation; and (d) the accounts to be kept by the corporation and the audit of the accounts.
(5) The Board may, in discharging such of its functions, in appropriate cases carry out commercial activities for gain or profit through companies which may, from time to time, be established under the Companies Act 1965 [Act 125] and such companies shall only be established after approval by the Minister with the concurrence of the Minister of Finance.
(6) The Minister may make such rules or regulations prescribing any activity or interest or prescribing the terms or conditions of any activity or interest of any member, officer or servant of the Board in relation to any corporation or company established under subsections (3) and (5) respectively or to any other company, enterprise or undertaking and any omission or neglect to comply with and any act done or attempted to be done contrary to the provisions of such rules or regulations is an offence against this Act and the offender is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both.
PART III
REGULATION OF THE TIMBER INDUSTRY
Prohibition and penalty
13. (1) No person shall export timber or carry on business as an exporter unless he is registered under this Act as an exporter. (2) No person shall carry on business as a jetty operator unless he is registered under this Act as a jetty operator. (3) No person shall carry on the business of grading timber unless he is a registered grader.
(4) No person shall carry on business as a supplier or timber processor, for the purpose of export trade, unless he is registered under this Act.
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(5) & (6) (Deleted by Act A776).
(7) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this section is guilty of an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding twenty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both.
Exemption
13A. The Minister may, in the interest of the timber industry and by order published in the Gazette, exempt any person from the requirement of registration under section 13.
Registration
14. (1) Any person who desires to export timber or carry on business as an exporter or a jetty operator, any grader who desires to carry on the business of grading timber or any person who desires to carry on business as a supplier or timber processor may, in such manner as may be prescribed, apply to the Board for registration.
(2) The Board may, on payment of such fee as may be prescribed, register an applicant under subsection (1) as an exporter, jetty operator, registered grader, supplier or timber processor, as the case may be, subject to such conditions and restrictions as the Board may deem fit to impose.
(3) Every registration under this section shall be valid for a period of one year, or for such longer period but not exceeding five years as the Board may determine, from the date of registration and shall be renewable, unless sooner cancelled under section 17, at the discretion of the Board for such further period of not less than one year but not exceeding five years as the Board deems fit. (4) The Board shall issue to every person who has been registered, or whose registration has been renewed, under this section a certificate of registration in such form as may be prescribed. (5) No person, except a grader, who is not an incorporated person shall be registered under this section unless there is in 18 Laws of Malaysia ACT 105
respect of his business a valid certificate of registration of business issued under any written law in force in Malaysia relating to the registration of businesses.
Power to vary conditions or restrictions of registration 14A. (1) The Board shall have the power to vary any condition or restriction imposed on any registration under subsection 14(2): Provided that the Board shall not vary any condition or restriction of the registration unless a reasonable notice and an opportunity of being heard on any objection as to the intended variation has been given to a registered person likely to be affected by such variation.
(2) The Board may, upon hearing any objection under subsection (1), dismiss the objection if it considers it of no merit and shall proceed to vary the condition or restriction of registration as intended. (3) If a registered person is dissatisfied with the decision of the Board under subsection (2), he may appeal to the Minister within thirty days of the date the decision was communicated to him and the decision of the Minister shall be final and binding. (4) No variation of any condition or restriction of registration made pursuant to this section shall be enforced until the appeal, if any, under subsection (3) has been determined in favour of the Board.
Register
15. The Board shall keep or cause to be kept a register of exporters, jetty operators, registered graders, suppliers and timber processors in such manner as it may determine.
Power to refuse registration
16. The Board may refuse to effect registration under section 14 if it is of the opinion that the applicant will be unable to comply with the conditions or restrictions that the Board may impose upon registration, or with the requirements of this Act or the rules or regulations thereunder.
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Power to suspend, cancel or to refuse to renew registration
17. (1) The Board may, if it is satisfied that any condition or restriction subject to which a registration was effected has not been complied with by the registered person or that the continuance of the registration would contravene this Act or the rules or regulations thereunder, suspend, cancel or refuse to renew the registration. (2) If it appears to the Board that a registered person has contravened any provision of this Act or of the rules or regulations thereunder, the Board may call upon him, in such manner as may be prescribed, to show cause why his registration should not be suspended or cancelled.
(3) A person called upon to show cause under subsection (2)-- (a) shall be supplied by the Board with the particulars, in writing, of the alleged contravention; and
(b) may, if he so desires, be present at the hearing by the Board or be represented thereat by another person authorized by him in writing.
(4) If after the hearing the Board is of the opinion that the person called upon to show cause has failed to show cause, the Board may, notwithstanding any criminal action that may be brought against him, suspend or cancel his registration:
Provided that any suspension of registration under this provision shall not exceed a period of six months.
(5) A person whose registration has been cancelled or has, by a refusal by the Board, not been renewed--
(a) shall not be registered again for such period, not exceeding two years from the date of the cancellation or refusal to renew, as the Board shall determine at the time of the cancellation or refusal to renew; and
(b) shall, on being so required by the Board in writing, surrender to the Board his certificate of registration within such period as the Board may specify.
(5A) (a) The Board shall not refuse to renew the registration of a registered person under subsection (1) without first giving such person an opportunity of being heard.
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(b) Where the Board refuses to renew the registration of a registered person under subsection (1) it shall notify such person in writing to that effect stating the reasons for the refusal. (6) Any person who wilfully fails to comply with the requirement of the Board under paragraph (5)(b) is guilty of an offence. Appeal
18. (1) Any person who is aggrieved by the decision of the Board, to refuse to effect registration under section 14 or to suspend, cancel or to refuse to renew registration under section 17, may, within thirty days of the date the decision was communicated to him, appeal to the Minister.
(2) The decision of the Minister on an appeal under subsection (1) shall be final and shall not be questioned in any court of law. (3) The Minister may make rules governing the procedure to be followed on appeals under this section and the fees payable therefor. PART IV
FINANCE
Malaysian Timber Industry Board Fund
19. (1) The Board shall establish and administer a fund to be known as "Malaysian Timber Industry Board Fund".
(2) There shall be paid into the Fund--
(a) all moneys collected, paid, borrowed or transferred under sections 18, 22 and 41;
(b) all moneys collected or paid under section 20 other than those collected, levied or raised within the States of Sabah and Sarawak;
(c) all moneys collected under the rules and regulations and specified therein as being payable into the Fund; (d) all moneys received by the Board by way of grants from the Federal Government or any State Government;
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(dd) all moneys received by the Board by way of grants, donations or contributions from recognized institutions or international agencies;
(e) all sums contributed by the States of Sabah and Sarawak under section 21;
(ee) all moneys received as fees and charges for advice or services rendered pursuant to section 20A; and
(f) all moneys belonging or otherwise payable to the Board. (3) The Fund may be applied for--
(a) defraying such expenditure as the Board may incur in carrying out its functions;
(b) lending to employees of the Board for the purpose of purchasing or building dwelling houses or purchasing conveyances on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed;
(c) lending to or providing capital for corporations or companies established or to be established under subsection 12(3) and (5) respectively;
(d) repaying moneys borrowed by the Board under section 22; and
(e) subject to the approval of the Minister given after consultation with the Minister of Finance, making contributions to any local or international organization, for the purpose of promoting the trade, utilization and processing, and ensuring adequate supply, of timber to the industry.
(4) The Minister may direct the Board to keep a separate account in respect of moneys received by way of grants from the Federal Government or any State Government under paragraph (2)(d). Levy on timber exported
20. For the purposes of this Act the Minister may, after consulting the Minister of Finance and the Board, make an order for the imposition, collection, variation or cancellation of a cess on the exportation of all or any of the timber products listed in the First Schedule.
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Power to impose and collect fees and other forms of payments 20A. The Board may, from time to time, fix and collect fees and charges in respect of any technical advisory services or other services provided by the Board pursuant to this Act. Contribution by Sabah and Sarawak
21. Each of the States of Sabah and Sarawak may from time to time contribute to the Fund such sum as may be agreed between the Minister and the State.
Borrowing powers
22. The Board may, upon such terms and conditions as may be approved by the Minister, with the concurrence of the Minister of Finance, borrow moneys for the purpose of carrying out its functions. Power to invest
23. The Board may from time to time, with the approval of the Minister given with the concurrence of the Minister of Finance, invest the Fund or any part thereof, not being immediately required for meeting the Board's obligations or discharging its functions-- (a) in investments or securities authorized for the investment of trust funds by any written law for the time being in force; or
(b) in such other investments or securities as the Board may deem fit.
Annual estimates
24. (1) The Director General shall, not later than one month before the commencement of each financial year, lay before the Board an estimate of the revenue and expenditure, including capital expenditure, of the Board for the ensuing financial year in such detail and form as the Board may determine.
(2) The Director General shall cause to be sent to every member of the Board a copy of the estimate not later than fourteen days prior to the date of the meeting at which the estimate is to be laid. Malaysian Timber Industry Board
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Audit and annual report
25. The Statutory Bodies (Accounts and Annual Reports) Act 1980 [Act 240] shall apply in respect of the accounts, audit and annual reports of the Board.
26. (Deleted by Act A776). PART V
MISCELLANEOUS
Power to enter premises, carry out inspection and examination and prohibit sale or export of timber
27. (1) The Director General or any officer of the Board, with the consent of the Chairman, may, if he has reasonable cause to believe that an offence has been committed under this Act, enter any business premises of, any mill or yard being used by, an exporter and carry out inspection and examination as he may consider necessary, and seize and detain any book, document or other thing found in the premises, mill or yard that may furnish evidence of the commission of an offence under this Act or the rules or regulations thereunder.
(2) A person making an entry under subsection (1) may be accompanied by any other person he deems necessary. (3) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a Quality Control Inspector acting thereunder on the written authority of the Director General may only carry out such inspection and examination as he may consider necessary for the purpose of checking or verifying the actual and the desired quality of any timber of an exporter found in any premises, mill or yard, and may, if he has reasonable grounds to believe that an offence has been committed under this Act relating to the quality of timber, seize and detain only those books, documents or other things that may furnish evidence of the commission of the offence relating to the quality of timber. (4) If the Director General or any officer of the Board, having obtained the consent of the Chairman, under subsection (1) has reason to believe that an offence under this Act or the rules or 24 Laws of Malaysia ACT 105
regulations thereunder has been committed in respect of any timber found in the course of the inspection and examination under this section, he may prohibit the removal, sale or export of the timber by--
(a) sealing, marking or packing the timber in such manner as to clearly indicate that the timber is subject to prohibition; and
(b) posting in a conspicuous part of the premises a prohibitory notice in such form as may be prescribed.
(5) Any person who removes, sells or exports timber in contravention of the prohibition imposed under subsection (4), or in any manner tampers with the seal, mark, packing or prohibitory notice placed, carried out or posted under that subsection is guilty of an offence.
(6) If the Director General has reason to believe that an offence under this Act or the rules or regulations thereunder has been committed in respect of any timber found in the course of the inspection and examination under this section, he may where necessary cause the timber to be committed into the custody of the Board.
(7) Where the Director General has obtained the consent of the Chairman for the purposes of subsection (1) he may authorize any officer of the Board to exercise the powers conferred under subsection (1), (4) or (6).
Director General to carry out inspection at legal landing place 27A. The Director General or any officer of the Board so authorized in writing by the Director General may, if he has reason to believe that an offence under this Act or the rules or regulations made thereunder has been committed, carry out inspection and examination at any legal landing place as he considers necessary and may seize and detain any timber, book, document or other thing found thereat. List of seizures
27B. Where any timber, book, document or other thing is seized under section 27 or 27A, the officer effecting the seizure shall prepare a list of the things seized and forthwith deliver a copy signed by him to the owner or the person from whom the things were seized.
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Return of timber seized
27C. (1) Where timber is seized under this Act, the Director General or any officer of the Board so authorized in writing by him, may in his discretion--
(a) temporarily return the timber to the owner or to the person from whose possession, custody or control it was seized, subject to such terms and conditions as may be imposed by the Director General and in any case, subject to sufficient security being furnished to the satisfaction of the Director General that the timber shall be surrendered to the Director General or any authorized officer of the Board on demand and that the said terms and conditions, if any, shall be complied with; or
(b) return the timber to the owner or to the person from whose possession, custody or control it was seized with liberty for the person to whom the timber is so returned to dispose of the same, such return being subject to security being furnished to the satisfaction of the Director General in an amount not less than an amount which, in the opinion of the Director General, represents the open market value of such timber on the date on which it is so returned for the payment of the amount so secured to the Director General in the event of the Court making an order for forfeiture of such amount under section 27E; or
(c) sell the timber if in the opinion of the Director General that it is likely to deteriorate in quality or value and in such case the Director General shall hold the proceeds of sale pending the result of any prosecution or claim and in relation to such proceeds of sale to abide by the outcome of such prosecution or claim.
(2) No person shall be entitled to maintain any action on account of any act done or any decision taken by or on behalf of the Board under this section, and no Court shall have any jurisdiction to entertain any such action.
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Things liable to forfeiture
27D. All things liable to seizure under this Act, shall be liable to forfeiture.
Court to order forfeiture
27E. (1) If there is no prosecution with regard to any timber seized under this Act, such timber shall be taken and deemed to be forfeited at the expiration of one calendar month from the date of seizure unless a claim thereto is made before that date under and in accordance with this Act.
(2) Any person asserting that he is the owner of the timber seized or entitled to the proceeds of sale of the timber and that the timber is not liable to forfeiture may personally or by his agent authorized in writing give written notice to the Director General that he claims the timber seized or the proceeds of the sale of the timber.
(3) On receipt of a notice under subsection (2) the Director General may direct that the timber seized or the proceeds of sale thereof be released or may refer the matter to a Magistrate. (4) The Magistrate shall issue a summons requiring the Board and the person asserting that he is the owner of the timber seized or the proceeds of sale thereof and the person from whom the timber was seized to appear before him, and upon their appearance or default to appear, due service of the summons being proved, the Magistrate shall proceed to the examination of the matter and on proof that an offence has been committed under this Act and that the timber seized was the subject matter of the offence shall order the timber seized or the proceeds of sale thereof to be forfeited or, in the absence of such proof, shall order its release. (5) In any proceedings under this Act the Board may be represented by the Director General or an officer or servant of the Board authorized in writing in that behalf by the Director General. Things forfeited to be the property of the Federation 27F. Any thing or proceeds of sale thereof forfeited or taken and deemed to be forfeited under this Act shall be the property of the Federation or paid to the Federal Consolidated Fund, less any sum Malaysian Timber Industry Board
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that may be certified by the Director General as having been incurred by the Board in effecting section 27 or 27A and in carrying out the sale under this Act.
No costs of proceedings shall be allowed
27G. No person shall, in any proceedings before any Court in respect of the seizure of any timber or any other thing seized in exercise of any power conferred under this Act, be entitled to the cost of such proceedings or to any damages or other relief other than an order for the return of the timber or any other thing seized or the payment of its value unless such seizure was made without reasonable or probable cause.
False or misleading information
27H. Where any person who is required to give any information under this Act gives information which he has reason to believe is false or misleading or which he believes is not true in relation to any matter under this Act or the rules or regulations made thereunder, he shall be guilty of an offence.
Authority card to be produced
27I. An officer exercising his powers under section 27 shall, if so required by a person in charge or in control of any business place or premises, mill or yard into which entry is to be made or inspection or tests are to be conducted, produce proof of his identity and authorization in writing to such person.
Obstruction of authorized officers
27J. Any person who in any way obstructs, hinders, prevents or interferes with the Director General or any officer of the Board, in the exercise of his powers or carrying out his duties under this Act or who fails to afford such assistance as is reasonably required by the Director General or any officer of the Board, commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.
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Examination of witnesses
27K. (1) The Director General or any officer of the Board may, in carrying out inspection and examination pursuant to the provisions of this Act, examine orally any person whom he believes to be acquainted with the facts and circumstances of the case and shall reduce into writing any statement made by the person so examined and such person shall be bound to answer all questions relating to such case put to him by such officer:
Provided that such person may refuse to answer any question the answer to which would have tendency to expose him to a criminal charge, penalty or forfeiture.
(2) A person making a statement under this section shall be legally bound to state the truth, whether or not such statement is made wholly or partly in answer to any question.
Disposal of prohibited timber
28. (1) The Court before which a prosecution is held for an offence committed in respect of timber which has subsequently been subjected to a prohibitory notice under section 27 may, if it is satisfied that an offence has been committed in respect of the timber and notwithstanding that no person may have been convicted thereof, make such order, being either of forfeiture or destruction, as to the Court seems just.
(2) Any timber that has been forfeited under subsection (1) shall be sold by the Board and the proceeds of sale thereof shall be paid to Federal revenue, less any sum that may be certified by the Director General as having been incurred by the Board in effecting the prohibition under section 27 and in carrying out the sale under this section.
(3) If the Court does not make an order under subsection (1) or if no prosecution has been initiated in respect of any timber that has been subjected to prohibition under section 27 within two months of the imposition of the prohibition, the prohibition shall be deemed to have been lifted.
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Secrecy
29. (1) Secrecy shall be maintained by every person carrying out an inspection or examination under section 27 of all matters that come to his knowledge in the course or as a result of the inspection or examination, and of the contents of all books and documents that he may seize and detain under that section.
(2) Any such person who contravenes the requirement of subsection (1) or who communicates any matter required to be kept secret thereunder to any person except for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Act is guilty of an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit.
Protection against legal proceedings
29A. The Board or any of its members, officers or servants shall not be liable for any loss or damage caused to any person by reason of any act or omission or statement made in pursuance of the execution or intended execution of their functions under this Act, unless the act or omission or statement was done or made mala fide or through recklessness or negligence of such members, officers or servants.
Abuse of power
30. Whoever, in purported exercise of the powers under section 27, vexatiously and unnecessarily seizes or detains any books, documents or other things, or in like manner prohibits the sale or export of any timber is guilty of an offence and is liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit or to both. Prosecution of offences
30A. Prosecution in respect of offences under this Act or any regulation made thereunder may be conducted by the Director General or any officer of the Board so authorized in writing in that behalf by the Director General.
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Power to compound
30B. (1) Any offence against this Act or against any regulation made thereunder which is prescribed to be a compoundable offence may be compounded by the Director General or by any officer of the Board specially authorized in writing in that behalf by accepting from the person reasonably suspected of having committed the offence a sum of money not exceeding two thousand ringgit. (2) Upon receipt of the payment under subsection (1) no further proceedings shall be taken against such person and any timber which is subject to a prohibitory notice under section 27 shall be released subject to any term and condition as to the proper rectification of the contravention, unless the timber consists of products the export of which is prohibited by any written law, in which case such timber shall be forfeited.
Jurisdiction
31. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any other written law, a Sessions Court shall have jurisdiction to try any offence under this Act or any rules or regulations made thereunder and to impose the full penalty provided for by this Act or any rules or regulations made thereunder.
Power to amend First Schedule
32. The Minister may from time to time, after consulting the Board, amend the First Schedule.
General penalty
33. Any person who is guilty of any offence under this Act or the rules or regulations thereunder for which no penalty is specially prescribed is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.
Offence committed by corporation
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the commission of the offence was a director, secretary, controller or any other similar officer having charge of such body of persons or was purporting to act in such capacity shall be guilty of that offence unless he proves that the offence was committed without his consent or connivance and that he has exercised all such diligence to prevent the commission of the offence as he ought to have exercised having regard to the nature of his functions in that capacity and to all the circumstances.
Offences committed by servant, agent, etc.
33B. Where any person (who in this section is referred to as the "principal") would be liable under this Act to any punishment or penalty for any offence, act, omission, neglect or default, he shall be liable to the same punishment or penalty for every such offence, act, omission, neglect or default of any of his clerk, servant or agent or of the clerk or servant of such agent:
Provided that such offence, act, omission, neglect or default was committed by the principal's clerk or servant in the course of the employment, or by the agent when acting on behalf of the principal, or by the clerk or servant of such agent in the course of his employment by such agent or otherwise on behalf of the agent. Rules and regulations
34. (1) The Minister may, after consulting the Board, make such rules and regulations, except those that the Board is empowered to make under subsection (2), as appear to him to be necessary for carrying out the provisions of this Act and, without prejudice to the generality of this subsection, such rules and regulations may-- (a) prescribe the form of contract to be adopted by persons selling or buying timber locally and the terms and conditions to be included in such contracts;
(b) prescribe the procedure to be followed in showing cause under section 17;
(c) prescribe the form of the prohibitory notice under section 27; and
(d) specify the offences that are compoundable and prescribe the compounding and the methods thereof.
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(2) The Board may from time to time, with the approval of the Minister, by rules or regulations--
(a) prescribe the manner of applying for registration under this Act, the particulars to be supplied by an applicant, the manner of registration, the fees payable therefor, the conditions or restrictions to be imposed and the form of certificates to be issued upon registration;
(b) prescribe the standards of processing and methods of seasoning, preserving, grading, bundling or packaging timber, and the fees payable for grading;
(c) prescribe the minimum standards of hygiene to be maintained in mills, yards and jetties;
(d) prescribe the methods of fixing timber prices; (e) prescribe the procedure to be followed by exporters in exporting timber;
(f) Provide for the maintenance of proper standards of conduct in the carrying out of the timber trade and for dealing with infringements thereof;
(ff) prescribe the procedure to be followed for the administration of the Fund;
(g) provide for the calling and conduct of meetings of the Board and its committees;
(h) (Deleted by Act A776);
(i) prescribe the terms and conditions of loans made to employees of the Board under section 19; and
(j) provide for all procedural and other matters, in so far as they do not fall within any of the preceding paragraphs, which by this Act are required or permitted to be prescribed or which are necessary to be prescribed for the carrying out of or giving effect to the provisions of this Act. Discipline of officers and servants
34A. (1) There shall be a Disciplinary Committee of the Board which shall consist of two members to be elected by and from the members of the Board, one of whom shall be elected chairman, and the Director General appointed under subsection 9(1). Malaysian Timber Industry Board
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(2) The disciplinary authority in respect of every officer and servant of the Board other than the Director General shall be the Disciplinary Committee of the Board established under subsection (1).
(3) The Disciplinary Committee in respect of the Director General shall consist of the Secretary General of the Ministry responsible for the timber industry as chairman and two members to be elected by and from the members of the Board.
(4) The Director General shall not be a member of the Disciplinary Committee in any proceedings before it in which he is the complainant; his place shall be taken by a member to be elected by and from the members of the Board.
(5) In the exercise of its disciplinary functions, the Disciplinary Committee shall have the power to impose such disciplinary punishment as may be provided for under any regulation that may be made under section 34c.
(6) The Disciplinary Committee may, subject to subsection (7), delegate any of its disciplinary functions, powers or duties to any committee of officers or servants of the Board, in respect of any particular officer or servant of the Board or in respect of any class or category of officers or servants of the Board, and the committee delegated with such functions, powers or duties shall carry out, exercise or discharge them under the direction and control of the Disciplinary Committee which shall have the power to review, rescind or vary any decision or finding of such committee. (7) No delegation shall be made under subsection (6) so as to enable an officer or servant of the Board to be a member of a committee which may exercise any disciplinary authority over an officer or servant who is superior to him in rank. (8) Any officer or servant of the Board who is dissatisfied with the decision of the Disciplinary Committee or of any committee delegated with functions, powers or duties under subsection (6) may, within fourteen days, appeal in writing against such decision to the Board which may thereupon affirm, reverse or give such directions on the matter as it deems fit and proper. (9) The decision of the Board upon such appeal shall be final. 34 Laws of Malaysia ACT 105
Surcharge
34B. (1) If it appears to the Board that any person who is or was in the employment of the Board--
(a) has failed to collect any moneys owing to the Board for the collection of which he is responsible;
(b) is or was responsible for any payment from the Fund of moneys which ought not to have been made or for any payment of moneys which is not duly vouched;
(c) is or was responsible, directly or indirectly, for any deficiency in, or for the destruction of, any moneys, stamps, securities, stores or other property of the Board; (d) being or having been an accounting officer, fails or has failed to keep proper accounts or records;
(e) has failed to make any payment, or is or was responsible for any delay in the payment, of moneys from the Fund to any person to whom such payment is due under any contract, agreement or arrangement entered into between that person and the Board,
the Board shall serve on him a written notice calling on him to show cause why he should not be surcharged, and if a satisfactory explanation is not, within fourteen days from the date of service of the notice as aforesaid, furnished to the Board with regard to the failure to collect, payment which ought not to have been made, payment not duly vouched, deficiency or destruction, or failure to keep proper accounts or records, or failure to make payment, or delay in making payment, the Board may surcharge against the said person a sum not exceeding the amount of any such amount not collected, such payment, deficiency, or loss or the value of the property destroyed, as the case may be; and with regard to the failure to keep proper accounts or records, or the failure to make payments, or the delay in making payment, the Board may surcharge against the said person such sum as the Board may think fit. (2) The Chairman shall cause the Director General to be notified of any surcharge made under subsection (1) and the Director General shall thereupon notify in writing the person surcharged. (3) The Board may at any time withdraw any surcharge in respect of which a satisfactory explanation has been received or if it otherwise appears that no surcharge should have been made, Malaysian Timber Industry Board
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and the Chairman shall at once cause the Director General to be notified of such withdrawal.
(4) The amount of any surcharge made under subsection (1) and not withdrawn under subsection (3) shall be a debt due to the Board from the person against whom the surcharge is made and may be sued for and recovered in any court at the suit of the Board and may also be recovered by deduction--
(a) from the salary of the person surcharged if the Board so directs; or
(b) from the pension of the person surcharged if the Board so directs,
by equal monthly instalments not exceeding one fourth of the total monthly salary or pension, as the case may be, of the person. Power to make disciplinary regulations
34C. (1) The Board may, with the approval of the Minister, make such disciplinary regulations as it deems necessary or expedient to provide for the discipline of the officers and servants of the Board.
(2) The disciplinary regulations made by the Board under this section may include provisions for the interdiction with reduction in salary or in other remuneration, or provisions for the suspension without salary or other remuneration, of an officer or servant of the Board during the pendency of the disciplinary proceedings. (3) The disciplinary regulations made under this section shall create such disciplinary offences and provide for such disciplinary punishments as the Board may deem appropriate, and the punishment so provided may extend to dismissal or reduction in rank. (4) The disciplinary regulations made under this section shall, in prescribing the procedure for disciplinary proceedings, provide for an opportunity for representation to be made by the person against whom disciplinary proceedings are taken before a decision is arrived at by the disciplinary authority on the disciplinary charge laid against such person.
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Power of Minister to issue directives
35. (1) The Board shall be responsible to the Minister and the Minister may, from time to time, issue directives on any aspect of the functions of the Board and any such directive shall be binding on the Board.
(2) The Board shall furnish the Minister with such returns, accounts and other information with respect to its property and activities as the Minister may from time to time require. PART VI
REPEAL AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
Repeal and dissolution
36. The Malaysian Timber Export Industry Board (Incorporation) Act 1966 [Act 12 of 1966] is hereby repealed and the Malaysian Timber Export Industry Board established thereunder (in this Part referred to as "the former Board") is hereby dissolved. Transfer of powers, rights, liabilities and duties
37. All powers, rights, privileges, duties, or obligations that immediately before the appointed day were those of the former Board shall devolve as from that day on the Board. Transfer of property
38. (1) All lands that immediately before the appointed day were vested in, or reserved under any written law relating to land for the purposes of, the former Board shall on that day vest in or be deemed to be reserved for the purposes of the Board, as the case may be.
(2) All property and assets other than land that immediately before the appointed day were vested in the former Board or in any person on behalf of the former Board shall on that day vest in the Board.
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Existing contracts
39. All deeds, bonds, agreements, instruments and working arrangements subsisting immediately before the appointed day and affecting any of the property transferred under section 38 shall be in full force and effect against or in favour of the Board and enforceable as fully and effectually as if, instead of the former Board or any person acting on behalf of the former Board, the Board had been named therein or been a party thereto. Continuance of criminal and civil proceedings
40. (1) Neither the repeal under section 36 nor anything contained in this Act shall affect any person's liability to be prosecuted or punished for offences committed under the repealed Act before the appointed day, or any proceedings brought before that day in respect of such offences.
(2) Any proceedings, whether civil or criminal, or cause of action pending or existing immediately before the appointed day by or against the former Board or any person acting on behalf of the former Board may be continued or instituted by or against the Board as it might have been by or against the former Board or such person if this Act had not been passed.
(3) Any appeal brought or any leave to appeal applied for on or after the appointed day against a decision given before that day in any legal proceedings to which the former Board was a party may be brought by or against the Board.
Transfer of Fund
41. All moneys standing in, or due to be paid to, the Fund of the former Board shall on the appointed day be transferred to the Fund established under section 19 of this Act.
Continuance of officers and servants
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Saving of existing certificate holders
43. (1) Notwithstanding the repeal under section 36 or any provision of this Act to the contrary--
(a) every person who, immediately before the appointed day, held a valid ordinary or temporary export registration certificate issued to him under the repealed Act shall be deemed to be registered under this Act as an exporter until the expiry date of the certificate and subject to the terms and conditions attached thereto; and
(b) every person who, immediately before the appointed day, held a valid certificate of registration as a timber supplier issued to him under the repealed Act shall be deemed to be registered under this Act as a supplier until the expiry date of the certificate and subject to the terms and conditions attached thereto.
(2) Every certificate by virtue of which a person is deemed, under subsection (1), to be registered under this Act shall be deemed to have been issued under this Act; and the Board may alter the terms and conditions attached to the certificate for the purpose of bringing them into conformity with the policy of the Board on the imposition of conditions and restrictions on registrations under this Act.
(3) Sections 17 and 18 relating to the cancellation of registration shall apply to all persons deemed, under subsection (1), to be registered under this Act.
(4) If a person deemed, under subsection (1), to be registered under this Act desires to be registered under this Act as an exporter or a supplier, as the case may be, after the expiration of the period for which he is deemed to be registered under this Act, he may apply to the Board for registration under section 14, and his application shall be made and treated as a fresh application and not as an application for renewal of registration.
Prevention of anomalies
44. (1) If any difficulty arises in connexion with the transitional provisions contained in this Part, the Minister may by order, subject to subsection (2), make such modifications therein as may appear to him necessary for preventing anomalies.
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Round logs (including round
wood and poles) and roughly
squared or half squared logs
(2) The Minister shall not exercise the powers conferred by subsection (1) after the expiration of two years from the appointed day.
FIRST SCHEDULE
[Section 2]
DEFINITION OF TIMBER
Timber Products Harmonized Commodity
Description and Coding System
Wood waste, including sawdust 4401.30 000
Fuel wood 4401.10 000
Woodchip 4401.21
4401.22 000
Wood charcoal 4402.00 000
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Description and Coding System
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4403.10 433
4403.10 434
Malaysian Timber Industry Board
(Incorporation)
43
Timber Products Harmonized Commodity
Description and Coding System
4403.10 435
4403.10 436
4403.10 437
4403.10 438
4403.10 439
4403.10 440
4403.10 441
4403.10 442
4403.10 443
4403.10 444
4403.10 445
4403.10 446
4403.10 447
4403.10 448
4403.10 449
4403.10 450
4403.10 451
4403.10 452
4403.10 453
4403.10 454
4403.10 455
4403.10 456
4403.10 457
4403.10 458
4403.10 459
4403.10 460
4403.10 461
4403.10 462
4403.10 463
4403.10 464
4403.10 465
4403.10 466
4403.10 467
4403.10 468
4403.10 469
4403.10 470
4403.10 471
4403.10 472
4403.10 473
4403.10 474
4403.10 475
4403.10 476
4403.10 477
4403.10 478
4403.10 479
4403.10 480
4403.10 481
4403.10 482
4403.10 483
4403.10 484
4403.10 485
4403.10 486
4403.10 487
4403.10 488
4403.10 489
4403.10 490
4403.10 491
4403.10 492
4403.10 493
4403.10 494
4403.10 495
4403.10 496
4403.10 497
4403.10 498
4403.10 499
4403.10 901
4403.10 902
4403.10 903
4403.10 904
4403.10 905
4403.10 906
4403.10 907
4403.10 908
4403.10 909
4403.10 910
4403.10 911
4403.10 912
4403.10 913
4403.10 914
4403.10 915
4403.10 916
4403.10 917
4403.10 918
4403.10 919
4403.10 920
4403.10 921
4403.10 922
4403.10 923
4403.10 924
4403.10 925
4403.10 926
4403.10 927
4403.10 928
4403.10 929
4403.10 930
4403.10 931
44 Laws of Malaysia ACT 105
Timber Products Harmonized Commodity
Description and Coding System
4403.10 932
4403.10 933
4403.10 934
4403.10 935
4403.10 936
4403.10 937
4403.10 938
4403.10 939
4403.10 940
4403.10 941
4403.10 942
4403.10 943
4403.10 944
4403.10 945
4403.10 946
4403.10 947
4403.10 948
4403.10 949
4403.10 950
4403.10 951
4403.10 952
4403.10 953
4403.10 954
4403.10 955
4403.10 956
4403.10 957
4403.10 958
4403.10 959
4403.10 960
4403.10 961
4403.10 962
4403.10 963
4403.10 964
4403.10 965
4403.10 966
4403.10 967
4403.10 968
4403.10 969
4403.10 970
4403.10 971
4403.10 972
4403.10 973
4403.10 974
4403.10 975
4403.10 976
4403.10 977
4403.10 978
4403.10 979
4403.10 980
4403.10 981
4403.10 982
4403.10 983
4403.10 984
4403.10 985
4403.10 986
4403.10 987
4403.10 988
4403.10 989
4403.10 990
4403.10 991
4403.10 992
4403.10 993
4403.10 994
4403.10 995
4403.10 996
4403.10 997
4403.10 998
4403.10 999
4403.20 110
4403.20 120
4403.20 130
4403.20 140
4403.20 150
4403.20 190
4403.20 210
4403.20 220
4403.20 230
4403.20 240
4403.20 250
4403.20 290
4403.20 310
4403.20 320
4403.20 330
4403.20 340
4403.20 350
4403.20 390
4403.20 910
4403.20 920
4403.20 930
4403.20 940
4403.20 950
4403.20 990
4403.31 110
Malaysian Timber Industry Board
(Incorporation)
45
Timber Products Harmonized Commodity
Description and Coding System
4403.31 120
4403.31 130
4403.31 140
4403.31 150
4403.31 190
4403.31 210
4403.31 220
4403.31 230
4403.31 240
4403.31 250
4403.31 290
4403.31 310
4403.31 320
4403.31 330
4403.31 340
4403.31 350
4403.31 390
4403.32 110
4403.32 120
4403.32 130
4403.32 140
4403.32 150
4403.32 190
4403.32 210
4403.32 220
4403.32 230
4403.32 240
4403.32 250
4403.32 290
4403.32 310
4403.32 320
4403.32 330
4403.32 340
4403.32 350
4403.32 390
4403.32 410
4403.32 420
4403.32 430
4403.32 440
4403.32 450
4403.32 490
4403.32 511
4403.32 512
4403.32 513
4403.32 514
4403.32 515
4403.32 519
4403.32 521
4403.32 522
4403.32 523
4403.32 524
4403.32 525
4403.32 529
4403.33 110
4403.33 120
4403.33 130
4403.33 140
4403.33 150
4403.33 190
4403.33 210
4403.33 220
4403.33 231
4403.33 232
4403.33 240
4403.33 250
4403.33 290
4403.33 310
4403.33 320
4403.33 330
4403.33 340
4403.33 350
4403.33 390
4403.33 410
4403.33 420
4403.33 430
4403.33 440
4403.33 450
4403.33 490
4403.33 510
4403.33 520
4403.33 530
4403.33 540
4403.33 550
4403.33 590
46 Laws of Malaysia ACT 105
4403.33 610
4403.33 620
4403.33 630
4403.33 640
4403.33 650
4403.33 690
4403.33 710
4403.33 720
4403.33 730
4403.33 740
4403.33 750
4403.33 790
4403.33 810
4403.33 820
4403.33 830
4403.33 840
4403.33 850
4403.33 890
4403.34 100
4403.34 200
4403.34 300
4403.34 400
4403.34 500
4403.34 900
4403.35 100
4403.35 200
4403.35 300
4403.35 400
4403.35 500
4403.35 900
4403.91 100
4403.91 200
4403.91 300
4403.91 400
4403.91 500
4403.91 900
4403.92 100
4403.92 200
4403.92 300
4403.92 400
4403.92 500
4403.92 900
Timber Products Harmonized Commodity
Description and Coding System
4403.99 101
4403.99 102
4403.99 103
4403.99 104
4403.99 105
4403.99 106
4403.99 107
4403.99 108
4403.99 109
4403.99 110
4403.99 111
4403.99 112
4403.99 113
4403.99 114
4403.99 115
4403.99 116
4403.99 117
4403.99 118
4403.99 119
4403.99 120
4403.99 121
4403.99 122
4403.99 123
4403.99 124
4403.99 125
4403.99 126
4403.99 127
4403.99 128
4403.99 129
4403.99 130
4403.99 131
4403.99 132
4403.99 133
4403.99 134
4403.99 135
4403.99 136
4403.99 137
4403.99 138
4403.99 139
4403.99 140
4403.99 141
4403.99 142
4403.99 143
4403.99 144
4403.99 145
4403.99 146
4403.99 147
4403.99 148
4403.99 149
4403.99 150
4403.99 151
Malaysian Timber Industry Board
(Incorporation)
47
4403.99 152
4403.99 153
4403.99 154
4403.99 155
4403.99 156
4403.99 157
4403.99 158
4403.99 159
4403.99 160
4403.99 161
4403.99 162
4403.99 163
4403.99 164
4403.99 165
4403.99 166
4403.99 167
4403.99 168
4403.99 169
4403.99 170
4403.99 171
4403.99 172
4403.99 173
4403.99 174
4403.99 175
4403.99 176
4403.99 177
4403.99 178
4403.99 179
4403.99 180
4403.99 181
4403.99 182
4403.99 183
4403.99 184
4403.99 185
4403.99 186
4403.99 187
4403.99 188
4403.99 189
4403.99 190
4403.99 191
4403.99 192
4403.99 193
4403.99 194
4403.99 195
4403.99 196
4403.99 197
4403.99 198
4403.99 199
Timber Products Harmonized Commodity
Description and Coding System
4403.99 201
4403.99 202
4403.99 203
4403.99 204
4403.99 205
4403.99 206
4403.99 207
4403.99 208
4403.99 209
4403.99 210
4403.99 211
4403.99 212
4403.99 213
4403.99 214
4403.99 215
4403.99 216
4403.99 217
4403.99 218
4403.99 219
4403.99 220
4403.99 221
4403.99 222
4403.99 223
4403.99 224
4403.99 225
4403.99 226
4403.99 227
4403.99 228
4403.99 229
4403.99 230
4403.99 231
4403.99 232
4403.99 233
4403.99 234
4403.99 235
4403.99 236
4403.99 237
4403.99 238
4403.99 239
4403.99 240
4403.99 241
4403.99 242
4403.99 243
4403.99 244
4403.99 245
4403.99 246
4403.99 247
48 Laws of Malaysia ACT 105
4403.99 248
4403.99 249
4403.99 250
4403.99 251
4403.99 252
4403.99 253
4403.99 254
4403.99 255
4403.99 256
4403.99 257
4403.99 258
4403.99 259
4403.99 260
4403.99 261
4403.99 262
4403.99 263
4403.99 264
4403.99 265
4403.99 266
4403.99 267
4403.99 268
4403.99 269
4403.99 270
4403.99 271
4403.99 272
4403.99 273
4403.99 274
4403.99 275
4403.99 276
4403.99 277
4403.99 278
4403.99 279
4403.99 280
4403.99 281
4403.99 282
4403.99 283
4403.99 284
4403.99 285
4403.99 286
4403.99 287
4403.99 288
4403.99 289
4403.99 290
4403.99 291
4403.99 292
4403.99 293
Timber Products Harmonized Commodity
Description and Coding System
4403.99 294
4403.99 295
4403.99 296
4403.99 297
4403.99 298
4403.99 299
4403.99 301
4403.99 302
4403.99 303
4403.99 304
4403.99 305
4403.99 306
4403.99 307
4403.99 308
4403.99 309
4403.99 310
4403.99 311
4403.99 312
4403.99 313
4403.99 314
4403.99 315
4403.99 316
4403.99 317
4403.99 318
4403.99 319
4403.99 320
4403.99 321
4403.99 322
4403.99 323
4403.99 324
4403.99 325
4403.99 326
4403.99 327
4403.99 328
4403.99 329
4403.99 330
4403.99 331
4403.99 332
4403.99 333
4403.99 334
4403.99 335
4403.99 336
4403.99 337
4403.99 338
4403.99 339
Malaysian Timber Industry Board
(Incorporation)
49
4403.99 340
4403.99 341
4403.99 342
4403.99 343
4403.99 344
4403.99 345
4403.99 346
4403.99 347
4403.99 348
4403.99 349
4403.99 350
4403.99 351
4403.99 352
4403.99 353
4403.99 354
4403.99 355
4403.99 356
4403.99 357
4403.99 358
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4403.99 360
4403.99 361
4403.99 362
4403.99 363
4403.99 364
4403.99 365
4403.99 366
4403.99 367
4403.99 368
4403.99 369
4403.99 370
4403.99 371
4403.99 372
4403.99 373
4403.99 374
4403.99 375
4403.99 376
4403.99 377
4403.99 378
4403.99 379
4403.99 380
4403.99 381
4403.99 382
4403.99 383
4403.99 384
Timber Products Harmonized Commodity
Description and Coding System
4403.99 385
4403.99 386
4403.99 387
4403.99 388
4403.99 389
4403.99 390
4403.99 391
4403.99 392
4403.99 393
4403.99 394
4403.99 395
4403.99 396
4403.99 397
4403.99 398
4403.99 399
4403.99 401
4403.99 402
4403.99 403
4403.99 404
4403.99 405
4403.99 406
4403.99 407
4403.99 408
4403.99 409
4403.99 410
4403.99 411
4403.99 412
4403.99 413
4403.99 414
4403.99 415
4403.99 416
4403.99 417
4403.99 418
4403.99 419
4403.99 420
4403.99 421
4403.99 422
4403.99 423
4403.99 424
4403.99 425
4403.99 426
4403.99 427
4403.99 428
4403.99 429
50 Laws of Malaysia ACT 105
4403.99 430
4403.99 431
4403.99 432
4403.99 433
4403.99 434
4403.99 435
4403.99 436
4403.99 437
4403.99 438
4403.99 439
4403.99 440
4403.99 441
4403.99 442
4403.99 443
4403.99 444
4403.99 445
4403.99 446
4403.99 447
4403.99 448
4403.99 449
4403.99 450
4403.99 451
4403.99 452
4403.99 453
4403.99 454
4403.99 455
4403.99 456
4403.99 457
4403.99 458
4403.99 459
4403.99 460
4403.99 461
4403.99 462
4403.99 463
4403.99 464
4403.99 465
4403.99 466
4403.99 467
4403.99 468
4403.99 469
4403.99 470
4403.99 471
4403.99 472
4403.99 473
4403.99 474
4403.99 475
Timber Products Harmonized Commodity
Description and Coding System
4403.99 476
4403.99 477
4403.99 478
4403.99 479
4403.99 480
4403.99 481
4403.99 482
4403.99 483
4403.99 484
4403.99 485
4403.99 486
4403.99 487
4403.99 488
4403.99 489
4403.99 490
4403.99 491
4403.99 492
4403.99 493
4403.99 494
4403.99 495
4403.99 496
4403.99 497
4403.99 498
4403.99 499
4403.99 501
4403.99 502
4403.99 503
4403.99 504
4403.99 505
4403.99 506
4403.99 507
4403.99 508
4403.99 509
4403.99 510
4403.99 511
4403.99 512
4403.99 513
4403.99 514
4403.99 515
4403.99 516
4403.99 517
4403.99 518
4403.99 519
4403.99 520
4403.99 521
Malaysian Timber Industry Board
(Incorporation)
51
4403.99 522
4403.99 523
4403.99 524
4403.99 525
4403.99 526
4403.99 527
4403.99 528
4403.99 529
4403.99 530
4403.99 531
4403.99 532
4403.99 533
4403.99 534
4403.99 535
4403.99 536
4403.99 537
4403.99 538
4403.99 539
4403.99 540
4403.99 541
4403.99 542
4403.99 543
4403.99 544
4403.99 545
4403.99 546
4403.99 547
4403.99 548
4403.99 549
4403.99 550
4403.99 551
4403.99 552
4403.99 553
4403.99 554
4403.99 555
4403.99 556
4403.99 557
4403.99 558
4403.99 559
4403.99 560
4403.99 561
4403.99 562
4403.99 563
4403.99 564
4403.99 565
4403.99 566
Timber Products Harmonized Commodity
Description and Coding System
4403.99 567
4403.99 568
4403.99 569
4403.99 570
4403.99 571
4403.99 572
4403.99 573
4403.99 574
4403.99 575
4403.99 576
4403.99 577
4403.99 578
4403.99 579
4403.99 580
4403.99 581
4403.99 582
4403.99 583
4403.99 584
4403.99 585
4403.99 586
4403.99 587
4403.99 588
4403.99 589
4403.99 590
4403.99 591
4403.99 592
4403.99 593
4403.99 594
4403.99 595
4403.99 596
4403.99 597
4403.99 598
4403.99 599
4403.99 901
4403.99 902
4403.99 903
4403.99 904
4403.99 905
4403.99 906
4403.99 907
4403.99 908
4403.99 909
4403.99 910
52 Laws of Malaysia ACT 105
4403.99 911
4403.99 912
4403.99 913
4403.99 914
4403.99 915
4403.99 916
4403.99 917
4403.99 918
4403.99 919
4403.99 920
4403.99 921
4403.99 922
4403.99 923
4403.99 924
4403.99 925
4403.99 926
4403.99 927
4403.99 928
4403.99 929
4403.99 930
4403.99 931
4403.99 932
4403.99 933
4403.99 934
4403.99 935
4403.99 936
4403.99 937
4403.99 938
4403.99 939
4403.99 940
4403.99 941
4403.99 942
4403.99 943
4403.99 944
4403.99 945
4403.99 946
4403.99 947
4403.99 948
4403.99 949
4403.99 950
4403.99 951
4403.99 952
4403.99 953
4403.99 954
4403.99 955
Timber Products Harmonized Commodity
Description and Coding System
4403.99 956
4403.99 957
4403.99 958
4403.99 959
4403.99 960
4403.99 961
4403.99 962
4403.99 963
4403.99 964
4403.99 965
4403.99 966
4403.99 967
4403.99 968
4403.99 969
4403.99 970
4403.99 971
4403.99 972
4403.99 973
4403.99 974
4403.99 975
4403.99 976
4403.99 977
4403.99 978
4403.99 979
4403.99 980
4403.99 981
4403.99 982
4403.99 983
4403.99 984
4403.99 985
4403.99 986
4403.99 987
4403.99 988
4403.99 989
4403.99 990
4403.99 991
4403.99 992
4403.99 993
4403.99 994
4403.99 995
4403.99 996
4403.99 997
4403.99 998
4403.99 999
Malaysian Timber Industry Board
(Incorporation)
53
Timber Products Harmonized Commodity
Description and Coding System
Roughly trimmed wooden 4404.10 900 4404.20 900
sticks
Ground wood (woodwool, 4405.00 100 4405.00 200
wood flour)
Railway or tramway 4406.10 110 4406.90 110
sleepers (cross-ties) 4406.10 120 4406.90 120
4406.10 130 4406.90 130
4406.10 190 4406.90 190
4406.10 210 4406.90 210
4406.10 220 4406.90 220
4406.90 230 4406.90 230
4406.90 290 4406.90 290
Rough sawn timber 4407.10 110 4407.21 151
4407.10 120 4407.21 152
4407.10 130 4407.21 153
4407.10 140
4407.10 150 4407.21 211
4407.21 212
4407.10 210 4407.21 213
4407.10 220
4407.10 230 4407.21 221
4407.10 240 4407.21 222
4407.10 250 4407.21 223
4407.10 310 4407.21 231
4407.10 320 4407.21 232
4407.10 330 4407.21 233
4407.10 340
4407.10 350 4407.21 241
4407.21 242
4407.10 910 4407.21 243
4407.10 920
4407.10 930 4407.21 251
4407.10 940 4407.21 252
4407.10 950 4407.21 253
4407.21 111 4407.21 311
4407.21 112 4407.21 312
4407.21 113 4407.21 313
4407.21 314
4407.21 121
4407.21 122 4407.21 321
4407.21 123 4407.21 322
4407.21 323
54 Laws of Malaysia ACT 105
Timber Products Harmonized Commodity
Description and Coding System
4407.21 131 4407.21 324
4407.21 132
4407.21 133
4407.21 331
4407.21 141 4407.21 332
4407.21 142 4407.21 333
4407.21 143 4407.21 334
4407.21 341 4407.21 541
4407.21 342 4407.21 542
4407.21 343 4407.21 543
4407.21 344
4407.21 551
4407.21 351 4407.21 552
4407.21 352 4407.21 553
4407.21 353
4407.21 354 4407.21 610
4407.21 620
4407.21 630
4407.21 411 4407.21 640
4407.21 412 4407.21 650
4407.21 413
4407.22 100
4407.21 421 4407.22 200
4407.21 422 4407.22 300
4407.21 423 4407.22 400
4407.22 500
4407.21 431
4407.21 432 4407.23 100
4407.21 433 4407.23 200
4407.23 300
4407.21 441 4407.23 400
4407.21 442 4407.23 500
4407.21 443
4407.91 100
4407.21 451 4407.91 200
4407.21 452 4407.91 300
4407.21 453 4407.91 400
4407.91 500
4407.21 511
4407.21 512 4407.92 100
4407.21 513 4407.92 200
4407.92 300
4407.21 521 4407.92 400
4407.21 522 4407.92 500
4407.21 523
4407.99 101
4407.21 531 4407.99 102
4407.21 532 4407.99 103
4407.21 533 4407.99 104
4407.99 105
Malaysian Timber Industry Board
(Incorporation)
55
Timber Products Harmonized Commodity
Description and Coding System
4407.99 106 4407.99 149
4407.99 107 4407.99 150
4407.99 108 4407.99 151
4407.99 109 4407.99 152
4407.99 110 4407.99 153
4407.99 111 4407.99 154
4407.99 112 4407.99 155
4407.99 113 4407.99 156
4407.99 114 4407.99 157
4407.99 115 4407.99 158
4407.99 116 4407.99 159
4407.99 117 4407.99 160
4407.99 118 4407.99 161
4407.99 119 4407.99 162
4407.99 120 4407.99 163
4407.99 121 4407.99 164
4407.99 122 4407.99 165
4407.99 123 4407.99 166
4407.99 124 4407.99 167
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4407.99 126 4407.99 169
4407.99 127 4407.99 170
4407.99 128 4407.99 171
4407.99 129 4407.99 172
4407.99 130 4407.99 173
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4407.99 134 4407.99 177
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4407.99 137 4407.99 180
4407.99 138 4407.99 181
4407.99 139 4407.99 182
4407.99 140 4407.99 183
4407.99 141 4407.99 184
4407.99 142 4407.99 185
4407.99 143 4407.99 186
4407.99 144 4407.99 187
4407.99 145 4407.99 188
4407.99 146 4407.99 189
4407.99 147 4407.99 190
4407.99 148 4407.99 191
56 Laws of Malaysia ACT 105
Timber Products Harmonized Commodity
Description and Coding System
4407.99 192 4407.99 234
4407.99 193 4407.99 235
4407.99 194 4407.99 236
4407.99 195 4407.99 237
4407.99 196 4407.99 238
4407.99 197 4407.99 239
4407.99 198 4407.99 240
4407.99 199 4407.99 241
4407.99 242
4407.99 201 4407.99 243
4407.99 202 4407.99 244
4407.99 203 4407.99 245
4407.99 204 4407.99 246
4407.99 205 4407.99 247
4407.99 206 4407.99 248
4407.99 207 4407.99 249
4407.99 208 4407.99 250
4407.99 209 4407.99 251
4407.99 210 4407.99 252
4407.99 211 4407.99 253
4407.99 212 4407.99 254
4407.99 213 4407.99 255
4407.99 214 4407.99 256
4407.99 215 4407.99 257
4407.99 216 4407.99 258
4407.99 217 4407.99 259
4407.99 218 4407.99 260
4407.99 219 4407.99 261
4407.99 220 4407.99 262
4407.99 221 4407.99 263
4407.99 222 4407.99 264
4407.99 223 4407.99 265
4407.99 224 4407.99 266
4407.99 225 4407.99 267
4407.99 226 4407.99 268
4407.99 227 4407.99 269
4407.99 228 4407.99 270
4407.99 229 4407.99 271
4407.99 230 4407.99 272
4407.99 231 4407.99 273
4407.99 232 4407.99 274
4407.99 233 4407.99 275
Malaysian Timber Industry Board
(Incorporation)
57
Timber Products Harmonized Commodity
Description and Coding System
4407.99 276 4407.99 318
4407.99 277 4407.99 319
4407.99 278 4407.99 320
4407.99 279 4407.99 321
4407.99 280 4407.99 322
4407.99 281 4407.99 323
4407.99 282 4407.99 324
4407.99 283 4407.99 325
4407.99 284 4407.99 326
4407.99 285 4407.99 327
4407.99 286 4407.99 328
4407.99 287 4407.99 329
4407.99 288 4407.99 330
4407.99 289 4407.99 331
4407.99 290 4407.99 332
4407.99 291 4407.99 333
4407.99 292 4407.99 334
4407.99 293 4407.99 335
4407.99 294 4407.99 336
4407.99 295 4407.99 337
4407.99 296 4407.99 338
4407.99 297 4407.99 339
4407.99 298 4407.99 340
4407.99 299 4407.99 341
4407.99 342
4407.99 301 4407.99 343
4407.99 302 4407.99 344
4407.99 303 4407.99 345
4407.99 304 4407.99 346
4407.99 305 4407.99 347
4407.99 306 4407.99 348
4407.99 307 4407.99 349
4407.99 308 4407.99 350
4407.99 309 4407.99 351
4407.99 310 4407.99 352
4407.99 311 4407.99 353
4407.99 312 4407.99 354
4407.99 313 4407.99 355
4407.99 314 4407.99 356
4407.99 315 4407.99 357
4407.99 316 4407.99 358
4407.99 317 4407.99 359
58 Laws of Malaysia ACT 105
4407.99 360 4407.99 402
4407.99 361 4407.99 403
4407.99 362 4407.99 404
4407.99 363 4407.99 405
4407.99 364 4407.99 406
4407.99 365 4407.99 407
4407.99 366 4407.99 408
4407.99 367 4407.99 409
4407.99 368 4407.99 410
4407.99 369 4407.99 411
4407.99 370 4407.99 412
4407.99 371 4407.99 413
4407.99 372 4407.99 414
4407.99 373 4407.99 415
4407.99 374 4407.99 416
4407.99 375 4407.99 417
4407.99 376 4407.99 418
4407.99 377 4407.99 419
4407.99 378 4407.99 420
4407.99 379 4407.99 421
4407.99 380 4407.99 422
4407.99 381 4407.99 423
4407.99 382 4407.99 424
4407.99 383 4407.99 425
4407.99 384 4407.99 426
4407.99 385 4407.99 427
4407.99 386 4407.99 428
4407.99 387 4407.99 429
4407.99 388 4407.99 430
4407.99 389 4407.99 431
4407.99 390 4407.99 432
4407.99 391 4407.99 433
4407.99 392 4407.99 434
4407.99 393 4407.99 435
4407.99 394 4407.99 436
4407.99 395 4407.99 437
4407.99 396 4407.99 438
4407.99 397 4407.99 439
4407.99 398 4407.99 440
4407.99 399 4407.99 441
4407.99 442
4407.99 401 4407.99 443
Timber Products Harmonized Commodity
Description and Coding System
Malaysian Timber Industry Board
(Incorporation)
59
4407.99 444 4407.99 486
4407.99 445 4407.99 487
4407.99 446 4407.99 488
4407.99 447 4407.99 489
4407.99 448 4407.99 490
4407.99 449 4407.99 491
4407.99 450 4407.99 492
4407.99 451 4407.99 493
4407.99 452 4407.99 494
4407.99 453 4407.99 495
4407.99 454 4407.99 496
4407.99 455 4407.99 497
4407.99 456 4407.99 498
4407.99 457 4407.99 499
4407.99 458
4407.99 459 4407.99 501
4407.99 460 4407.99 502
4407.99 461 4407.99 503
4407.99 462 4407.99 504
4407.99 463 4407.99 505
4407.99 464 4407.99 506
4407.99 465 4407.99 507
4407.99 466 4407.99 508
4407.99 467 4407.99 509
4407.99 468 4407.99 510
4407.99 469 4407.99 511
4407.99 470 4407.99 512
4407.99 471 4407.99 513
4407.99 472 4407.99 514
4407.99 473 4407.99 515
4407.99 474 4407.99 516
4407.99 475 4407.99 517
4407.99 476 4407.99 518
4407.99 477 4407.99 519
4407.99 478 4407.99 520
4407.99 479 4407.99 521
4407.99 480 4407.99 522
4407.99 481 4407.99 523
4407.99 482 4407.99 524
4407.99 483 4407.99 525
4407.99 484 4407.99 526
4407.99 485 4407.99 527
Timber Products Harmonized Commodity
Description and Coding System
60 Laws of Malaysia ACT 105
4407.99 528 4407.99 564
4407.99 529 4407.99 565
4407.99 530 4407.99 566
4407.99 531 4407.99 567
4407.99 532 4407.99 568
4407.99 533 4407.99 569
4407.99 534 4407.99 570
4407.99 535 4407.99 571
4407.99 536 4407.99 572
4407.99 537 4407.99 573
4407.99 538 4407.99 574
4407.99 539 4407.99 575
4407.99 540 4407.99 576
4407.99 541 4407.99 577
4407.99 542 4407.99 578
4407.99 543 4407.99 579
4407.99 544 4407.99 580
4407.99 545 4407.99 581
4407.99 546 4407.99 582
4407.99 547 4407.99 583
4407.99 548 4407.99 584
4407.99 549 4407.99 585
4407.99 550 4407.99 586
4407.99 551 4407.99 587
4407.99 552 4407.99 588
4407.99 553 4407.99 589
4407.99 554 4407.99 590
4407.99 555 4407.99 591
4407.99 556 4407.99 592
4407.99 557 4407.99 593
4407.99 558 4407.99 594
4407.99 559 4407.99 595
4407.99 560 4407.99 596
4407.99 561 4407.99 597
4407.99 562 4407.99 598
4407.99 563 4407.99 599
Dressed Timber 4407.10 190 4407.21 191
4407.10 290 4407.21 192
4407.10 390 4407.21 193
4407.10 990
4407.21 291
4407.21 292
4407.21 293
4407.21 391
4407.21 392
4407.21 393
4407.21 394
Timber Products Harmonized Commodity
Description and Coding System
Malaysian Timber Industry Board
(Incorporation)
61
4407.21 491 4407.99 929
4407.21 492 4407.99 930
4407.21 493 4407.99 931
4407.99 932
4407.21 591 4407.99 933
4407.21 592 4407.99 934
4407.21 593 4407.99 935
4407.99 936
4407.21 690 4407.99 937
4407.99 938
4407.21 900 4407.99 939
4407.99 940
4407.23 900 4407.99 941
4407.99 942
4407.91 900 4407.99 943
4407.99 944
4407.92 900 4407.99 945
4407.99 946
4407.99 901 4407.99 947
4407.99 902 4407.99 948
4407.99 903 4407.99 949
4407.99 904 4407.99 950
4407.99 905 4407.99 951
4407.99 906 4407.99 952
4407.99 907 4407.99 953
4407.99 908 4407.99 954
4407.99 909 4407.99 955
4407.99 910 4407.99 956
4407.99 911 4407.99 957
4407.99 912 4407.99 958
4407.99 913 4407.99 959
4407.99 914 4407.99 960
4407.99 915 4407.99 961
4407.99 916 4407.99 962
4407.99 917 4407.99 963
4407.99 918 4407.99 964
4407.99 919 4407.99 965
4407.99 920 4407.99 966
4407.99 921 4407.99 967
4407.99 922 4407.99 968
4407.99 923 4407.99 969
4407.99 924 4407.99 970
4407.99 925 4407.99 971
4407.99 926 4407.99 972
4407.99 927 4407.99 973
4407.99 928 4407.99 974
Timber Products Harmonized Commodity
Description and Coding System
62 Laws of Malaysia ACT 105
4407.99 975 4407.99 988
4407.99 976 4407.99 989
4407.99 977 4407.99 990
4407.99 978 4407.99 991
4407.99 979 4407.99 992
4407.99 980 4407.99 993
4407.99 981 4407.99 994
4407.99 982 4407.99 995
4407.99 983 4407.99 996
4407.99 984 4407.99 997
4407.99 985 4407.99 998
4407.99 986 4407.99 999
4407.99 987
Veneer 4408.10 110 4408.20 291
4408.10 120 4408.20 292
4408.10 910 4408.20 299
4408.10 920 4408.10 911
4408.10 990 4408.10 912
4408.20 111 4408.20 991
4408.20 112 4408.20 992
4408.20 999
4408.20 191
4408.20 192 4408.90 110
4408.20 199 4408.90 120
4408.90 910
4408.20 211 4408.90 920
4408.20 212 4408.90 990
Moulding, including beadings 4409.10 100 4409.20 130 4409.10 200 4409.20 140
4409.10 300 4409.20 910
4409.10 400 4409.20 920
4409.20 110 4409.20 930
4409.20 120 4409.20 940
Laminated timber 4409.10 900 4409.20 990
4409.20 190
Reconstituted wood products 4410.10 110 4410.90 110 (e.g. particle board/chipboard, 4410.10 120 4410.90 120 woodwool cement board, wood 4410.10 130 4410.90 130 cement board, waferboard, 4410.10 910 4410.90 910 flakeboard, oriented strand board) 4410.10 920 4410.90 920 4410.10 930 4410.90 930
Timber Products Harmonized Commodity
Description and Coding System
Malaysian Timber Industry Board
(Incorporation)
63
Fibreboard (e.g. medium density 4411.11 100 4411.39 000 fibreboard, insulating board and 4411.11 200 4411.91 110 hardboard) 4411.11 300 4411.91 120
4411.19 100 4411.91 910
4411.19 200 4411.91 990
4411.19 300 4411.99 110
4411.21 000 4411.99 120
4411.29 000 4411.99 910
4411.31 000 4411.99 990
Plywood 4412.11 000 4412.21 992
4412.12 100 4412.21 999
4412.12 900 4412.91 110
4412.19 000 4412.91 191
4412.21 110 4412.91 192
4412.21 191 4412.91 199
4412.21 192 4412.91 911
4412.21 199 4412.91 919
4412.21 911 4412.91 991
4412.21 919 4412.91 992
4412.21 991 4412.91 999
Blockboard, Laminboard, 4412.29 110 4412.99 110
Battenboard 4412.29 191 4412.99 191
4412.29 192 4412.99 192
4412.29 199 4412.99 199
4412.29 911 4412.99 911
4412.29 919 4412.99 919
4412.29 991 4412.91 991
4412.29 992 4412.99 992
4412.29 999 4412.99 999
Wooden picture frames 4414.00 000
Wooden packing cases, boxes
and crates:
of plywood, assembled, 4415.10 100
unassembled or partly assembled
others, assembled 4415.10 910
others, unassembled or partly 4415.10 990
assembled
Wooden pallets 4415.20 000
Tool, broom and brush bodies 4417.00 100 4417.00 900 and handles
Joinery (windows, doors and 4418.10 000 4418.20 000 their frames)
Parquet flooring panels 4418.30 000
Timber Products Harmonized Commodity
Description and Coding System
64 Laws of Malaysia ACT 105
Fenders and wallings 4418.90 900
Articles of wooden furniture 4420.90 200
(e.g. coat or hat rack, clothes
brush, hangers, letter trays for
office use, ashtrays and pen-trays
Other articles of wood (wood 4421.90 300
paving blocks)
Bamboo 1401.10 100
Rattan 1401.20 100 1401.20 920
1401.20 910 1401.20 990
Chairs and other seats (of wood,
rattan and bamboo):
seats of rattan and bamboo 9401.50 000
seats with wooden frame, 9401.61 000
upholstered
seats with wooden frame, others 9401.69 000
other seats, used in parks, 9401.80 190
gardens or vestibules, others
seats, parts 9401.90 000
Other furniture and furniture
components:
wooden furniture of a kind 9403.30 000
used in offices
wooden furniture of a kind 9403.40 000
used in the kitchen
wooden furniture of a kind 9403.50 000
used in the bedroom
other wooden furniture 9403.60 100 9403.60 900
rattan and bamboo furniture, 9403.80 190
used in parks, gardens or
vestibules, others
rattan and bamboo furniture, 9403.80 910 9403.80 990 others
rattan and bamboo furniture, 9403.90 100 9403.90 900 parts
Prefabricated buildings, including 9406.00 200
houses
Timber Products Harmonized Commodity
Description and Coding System
Malaysian Timber Industry Board
(Incorporation)
65
SECOND SCHEDULE
[Section 3(2)]
SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS RESPECTING
THE BOARD
1. (1) A member of the Board who-- (a) without reasonable cause or the permission in writing of the Chairman has neither been present nor represented by an alternate member, if any, at three consecutive meetings of the Board;
(b) has been found or declared to be of unsound mind; (c) has become bankrupt or made an arrangement with his creditors; or (d) has been convicted of any offence involving fraud, dishonesty or moral turpitude or any offence under this Act or the rules or regulations thereunder,
shall cease to hold office.
(2) Subparagraph (1), other than subparagraph (1)(a), shall apply mutatis mutandis to every alternate member.
(3) There shall be paid to members of the Board, or to such of them as the Minister may determine, such allowances as he may determine. (4) The appointment of every member and alternate member of the Board shall be published in the Gazette.
(5) No member of the Board shall incur personal liability for loss or damage caused by an act or omission in administering the affairs of the Board, unless the loss or damage is occasioned by an intentionally wrongful act or omission on his part.
2. (1) The Board shall meet at least four times a year. (2) The quorum of the Board shall be ten.
(3) If at any meeting of the Board neither the Chairman nor the person exercising the functions of the Chairman is present, the members present shall elect one of their number to preside over the meeting. (4) If on any question to be determined by the Board there is an equality of votes, the Chairman or member presiding shall have a casting vote. (5) Subject to subparagraphs (1), (2), (3) and (4), the Board shall determine its own procedure.
(6) The seal of the Board shall be authenticated by the Chairman and one other member of the Board, and any document purporting to be sealed by the seal of the Board and so authenticated shall, until the contrary is shown, be deemed to have been validly sealed.
66 Laws of Malaysia ACT 105
THIRD SCHEDULE
[Section 2 and subsection 5(1)]
RECOGNIZED ASSOCIATIONS
Name Number of
Representatives
Timber Exporters Association, Malaysia ... ... ... 1 Timber Trade Federation of Malaysia ... ... ... 1 Bumiputra Timber Traders Association, ... ... ... 1 Malaysia
Malaysian Plywood Manufacturers' ... ... ... 1
Association
Bumiputra Timber Traders Association, ... ... ... 1 Malaysia
Malaysian Wood Moulding Council ... ... ... 1
Malaysian Furniture Industry Council ... ... ... 1 Malaysian Timber Industry Board
(Incorporation)
67
LAWS OF MALAYSIA
Act 105
MALAYSIAN TIMBER INDUSTRY BOARD
(INCORPORATION) ACT 1973
LIST OF AMENDMENTS
Amending law Short title In force from
P.U. (B) 115/1974 Amendment of Third Schedule 08-03-1974 Malaysian Timber Industry Board
(Incorporation) Act 1973
Act 160 Malaysian Currency (Ringgit) Act 29-08-1975 1975
Act A358 Malaysian Timber Industry Board 22-10-1976 (Incorporation) (Amendment) Act
1976
P.U. (A) 357/1980 Subordinate Courts Act (Extension) 01-06-1981 Order 1980
Act A776 Malaysian Timber Industry Board 08-08-1991 (Incorporation) (Amendment) Act
1990
P.U. (B) 614/1993 Amendment of First Schedule 24-12-1993 Malaysian Timber Industry Board
(Incorporation) Act 1973
P.U. (B) 469/1995 Amendment of Third Schedule 29-09-1995 Malaysian Timber Industry Board
(Incorporation) Act 1973
P.U. (B) 98/1998 Amendment of Third Schedule 06-03-1998 Malaysian Timber Industry Board
(Incorporation) Act 1973
68 Laws of Malaysia ACT 105
LAWS OF MALAYSIA
Act 105
MALAYSIAN TIMBER INDUSTRY BOARD
(INCORPORATION) ACT 1973
LIST OF SECTIONS AMENDED
Section Amending authority In force from
2 Act A776 08-08-1991
4 Act A776 08-08-1991
5 Act A776 08-08-1991
5A Act A776 08-08-1991
7 Act A776 08-08-1991
8 Act A776 08-08-1991
9 Act A776 08-08-1991
9A Act A776 08-08-1991
9B Act A776 08-08-1991
Act A358 22-10-1956
12 Act A776 08-08-1991
Act 160 29-08-1975
13 Act A776 08-08-1991
13A Act A776 08-08-1991
14 Act A776 08-08-1991
14A Act A776 08-08-1991
15 Act A776 08-08-1991
17 Act A776 08-08-1991
18 Act A776 08-08-1991
19 Act A358 22-10-1956
Act A776 08-08-1991
20A Act A776 08-08-1991
22 Act A776 08-08-1991
23 Act A776 08-08-1991
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(Incorporation)
69
24 Act A776 08-08-1991
25 Act A776 08-08-1991
26 Act A776 08-08-1991
27 Act A776 08-08-1991
27A-27K Act A776 08-08-1991
28 Act A776 08-08-1991
29 Act A776 08-08-1991
29A Act A776 08-08-1991
30 Act A776 08-08-1991
30A Act A776 08-08-1991
30B Act A776 08-08-1991
33 Act A776 08-08-1991
33A Act A776 08-08-1991
33B Act A776 08-08-1991
34 Act A776 08-08-1991
34A-34C Act A776 08-08-1991
First Schedule Act A776 08-08-1991
P.U. (B) 614/1993 24-12-1993
Second Schedule Act A776 08-08-1991
Third Schedule P.U. (B) 115/1974 08-03-1974
Act A776 08-08-1991
P.U. (B) 469/1995 29-09-1995
P.U. (B) 98/1998 06-03-1998
Section Amending authority In force from
DICETAK OLEH
PERCETAKAN NASIONAL MALAYSIA BERHAD,
KUALA LUMPUR
BAGI PIHAK DAN DENGAN PERINTAH KERAJAAN MALAYSIA
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