Section 62
Power to make regulations
The Minister may make regulations for the better carrying out of the purposes and the provisions of this Act, and in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, for all or any of the following matters:
(a)
regulating the manufacture, sale, installation, testing, servicing and recharging of fire-fighting equipment or fire safety installation;
(b)
prescribing the types, locations and testing of fire-fighting equipment or fire safety installation used in any premises;
(c)
regulating the establishment of fire-brigades in private organizations, educational institutions and voluntary organizations;
(ca) regulating the establishment, duties and powers of voluntary fire-brigades;
(d)
regulating the establishment, duties and powers of fire safety organization in designated premises;
(e)
prescribing the uniforms, rank markings, identification cards and necessaries to be supplied to Fire Officers,
Auxiliary Fire Officers and Voluntary Fire Officers;
(f)
providing for all matters relating to Auxiliary Fire Officers and Voluntary Fire Officers, including their duties, powers, allowances and compensation;
(g)
prescribing the code of conduct of Fire Officers;
(h)
prohibiting, restricting or controlling the burning by any person of forest, shrub or other vegetation in any area;
(i)
regulating all matters relating to fire safety and fire precautions;
(j)
prohibiting, restricting or controlling the burning of flammable materials;
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(k)
regulating the transportation, use, handling or storage of flammable materials;
(l)
prescribing the fees payable under the provisions of this
Act;
(m)
prescribing matters that may be or are required to be prescribed;
(n)
prescribing the offences under this Act which may be compounded, the procedure to be followed and the forms to be used in compounding;
(o)
regulating the administration of the Fire Services Department
Welfare Fund.
(2)
The Minister may, in regulations made under subsection (1), prescribe penalties of a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit or imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or both for the contravention of any provision of such regulations and, in the case of a continuing offence, a sum not exceeding one hundred ringgit for each day during which such offence is continued after conviction.