Section 1
This Act may be cited as the Federal Roads Act 1959.
Short title and application.
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Federal Roads Act 1959 is Malaysia Act, cited as Act 376 1959, currently marked in force and first recorded in 1959.
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Revised up to..31st July 1989Date of publication in Gazette of this revised version31st August 1989Date appointed for coming into force of this revised version pursuant to section 6(1)(xxiii) of the Revision of Laws Act 1968(Act1)7th September 1989
Act 376
FEDERAL ROADS ACT 1959 (Revised—1989)
Opening note
This Act may be cited as the Federal Roads Act 1959.
Short title and application.
(Repealed. ).
The Minister may after consultation with the Government of the State concerned, by order declare any road, bridge, ferry or other means of communication in any State to be Federal.
Power to declare roads, etc., to be federal.
Any order under section 3 shall be published in the Gazette and, as soon as possible thereafter, shall be laid before the Dewan Rakyat; and if, at the next meeting of the Dewan Rakyat after any such order is laid before it a resolution is passed annulling such order or any part thereof, such order or such part thereof shall, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder, be void as from the date of notification in the Gazette of the passing of such resolution.
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The roads, bridges and ferries specified or referred to in the declaration made by the High Commissioner on the fourteenth day of August 1957, in pursuance of Item 91 of the Second Schedule of the Federation of Malaya Agreement, 1948, and published as Legal Notification 339 of 1957, are hereby declared to be federal, and such declaration shall, for the purpose of amendment, variation or revocation thereof, be deemed to be an order duly made under sections 3 and 4.
On section 3 shall be published in the bib as possible thereafter, shall be laid in it a resolution in passing annulling such order or any part thereof, such order or such part thereof shall, but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder, be void as from the date of such notification in the Quarter of the passing of such resolution.
Act 376
(Revised----1989)
Particulars under section 7 (ii) and (iii) of the Revision of Laws Act 1968 (Act 1)
LIST OF AMENDMENTS
Amending Law
Short Title
In force from
Act A627 Federal Roads (Amendment) 13-9-1985 Act 1985
P.U. (A) Federal Roads Ordinance 1-4-1986 227/1986 (Extension to Sabah and Sarawak) Order 1986.
LIST OF LAWS OR PARTS THEREOF SUPERSEDED
No. Title
42 of 1959 Federal Roads Ordinance 1959
FEDERAL ROADS ACT 1959 (Revised—1989)
LIST OF AMENDMENTS MADE BY THE COMMISSIONER OF LAW REVISION UNDER SECTION 6 OF THE REVISION OF LAWS ACT 1968 (ACT 1)
Provision
Particulars of amendment s.1.. The commencement provision of date coming into force; subsection (2) added; marginal note amended
Authority for amendment s. (6) (i) (d); (x); (vii)
Throughout the Act
The word "Ordinance" substituted by the word "Act"
s. (6) (1) (v)
s. 4.. The words "House of s. (6) (1) (xviii) Representatives" substituted by the words "Dewan Rakyat"
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