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Road Transport (Amendment) Act 2019 is Malaysia Amendment Act, cited as Amendment Act A1585 2019, currently marked in force and first recorded in 2019.

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ROAD TRANSPORT (AMENDMENT) ACT 2019

Date of Royal Assent

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... 14 January 2019

Date of publication in the

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... 18 January 2019

Gazette

Publisher’s Copyright C

(Appointed Printer to the Government of Malaysia).

Road Transport (Amendment)

Opening note

Preamble

  1. An Act to amend the Road Transport Act 1987. [ ] ENACTED by the Parliament of Malaysia as follows: Short title and commencement
(1)

This Act may be cited as the Road Transport (Amendment)

Act 2019.

(2)

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

Amendment of 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 “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

(b)

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;’;

(c)

by inserting after the definition of “Chief Police Officer”

the following definition:

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

(d)

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];’;

(e)

by deleting the definition of “Suruhanjaya Pengangkutan

Awam Darat”; and

(f)

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

Council,”.

Amendment of section 3

Section 3 of the principal Act is amended by substituting for subsection (4b) the following subsection:

“(4b)  The Mayor of a City Council, the President of a

Municipal Council or the Chairman of a Municipal Council may appoint such number of persons in the service of the City

Council or the Municipal Council as he considers necessary or expedient for the purposes of this Act to be traffic wardens and may, after consultation with the Inspector General of Police, prescribe uniforms for such officers.”.

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Amendment of section 3a

Section 3a of the principal Act is amended by deleting subsection (4).

Substitution of section 4

The principal Act is amended by substituting for section 4

the following section:

“Powers and duties of Dato Bandar, etc.

Quoted provision

Section 4

The powers and duties of the Dato Bandar, the Perbadanan

Putrajaya, the Mayor of a City Council, the President of a

Municipal Council, the Chairman of a Municipal Council and traffic wardens under this Act shall not be exercised outside or in respect of offences committed outside the

Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, the Federal Territory of Putrajaya, the City Council or the Municipal Council, respectively.”.

Amendment of section 5

Paragraph 5(1)(e) of the principal Act is amended by substituting for the words “does not exceed” the word “exceeds”.

Amendment of section 64

Subsection 64(1) of the principal Act is amended by substituting for the words “a Director or the Dato Bandar” the words

“a Director, a Deputy Director authorized in writing in that behalf by the Director General, or the Dato Bandar”.

Amendment of section 65

Section 65 of the principal Act is amended—

(a)

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

(b)

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

Subsection 66(1) of the principal Act is amended—

(a)

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”;

(b)

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

(c)

by substituting for the full stop at the end of paragraph

(ss) the words “; and”; and

(d)

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

Paragraph 88(1)(r) of the principal Act is amended by inserting after the words “police officer” the words “, road transport officer”.

Amendment of section 120

Subsection 120(1) of the principal Act is amended—

(a)

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

(b)

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

Section 123 of the principal Act is amended in subsection (1), by inserting after the words “Putrajaya,” the words “the Mayor of a City Council,”.

Common questions

What is Road Transport (Amendment) Act 2019?
Road Transport (Amendment) Act 2019 is Malaysia Amendment Act, cited as Amendment Act A1585 2019, currently marked in force and first recorded in 2019.
Is Road Transport (Amendment) Act 2019 still in force?
Yes — Road Transport (Amendment) Act 2019 is currently in force.
When did Road Transport (Amendment) Act 2019 take effect?
Road Transport (Amendment) Act 2019 was first recorded in 2019.
How many sections does Road Transport (Amendment) Act 2019 have?
Road Transport (Amendment) Act 2019 contains 14 sections.
Where can I read the official version of Road Transport (Amendment) Act 2019?
The official text of Road Transport (Amendment) Act 2019 is published at lom.agc.gov.my.

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