Malaysia legislation
Section 6
Section 6
Regulations
(2)
Without prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred by subsection (1), any regulations made under this section may provide for—
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(a)
prohibiting, either absolutely or subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, the purchase, sale or barter of any controlled article without the written permission of the
Controller;
(b)
prohibiting, regulating or controlling the import or export of any controlled article;
(c)
prohibiting, regulating or controlling the movement of any controlled article;
(d)
limiting wholesale or retail dealing in any controlled article to such persons as shall hold such licences or permits therefor, as the regulations may prescribe;
(e)
restricting the sale of any controlled article either by any individual or generally by all persons dealing in the article in any manner as the Minister shall deem fit;
(f)
prohibiting, restricting or otherwise regulating or controlling the manufacture or production of any controlled article either generally or as regards form, shape, quantity, quality, constituents or otherwise;
(g)
regulating and controlling the rationing of any rationed article and, without prejudice to such general power, providing for the registration of all or any persons, or any class of persons, for the purposes of the rationing and for the issue of registration cards, ration cards and other ration documents;
(h)
appointing enumerators to enumerate the public for the purposes of registration and rationing;
(i)
regulating the distribution of any controlled article;
(j)
regulating and controlling the milling of paddy and the polishing of rice and the sale thereof;
(k)
limiting the quantity of any controlled article which may be acquired or held by any person or class of persons including providing for the registration of the person or class of
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persons, the issuance of user cards by the Controller or any person authorized by the Controller, and the imposition of conditions, fees or charges in respect of the issuance of the user cards;
(l)
providing for the keeping of books of account and other records relating to any trade or business in the course of which controlled articles are sold, and prescribing the manner in which the books or records shall be disposed of or preserved;
(m)
prescribing the period and fees to be paid in respect of the issue or renewal of any licence to sell controlled articles;
(n)
providing for exemption from all or any of the provisions of this Act or any regulations made thereunder;
(o)
prescribing such forms as he may think necessary for use in connection with any of the matters referred to in the preceding paragraphs;
(p)
prescribing the offences under this Act which may be compounded, the amount of such compound and the procedure to be followed in compounding; and
(q)
regulating the marking of any controlled article.