Malaysia legislation
Section 34
Section 34
(2)
Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), regulations may be made for any of the following purposes or matters:
(a)
the prescription of documents and information to accompany any application for a licence;
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(b)
the duration and conditions of licence, and the manner and procedure for its renewal;
(c)
the fees to be paid for any licence and any other fees which are required to be prescribed under this Act;
(ca) the purchase of insurance policy by the licensed tour operator, or the making of a deposit in the form of cash or bank guarantee to the Commissioner;
(d)
the procedures of entry into and inspection of premises;
(e)
the keeping of proper books, accounts and records by the licensed tourism enterprise and the form and mode of the same;
(f)
regulating the establishment and management of tourism training institutions, including the prescription of course content and training programmes, books or materials to be used, the standards to which the institutions shall conform, the granting of permits by the Commissioner for lecturers and instructors, the qualifications of lecturers and instructors, the examinations to be conducted and the certificates or such other qualifications to be awarded;
(g)
the offences which may be compounded and the procedure for compounding such offences;
(h)
the forms of any register, notice or order required to be kept, issued or made under this Act and the procedures for the service of such notices or orders;
(ha) to provide for the classification and reclassification of tourist accommodation premises and the rating of such premises by the Commissioner;
(i)
the conduct of or the carrying on of any business or service relating to tourism enterprises or tourist guides and the
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(j)
any other matter which is required by this Act to be prescribed.
(3)
Any regulations made under this section may prescribe any act in contravention of the regulations to be an offence and may prescribe penalties of a fine not exceeding one hundred ringgit or imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or both for such offence.
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