ROAD TRANSPORT (AMENDMENT) ACT 2019

This Act comes into operation on a date to be appointed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette.

Amendment of section 2

by inserting after the definition of “maximum permissible laden weight” the following definition:

‘  “Mayor of a City Council” includes Commissioner of a City and “Mayor” shall be construed accordingly;’;

ROAD TRANSPORT (AMENDMENT) ACT 2019

by inserting after the definition of “police officer” the following definition:

‘  “prescribe”, where no mode is mentioned, means to prescribe by rules made under this Act;’;

by inserting after the definition of “Chief Police Officer”

the following definition:

‘  “City Council” includes a Council of a City and a City;’;

by inserting after the definition of “motor vehicle” the following definition:

‘  “Municipal Council” means a Municipal Council for a local authority area that has been declared and determined in accordance with paragraph 3(d) of the

Local Government Act 1976 [Act 171], paragraph 6(1)(cc)

of the Local Government Ordinance 1961 [Sabah

No. 11 of 1991] and paragraph 3(1)(e) of the Local

Authorities Ordinance 1996 [Sarawak Cap. 20];’;

by deleting the definition of “Suruhanjaya Pengangkutan

Awam Darat”; and

in the definition of “traffic warden”, by inserting after the words “Putrajaya,” the words “the Mayor of a City

Council,”.

Amendment of section 3

in subsections (1), (3), (5), (6) and (7), by inserting after the words “the Perbadanan Putrajaya” wherever appearing the words “, the Mayor of a City Council”; and

in subsection (4), by substituting for paragraph (ca) the following paragraph:

“(ca) the Mayor of a City Council, the President of a Municipal Council or the Chairman of a

Municipal Council, if the motor vehicle was caused to be removed by a traffic warden or any officer in the service of the City Council or the Municipal Council;”.

Amendment of section 66

in paragraph (nn), by deleting the words “that are not worthy of repair due to serious accidents, old age or other causes or where the chassis number thereof has been tampered with”;

in paragraph (pp), by inserting after the words “recall mechanism” the words “and to provide for the fees to be charged relating to it”;

by substituting for the full stop at the end of paragraph

(ss) the words “; and”; and

by inserting after paragraph (ss) the following paragraph:

“(tt) to regulate the use of any glass or other transparent material fitted to a motor vehicle and to provide for the fees to be charged relating to it.”.

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Amendment of section 88

by substituting for paragraph (cb) the following paragraph:

“(cb) the Mayor of a City Council, the President of a Municipal Council or the Chairman of a

Municipal Council or the officers of the City

Council or the Municipal Council specially authorized in writing by name or by office in that behalf by the Mayor of a City Council, the President of a Municipal Council or the

Chairman of a Municipal Council, respectively;”;

and

by substituting for the words “may in his discretion” the words “may, with the consent in writing of the Public

Prosecutor,”.

Amendment of section 123