Malaysia legislation

Section 13

of DRAINAGE WORKS ACT 1954

Section 13

Unauthorized use of vehicles and boats

(2)

Such licences shall be valid only till the 31st day of December, or, in the State of Kedah, the last day of Zulhijjah, of the year in which they have been issued, and the licence fee shall be one ringgit in respect of each sampan or craft.

(3)

The officer in charge of any drainage area may give permission in writing to bring within the drainage area and to use therein, any craft not mechanically propelled, which has been licensed under any other written law.

(4)

Any person who shall bring into any drainage area, or use therein, any unlicensed craft, or any craft licensed under any other written law in respect of which permission in writing has not previously been obtained under subsection (3), shall commit an offence.

(5)

Any person who, without previously having obtained permission in writing from the officer in charge of any drainage area—

(a)

drives, draws or pushes any vehicle, other than a bicycle, or causes any such vehicle to be driven, drawn or pushed along the banks or sides of any drainage channel or bund;

(b)

floats, or causes to be floated, in any drainage channel any wood or other material, shall commit an offence.

(6)

Any person convicted of an offence under this section shall be liable to imprisonment for three months or to a fine of two hundred ringgit or to both.

Drainage Works 11

Officer-in-charge of a drainage area

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