Section 3 — ROAD TRANSPORT ACT 1987

(2)

The Director General shall have the general supervision and direction of all matters relating to road transport throughout Malaysia.

(3)

The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, prescribe—

(a)

uniforms and rank markings for any road transport officer; and

(b)

the authority card and badge to be carried by any road transport officer.

(4)

The Dato Bandar may appoint such number of persons in the service of the City of Kuala Lumpur as he considers necessary or expedient for the purposes of this Act to be traffic wardens and may, after consultation with the Inspector General of Police, prescribe uniforms for such officers.

(4A)

The Perbadanan Putrajaya may appoint such number of persons in the service of the Perbadanan Putrajaya as it considers necessary or expedient for the purposes of this Act to be traffic wardens and may, after consultation with the Inspector General of Police, prescribe uniforms for such officers.

(4B)

The Mayor of a City Council, the President of a Municipal

Council or the Chairman of a Municipal Council may appoint such number of persons in the service of the City Council or the Municipal

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Council as he considers necessary or expedient for the purposes of this

Act to be traffic wardens and may, after consultation with the Inspector

General of Police, prescribe uniforms for such officers.

(5)

The Director General shall perform the duties and exercise the rights and powers imposed and conferred upon him by this Act.

(6)

The Director General, all road transport officers and all traffic wardens appointed under this section, and all public officers and officers of the Authority authorized under section 88D shall be deemed to be public servants for the purposes of Chapter X of the

Penal Code [Act 574].

(7)

The Director General shall assign a Director to each registration area or each division of the Road Transport Department.

(8)

A notification in the Gazette of the appointment of a road transport officer or a traffic warden shall be conclusive evidence that such person was so appointed.

(9)

Any officer appointed under any Ordinance repealed by this

Act and holding office on the date immediately preceding the appointed day, shall continue in office and shall be deemed to be a road transport officer or a traffic warden, as the case may be, appointed under this section.

Authorization to Mayor, President of a Municipal Council,

Chairman of a Municipal Council, officers of City Council or

Municipal Council, etc.