CONTROL OF PADI AND RICE ACT 1994

Control of Padi and Rice LAWS OF MALAYSIA REPRINT Act 522 CONTROL OF PADI AND RICE ACT 1994 As at 15 September 2025 PUBLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF LAW REVISION, MALAYSIA UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE REVISION OF LAWS ACT 1968 2025 1 2 Act 522 Laws of Malaysia CONTROL OF PADI AND RICE ACT 1994 Date of Royal Assent … … … … … 24 June 1994 Date of publication in the Gazette … … … 7 July 1994 Latest amendment made by Act A1659 which came into operation on … … … 30 March 2023 … … Previous Reprints First Reprint … … … … … 2002 Second Reprint … … … … … 2006 Third Reprint … … … … … 2020 Control of Padi and Rice LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 522 CONTROL OF PADI AND RICE ACT 1994 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Part I PRELIMINARY Section 1. Short title, application and commencement 2. Interpretation Part II DIRECTOR GENERAL AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR THE CONTROL OF PADI AND RICE 3. Appointment of Director General and Deputy Director General 4. Duties and functions of Director General 5. Power of the Minister to give directions Part III POWERS RELATING TO ENFORCEMENT, SEARCH, SEIZURE, ARREST, ETC. 6. Authorization of officer to exercise powers under this Part 7. Power to obtain information 8. Power to enter premises 9. Power of investigation 10. Power to require attendance of person acquainted with case 3 4 Laws of Malaysia Act 522 Section 11. Examination of person acquainted with case 12. Prosecution 13. Seizure of padi or rice or any thing connected to an offence 14. Power to stop and search conveyance 15. Things seized in respect of which there is no prosecution 16. Release or disposal of padi, rice, etc. Part IV OFFENCES, PENALTIES AND PROCEEDINGS 17. Prohibition on concealment or destruction of padi or rice 18. Offence of refusing to sell rice 19. Illegal condition 20. Unlawful possession of padi or rice 21. Offence of obstruction 22. General penalty 23. Burden of proof 24. Protection of informers from discovery 25. Things seized in respect of which there is prosecution 26. Effect of forfeiture 27. Jurisdiction of Court 28. Protection of authorized person 28a. Compounding of offences Part V GENERAL 29. Power to make regulations 30. Secrecy and penalty 31. Non-application of certain laws to padi and rice Control of Padi and Rice Part VI REPEAL, TRANSITIONAL AND SAVING PROVISIONS, ETC. Section 32. Repeal, transitional and saving provisions 33. Transfer of land 5 6 Laws of Malaysia Act 522 Control of Padi and Rice 7 LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 522 CONTROL OF PADI AND RICE ACT 1994 An Act to make provisions in the law relating to padi and rice and for other matters connected therewith. [7 July 1994, P.U. (B) 296/1994] 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, application and commencement 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Control of Padi and Rice Act 1994. (2) This Act shall apply throughout Malaysia. (3) This Act shall come into force on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint. Interpretation 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— “authorized officer” means an officer authorized under section 6; 8 Laws of Malaysia Act 522 “Director General” means the Director General for the control of padi and rice; “Federal Lands Commissioner” means the Federal Lands Commissioner appointed under the Federal Lands Commissioner Act 1957 [Act 349]; “Lembaga” means the Lembaga Padi dan Beras Negara established under the Lembaga Padi dan Beras Negara Act 1971 [Act 47]; “Minister” means the Minister for the time being charged with the responsibility for padi and rice; “marketing” means sale, purchase, storage, transport, processing, milling, polishing, grading, packaging, advertising and promotion; “padi” or “rice” includes padi or rice in any form, the by-products of padi or rice, and any product made or derived wholly or substantially from padi or rice: Provided that the Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, exempt padi or rice in any particular form, or any particular product or by-product of padi or rice, from all or any of the provisions of this Act or the regulations made thereunder. Part II DIRECTOR GENERAL AND DEPUTY DIRECTOR GENERAL FOR THE CONTROL OF PADI AND RICE Appointment of Director General and Deputy Director General 3. (1) The Minister shall appoint a public officer to be the Director General and one or such numbers of public officers to be the Deputy Directors General for the control of padi and rice for the purpose of carrying out the duties and functions assigned to him under this Act. (2) The Director General and the Deputy Director General shall hold office for such term and subject to such conditions as the Minister may, after consultation with the Public Services Commission, determine. Control of Padi and Rice 9 (3) The Director General shall have an official seal for the authentication of documents required for the purposes of his duties and functions under this Act. Duties and functions of Director General 4. (1) The duties and functions of the Director General shall be as follows: (a) to conserve and maintain an adequate supply of padi and rice; (b) to ensure a fair and stable price of padi for farmers; (c) to ensure a fair and stable price of rice for consumers; (d) to ensure sufficient supply of rice to meet all emergencies; and (e) to make recommendations to the Government on policies designed to promote the development of the padi and rice industry, and, where approved by the Government, to coordinate and assist in the implementation of the same. (2) Subject to the prior approval of the Minister, the Director General shall have power to do all things expedient or reasonably necessary or incidental to the discharge of his functions, and in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing— (a) to implement a guaranteed minimum price for padi; (b) to enforce the maintenance of a fair and stable price of rice for consumers; (c) to fix maximum or minimum prices of padi or rice; (d) to maintain or to require any person to maintain a stockpile in padi or rice for strategic and price stabilization purposes; (e) to regulate and control the disbursement of subsidies to padi farmers; 10 Laws of Malaysia Act 522 (f) to regulate the marketing of padi and rice particularly through the licensing of wholesalers, retailers, rice millers, importers and exporters; (g) to regulate and control the amount of padi or rice that may be kept, stored or possessed by any person; (h) to impose rationing in respect of padi or rice and to regulate and control the rationing thereof; to provide for the registration of all or any persons for the purpose of such rationing and for the issue of ration cards or other rationing documents, and to appoint enumerators to enumerate the public or any class thereof for the purpose of rationing; (i) to requisition stocks of padi or rice belonging to any person and pay adequate compensation therefor; (j) to regulate and control the milling of padi into rice including the rate and regularity of milling operations; (k) to conduct surveys and investigations in respect of the padi and rice industry; (l) to require persons engaged in the production or marketing of padi and rice to register and to give in the manner as the Director General may specify such information as the Director General may deem necessary; (m) to regulate the production of padi; (n) to prohibit, regulate or control the movement of padi or rice; and (o) to require any person dealing in the padi and rice industry to submit reports regarding his activities. Power of the Minister to give directions 5. The Minister may, from time to time, give to the Director General directions not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act and the Director General shall give effect to all such directions. Control of Padi and Rice 11 Part III POWERS RELATING TO ENFORCEMENT, SEARCH, SEIZURE, ARREST, ETC. Authorization of officer to exercise powers under this Part 6. (1) The Director General may authorize in writing any public officer to exercise the powers under this Part. (2) In exercising any of the powers under this Part, the officer shall, on demand, produce to the person against whom he is acting under this Act or any regulation made thereunder, the authority issued to him by the Director General. Power to obtain information 7. (1) An authorized officer may by writing under his hand or by notification in the Gazette require any person or class or description of persons or all persons— (a) to furnish him or such other person as may be specified in the requisition with full and accurate periodical or other returns or information in respect of padi or rice, showing all or any of the following particulars: (i) the quantity thereof in his or their possession or under his or their control; (ii) the cost thereof or expense incurred in respect thereof; (iii) the price charged or received by him or them therefor; (iv) any other information which the authorized officer may deem necessary to request in respect thereof; (b) to produce for inspection any book or document relating to any padi or rice in his or their possession or under his or their control; 12 Laws of Malaysia Act 522 (c) to register his or their names and addresses and other particulars and in the manner as the authorized officer may specify; and (d) to maintain the records and to make the returns containing the particulars as the authorized officer may specify relating to the acquisition, disposal, deposit, withdrawal, production, treatment, distribution, use and consumption of any padi or rice. (2) Where a person to whom a requisition has been made under subsection (1) fails to comply with it within the time as may be specified in the requisition or, if no time is specified, fails to comply with it within a reasonable time, he shall be guilty of an offence under this Act. (3) Where any information is required to be furnished in pursuance of subsection (1), an authorized officer may ask any person any question either orally or in writing or may require any person to produce any book or document which the authorized officer may consider necessary for the purpose of obtaining the information, and any person who refuses to answer or knowingly gives a false answer to such question or refuses to produce such book or document, shall be guilty of an offence under this Act. Power to enter premises 8. (1) An authorized officer or a police officer— (a) for the purpose of testing the accuracy of a record kept or return made or information given to an authorized officer under section 7; or (b) for the purpose of obtaining information, may— (aa) enter at any reasonable time any land, house, building or other place belonging to or in the occupation of any person; and (ab) carry out such inspection and examination (including the inspection and examination of books) as he may consider necessary. Control of Padi and Rice 13 (2) Where, as a result of any inspection and examination made under subsection (1), there is any discrepancy between the quantity or quality of any padi or rice found and any record or return required to be kept or made or any information given in respect of the padi or rice, the person required to keep the record or to make the return or to give the information shall be guilty of an offence under this Act. Power of investigation 9. (1) An authorized officer shall have the power to investigate the commission of an offence under this Act or any regulation made thereunder. (2) An authorized officer may, in relation to an investigation in respect of an offence committed under this Act or any regulation made thereunder, exercise the special powers in relati