Malaysia legislation
Section 2
Section 2
New section 41a
The Commercial Vehicles Licensing Board Act 1987 [Act 334], which is referred to as the “principal Act” in this Act, is amended by inserting after section 41 the following section:
“Soliciting or touting 41a. (1) Any person who, without lawful authority, solicits or touts for the purpose of offering services in connection with accepting for hire or reward the carriage of passengers or plying for hire or reward, whether or not carried out by that person, at any public place or its ancillary areas or in the vicinity of such place, commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both.
COMMERCIAL VEHICLES LICENSING BOARD
(AMENDMENT) ACT 2025
(2)
Notwithstanding any other provision in this Act, a police officer or road transport officer may arrest without warrant any person who has committed or is suspected of having committed an offence under this section and shall without unnecessary delay, bring the person arrested to the nearest police station, and thereafter the person shall be dealt with in accordance with the law relating to criminal procedure for the time being in force.
(3)
For the purposes of this section, “public place” includes all parts of an airport that are freely accessible to members of the public, any road, any terminal, or any place which has been gazetted as a stand for public service vehicles.”.
New section 49a