Section 21
Power of Minister to make regulations in special circumstances
of Petroleum (Safety Measures) Act 1984
If the Minister is satisfied that any class of petroleum, by reason of the nature thereof or of any substance if mixed therewith is likely to affect safety or be injurious to health either generally or in the case of any class of persons, he may make such regulations as appears to him to be reasonably practicable to meet the necessity of the case.
(2)
If any person contravenes or attempts to contravene any of the regulations made under this section, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit and to a further fine of one thousand ringgit for each day or part of a day during which the offence is continued, and petroleum in respect of which the offence was committed and any vessel in which the petroleum was contained may be seized and shall be liable to forfeiture or dealt with in any manner as the court thinks fit.