Malaysia legislation
Section 69
Section 69
(1A)
Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Minister charged with the responsibility for works may, by order published in the Gazette, prescribe for any highways or any part thereof a speed limit which is lower, or with the concurrence of the Minister, higher than the national speed limit.
(1B)
Any person who fails to observe the national speed limit prescribed under subsection (1) or the speed limit prescribed in subsection (1A) shall be guilty of an offence.
(2)
Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Minister charged with the responsibility for works in relation to a Federal road, including highways, and the appropriate authority in relation to a road other than a Federal road, within the area of such authority, may by order published in the Gazette, prohibit the driving of motor vehicles, or of any specified class or description of motor vehicles, at a speed greater than the speed specified in such order, over any road or part thereof specified in the order, and either generally or at a specified time or times:
Provided that the speed specified in such order shall not exceed that of the national speed limit or in relation to highways or part thereof, the speed limit prescribed under subsection (1A) for that highway or part thereof.
(3)
The following persons shall erect and maintain in such positions in any place as shall give adequate notice of the speed limit prescribed under subsections (1) and (1A) and the prohibition under subsection (2), such traffic signs as shall be prescribed, indicating the nature of the prohibition:
(a)
in relation to a Federal road which is also a highway, the
Director General of Highway Authority or any person with proper authority from the Director General of
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Highway Authority, who is a person authorized under the
Federal Roads (Private Management) Act 1984 [Act 306];
(b)
in relation to a Federal road which is not a highway, the
Director General of Public Works; and
(c)
in relation to any other road within the area of any local authority, the relevant local authority.
(4)
In this section, “highway” means—
(a)
a Federal road where the traffic for both directions is separated by median and where its intersections are connected to public roads by interchanges without any direct connection to any private roads; or
(b)
a Federal road declared to be a highway by the Minister charged with the responsibility for works by an order published in the Gazette, which is a road where the traffic for both directions is separated by median and where its intersections are connected to public or private roads.
Power to restrict use of vehicles on specified roads