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Section 35

Unauthorized work or activity

of Gas Supply Enactment 2023

State EnactmentIn forceProvision 35 of 80
Section 35
(1)

No person shall, without the lawful authority of the licensee, unless the licensee has taken all reasonable steps to give proper notice on the existence of any pipeline or piping system or part thereof and measures as prescribed by the Commission for the protection of such pipeline or piping system or part thereof, undertake any work or engage in any activity in the vicinity of any gas pipeline or piping system or part thereof in a manner likely to interfere with such pipeline or piping system or part thereof or to cause danger to any person or property.

(2)

Any person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both, and shall also be liable to pay compensation for the loss incurred for the amount of which to be fixed by the court under section 41.