Malaysia legislation

Section 2

of ROAD TRANSPORT (AMENDMENT) ACT 2016

Section 2

The Road Transport Act 1987 [Act 333], which is referred to as the “principal Act” in this Act, is amended in section 2—

(a)

by inserting after the definition of “certificate of insurance”

the following definition:

‘ “Chairman of a Municipal Council” means the

Chairman of a Municipal Council referred to in section 2 of the Local Government Ordinance 1961

[Sabah No. 11 of 1991] and subsection 2(1) of the

Local Authorities Ordinance 1996 [Sarawak Cap. 20]

and includes the Deputy Chairman of the Municipal

Council;’;

(b)

in the definition of “traffic warden”—

(i)

by substituting for the words “or the Perbadanan

Putrajaya” the words “, the Perbadanan Putrajaya, the

President of a Municipal Council or the Chairman of a Municipal Council”; and

(ii)

in the national language text, by substituting for the full stop a semicolon; and

(c)

by inserting after the definition of “President” the following definition:

‘ “President of a Municipal Council” means the

President as defined in section 2 of the Local Government

Act 1976 [Act 171].’.

Amendment of section 3