Malaysia legislation

Section 14

of *COMMERCIAL VEHICLES LICENSING BOARD ACT 1987

Section 14

(a)

stage buses;

(b)

charter buses;

(c)

express buses;

(d)

mini buses;

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(e)

employees buses;

(f)

feeder buses;

(g)

school buses;

(h)

hire cars;

(i)

hire and drive cars;

(j)

taxi cabs;

(k)

airport taxi cabs; and

(l)

limousine taxi cabs.

(1A)

Notwithstanding subsection (1) the Minister may make rules for the purpose of prescribing any other classes of public service vehicles as he thinks fit.

(1B)

For the purpose of this Act, an e-hailing vehicle shall be a public service vehicle and subject to an intermediation business license issued under Part IVA.

(2)

(a)

Goods vehicles shall be divided into and licensed under the following classes:

(i)

carrier’s licence ‘A’; and

(ii)

carrier’s licence ‘C’.

(b)

Goods vehicles of either class may be of different types in respect of their functions.

(3)

A carrier’s licence ‘A’ shall entitle the holder thereof to use the authorized vehicle for the carriage of goods for hire or reward for or in connection with any trade or business carried on by him as a carrier of goods.

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(4)

A carrier’s licence ‘C’ shall entitle the holder thereof to use the authorized vehicle for the carriage of his own goods for or in connection with any trade or business carried on by him, but it shall be a condition of the licence that no vehicle which is for the time being an authorized vehicle shall be used for the carriage of goods for hire or reward other than goods sold and delivered by the holder under a contract of sale where a charge is made for the delivery of the goods.

(5)

A motor vehicle specified in a carrier’s licence shall not, while it remains so specified, be specified in any other carrier’s licence.

(6)

Where at any time goods are carried in a motor vehicle, being a vehicle which has been let on hire by a person who, at the time of the carriage of the goods, is within the meaning of this Act the user of the vehicle, the goods shall be deemed to be carried by that person for hire or reward:

Provided that—

(a)

the collection or delivery by a person of goods bought, sold, used or let on hire purchase in the course of a trade or business carried on by him;

(b)

the collection or delivery by a person of goods which have been or are to be subjected to a process or treatment in the course of a trade or business carried on by him;

(c)

the carriage of goods in a motor vehicle by a manufacturer, agent or dealer whilst the vehicle is being used by him for demonstration purposes; or

(d)

the carriage of goods in a motor vehicle which is being used under and in accordance with the rules applicable to a motor trade licence taken out by a manufacturer, repairer or dealer under the Road Transport Act 1987, shall not be deemed to constitute carrying of the goods for hire or reward for the purposes of this Act.

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(7)

For the purpose of this Act, a p-hailing vehicle shall be a goods vehicle and subject to an intermediation business licence issued under

Part IVA.