The following are a few acts prohibited in the forests under respective section in the Forests Ordinance 1958 (Chapter 126), which frequently occur:

• Section 21
  No person shall in a forest reserve -
  1. trespass;
  2. pasture cattle or permit cattle to trespass;
  3. fell, cut, ring, mark, lop or tap any tree, or injure by fire or otherwise any tree or timber;
  4. cause any damage by negligence in felling any tree or cutting or dragging any timber;
  5. quarry stone, burn lime or charcoal or search for, collect or remove any forest produce or minerals;
  6. erect any building, or clear or break up any land for cultivation or for any other purpose; or
  7. kindle, keep or carry any fire or leave any fire burning.

• Section 36
  No person shall in a protected forest -
  1. erect any building, or clear or break up any land for cultivation or for any other purpose;
  2. fell, cut, ring, mark, lop or tap any tree, or injure by fire or otherwise any tree, or remove timber, firewood or charcoal;
  3. take or remove any forest produce;
  4. pasture cattle or permit cattle to trespass;
  5. cause any damage by negligence in felling any tree or cutting or dragging any timber;
  6. quarry stone, burn lime or charcoal or search for minerals;
  7. kindle, keep or carry any fire or leave any fire burning; or
  8. commit any other acts of trespassing.

• Section 50
  No person shall on any State land other than forest reserve, protected forest or Government reserve -
  1. cut, saw, convert or remove any timber or firewood;
  2. burn or remove any charcoal; or
  3. cut, collect or remove any of the kinds of forest produce mentioned in the First and Second Schedules, except in accordance with the terms of a licence or permit issued under this Ordinance.

• Section 66
  1. No sawmill and no plant for the manufacturing of veneers, plywood, mouldings or any other products from timber shall be built or operated except under and in accordance with a licence issued by the Director.
  2. A licence under this section shall be valid for a period of not exceeding one year from the date of issue, or for such longer period as the *Minister may, in any particular case, approve.
  3. A licence under this section may contain such conditions as the Director thinks fit including conditions providing -
     • that the sawmill or plant shall be built on an approved site and to an approved plan;
     • for the quantity and nature of sawbenches and other machinery to be used;
     • for a minimum output of timber; and
     • for an annual fee for any machinery installed for use in sawmill based on the estimated production capacity of such machinery.

• Section 67 A - (1)
  The Director may, in consultation with the Minister, by notice in writing to every holder of a licence or permit -
  • fix or impose a limit on the volume of timber to be produced, taken, felled or removed from any area covered by such licence or permit (hereinafter referred to as "the production limit" for such period as may be specified in the notice and may, in like manner, cancel, vary or amend any such production limit;
  • direct that a proportion of the timber from the production limit referred to in paragraph (a), as may be determined from time to time (hereinafter referred to as 'the reservation quota") shall be reserved for use or processing by licensed sawmills within Sarawak;

• Section 67 A - (4)
  Subject to any particular condition or limitation on reservation imposed in the notice under subsection (1), no holder of a licence or permit to which the notice apply shall -
  • fell, extract or remove from any forest area covered by this licence or permit any timber in excess of the production limit fixed or imposed under subsection (1)(a) for the period specified in the notice; or
  • export or caused to be exported or removed from Sarawak any timber forming or constituting part of the reservation quota referred to in subsection 1(b).

• Section 67 A - (7)
  • No timber shall be loaded or transmitted onto any vessel for export or removal from Sarawak until a certificate (hereinafter referred to as "Export Clearance Certificate") has been issued by the Director of Forests or any person specially authorized by him certifying that the timber does not form part of the reservation quota referred to in subsection 1(b).
  • The master of every vessel carrying or towing timber for export or removal from Sarawak shall not leave or attempt to leave any port until and unless he has in his possession an Export Clearance Certificate provided to him by the person exporting or removing the timber from Sarawak.
  • An Export Clearance Certificate shall not be issued unless the Director or his duly authorized forest officer is satisfied that -
    • all royalties, premia, cess and other dues chargeable on any timber to be exported or removed from Sarawak have been duly paid;
    • such timber carried or towed by the vessel have been taken licence or permit as indicated in the Forest Produce Removal Pass and other documents produced by the master of the vessel in support of such claim; and
    • the master of the vessel carrying or towing such timber has not contravened any of the requirements of Part VII of the Sarawak Rivers (Traffic) Regulations, 1993.

• Section 83 - (1) Any person who -
  
  • exports or causes to be removed from Sarawak any timber in contravention of section 67A (7) (a); or
  • knowingly assists in the transportation for export or removal from Sarawak any timber without an Export Clearance Certificate,
  shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty, imprisonment for a term of not less than one year but not exceeding 5 years, and shall also be liable to a fine of fifty thousand ringgit.

• Section 83 - (2)
  The master of any vessel who sends or attempts to send any vessel out of the port without an Export Clearance Certificate in contravention of Section 67A (7) (b), and also the owner and any person who is party or privy to the offence, shall be guilty of an offence, and liable to the same penalty as that prescribed under sub-section (1), and the vessel used in the commission of the offence may be detained and dealt with in accordance with such rules as may be described under Section 95.

• Section 83 - (3)
  Any person who knowingly fells, extracts or removes from any forest area, timber in excess of the production limit imposed under subsection (1)(a), or of subsection (4), of section 67A , shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty, imprisonment for five years and a fine of fifty thousand ringgit.

• Section 83 - (4)
  When a person is convicted of an offence under this section, the convicting court shall, in addition to any penalty which it may impose, order such person to pay to the State Government -
  • a sum not exceeding ten times the royalty, premium and cess chargeable on the timber exported or removed from the State without an Export Clearance Certificate;
  • a sum not exceeding ten times the value (as estimated by the Director or any person specially authorized by him in that behalf) of the timber felled, extracted or removed in excess of the production limit; and
  • any other charges payable in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance,
  and any sum ordered to be paid shall be recoverable as if it were a fine imposed.

• Section 83 - (5)
  Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 173 A and 294 of the Criminal Procedure Code, any offence under this section shall be inquired into and tried according to the provisions herein contained.

• Section 90 - (1)
  When any person is convicted of an offence against the provisions of Section 21, 36 or 50 the court shall, if application is made to it in that behalf by or on behalf of the Director of Forests, issue a warrant addressed to all police officers or forest officers requiring them forthwith to evict such person from the forest reserve, protected forest or State land in which the offence was committed, and to take possession, on behalf of the Government, of all buildings, animals, crops and other property used in the commission of the offence; and the persons to whom such warrant is addressed shall forthwith carry the same into execution.

• Section 90 - (2)
  An application under subsection (1) may be made without further process if made before the court recording a conviction adjourns but, if not so made, shall be made by summons before that court, and the court shall make no further order unless prood of the service of such summons upon the person convicted is forthcoming.

• Section 90B - (1)
  Any person who -
  • lays, erects or sets up or causes to be laid, erected or set up any structure, stone, log, tree, or any other article on any road used or intended to be used for logging or transportation of timber so as to cause a barrier or obstruction to the passage of that road; or
  • wilfully prevents, obstructs or molests any forest officer or police officer in the execution of his duties or the holder of a licence or permit or his employee or agent from removing the barrier or obstruction or in the exercise of his reights within the area covered by the licence or permit,
  shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty, imprisonment for two years and a fine of six thousand ringgit and, in the case of a continuing offence, a further fine of fifty ringgit in respect of every day during which the offence continues.

• Section 90B - (1A)
  In the prosecution of an offence under paragraph (a) of subsection (1), where it is proved that the person charged was, at the time of his arrest, present at any structure, stone, log, tree or any other article laid, erected or set up on any road used or intended to be used for logging or transportation of timber, it shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, that the person charged had so laid, erected or set up that structure, stone, log, tree or any other article.

• Section 90B - (2) When there is reason to believe that an offence against subsection (1) has been committed, any forest officer specially authorized by the Director or any police officer not below the rank of Assistant Superintendent of police may order in writing any person whom he has reason to believe to be committing the offence to remove the barrier or obstruction.

• Section 90B - (3)
  Any person who fails or neglects to comply with or obey an order issued under subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence; Penalty, imprisonment for two years and a fine of five thousand ringgit.

• Section 90B - (4)
  Any forest officer may, without a warrant, arrest any person who was or is being concerned in an offence against subsection (1) or if such person refuses to give his name and address or gives a name and address which there is reason to believe is false, or if there is reason to believe that he may escape.

• Section 90B - (5)
  A person arrested under this section may be detained until his name or address is properly ascertained or until he can furnish security in the form of a bond or in such other form as may be acceptable to the officer arresting him to secure his attendance in court:
  Provided that no person so arrested shall be detained longer than is necessary for bringing him before a court of competent jurisdiction, unless an order of such court for his continued detention is obtained.

• Section 90B - (6)
  Every forest officer in the exercise of the powers conferred under subsections (3) and (4) may call upon any police officer for assistance and it shall be the duty of every such officer to comply with such request.