Malaysia legislation

Section 39

of *ROAD TRANSPORT ACT 1987

Section 39

(2)

No person under seventeen years of age shall drive a motor vehicle other than a motor cycle or an invalid carriage on a road.

(3)

No person under twenty-one years of age shall drive a tractor heavy, tractor light, mobile machinery heavy, mobile machinery light, motor car heavy or public service vehicle on a road:

Provided that where a tractor is used solely as a prime mover for machinery or implements used in the cultivation of land, a person over eighteen years of age, who is licensed to drive motor cars, may drive such tractor on a road for the purpose of moving it from one cultivation area to another.

(4)

A person prohibited by this section by reason of his age from driving a motor vehicle or a motor vehicle of any class shall for the purposes of this Part be disqualified from holding or obtaining any driving licence other than a licence to drive such motor vehicle, if any, as he is not by this section forbidden to drive.

(5)

Any person who drives, or causes or permits any person to drive, a motor vehicle in contravention of this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding two thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.

Exceeding speed limit