Malaysia legislation
Section 3
Section 3
Regulations
(2)
Without prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred by subsection (1) the regulations made under this section may provide for—
(a)
prohibiting or restricting the use of motor vehicles or of any specified class or description of motor vehicles on all or any specified roads either generally or during particular hours or days;
Petroleum and Electricity (Control of Supplies)
(b)
prescribing a maximum speed for all or any specified class or description of motor vehicles on all or any specified roads;
(c)
prohibiting or restricting the supply, distribution or use of electricity for any purpose or specified purposes either generally or during specified hours;
(d)
restricting the hours during which any factory, shop, office, cinema, theatre, hotel, restaurant, bar, cabaret, night club, amusement park, place of entertainment or any business premises may be opened for business;
(e)
prohibiting, restricting or otherwise regulating the purchase, sale, storage or transport of any petroleum;
(f)
regulating and controlling the rationing of petroleum and, without prejudice to such general power, providing for the registration of all or any persons, or any class of persons, for the purpose of rationing and for the issue of ration documents;
(g)
exemption, either absolutely or subject to such conditions as may be imposed, from all or any of the regulations;
(h)
prescribing such fees or charges as may be necessary for the purposes of this Act; and
(i)
the commission of the offence against this Act to be punishable by a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit or with imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or with both.
(3)
The regulations made under paragraph (2)(c) may provide for empowering any electricity board to reduce or cut off any supply of electricity to any person who is, in the opinion of the board, contravening or not complying with the provisions of those regulations notwithstanding any agreement made with the person for the supply of electricity; and no legal proceedings shall be instituted against the board or any member or any employee thereof, or any other person whatsoever acting under the direction of the board, arising out of the reduction or cut off of any supply of electricity made by the board in accordance with the regulations made as aforesaid.
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(4)
All regulations made under this section shall be laid before both Houses of Parliament as soon as may be after they are made and if not sooner revoked, shall cease to have effect if resolutions are passed by both Houses annulling such regulations, but without prejudice to anything previously done by virtue thereof or to the power of the Minister to make new regulations.
(5)
For the purpose of this section “electricity board” means the successor company under the Electricity Supply (Successor Company)
Act 1990 [Act 448] and includes (if so expressly provided by the regulations made under this section) a person to whom a licence is issued for the supply of electricity to or for the use of any other person from any installation.
Authorization of persons to exercise powers under this Act or regulations made thereunder