Section 32
Land Code
of Land Code
(1)
Any person who, without lawful authority
(a)
occupies, or erects any building on, any state land;
(b)
clears enclosure or cultivate any such land or part thereof; or
(c)
cuts any timbers or produces on any such land;.
Shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty, on first conviction
$2,000 and for a second or subsequent conviction $3,000 or imprisonment for one year or both, and the magistrate may issue a warrant to any police officer requiring him to dispos-sess and remove such person from the land:
Provided that this section shall not be construed as in-terfering with the right of natives of Brunei to remove tim-ber from state land other than reserved forests, for personal or domestic use and not for purposes of trade. Any person removing timber from state land shall deemed to remove it for purposes of trade until the contrary is proved.
(2)
Any person who abets the commission of an off-ence in subsection (1) of this section shall be deemed to have committed the offence and shall be liable on conviction to be punished with the punishment provided for under subsection (1) of this section.