Rukun Tetangga Act 2012 · Updated to 1 Aug 2020 · Part III · Voluntary Patrolling Scheme
20. Time-off or release of working hours with salary
Feedback & supportIf a member of a Voluntary Patrolling Scheme is an employee of any person and he performs patrol duty or guard duty for a period of not less than two consecutive hours after midnight, such member, subject to the prior written consent of the employer, shall be given time-off or release of working hours with salary by his employer in accordance with subsection (2), provided that the time-off or the release of working hours with salary shall not exceed four hours.
Voluntary Patrolling Scheme
“Voluntary Patrolling Scheme” means a scheme approved by the Director General under section 15. Rukun Tetangga 7
Rukun Tetangga 15
The time-off or release of working hours with salary under subsection (1)—
shall be given in accordance with the actual time period of patrol duty or guard duty in the morning of the day;
shall not be carried forward to the afternoon of the day or the next following day;
shall start at the normal working hours of the employee or in accordance with any other arrangement as agreed by the employer after consultation with the Chairman of the Rukun
Tetangga Area Committee;
shall not be accumulated to be deemed as leave; and
shall expire if unused.
Notwithstanding subsection 18(3), an employee may perform patrol duty or guard duty more than twice in a month upon request of the Chairman of the Rukun Tetangga Area Committee and with the prior written consent of the employer and in such a case the employee shall be entitled to be given time-off or release of working hours with salary in accordance with subsections (2) and (3).
employee
“employee” means a person who is a citizen and is hired or engaged by an employer for wages or salary, whether or not falling within the definition in the Employment Act 1955, Sabah Labour Ordinance or Sarawak Labour Ordinance, and includes any person holding any office in any public service and statutory or local authority;