for the storage and safe discharge or disposal of waste, and facilities for the same purposes to be installed on land.
(6) A person who fails to comply with a provision of this section shall be guilty of an offence.
48. (1) The Director may require an activity on or in a water body, including a recreational or leisure activity specified in the rules, to be registered, if satisfied that such an activity is causing or may cause ___
(a) damage to the bed, bank or shore of the water body;
(b) pollution or degradation of the water in the water body;
(c) harm or threat to the aquatic environment;
(d) harm or threat to licensed water activities;
(e) obstruction to navigation; or
(f) danger or nuisance.
(2) The Director may issue, to a person undertaking or organising an activity registered under subsection (1), directions regarding the manner, location and timing according to which the activitiy may be undertaken, for the purpose of protecting ___
(a) the bed, banks or shores of a water body;
(b) the quantity and quality of water in a water body;
(c) the aquatic environment;
(d) authorised water activities; or
(e) safety, and any such person shall comply with such directions.
(3) Any person who contravenes or fails to comply with subsec-tion (2), shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable, on conviction to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment not exceeding five years or to both, and in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine of five hundred ringgit for every day during which the offence continues.
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