Land Public Transport Act 2010 · Updated to 1 Jul 2025 · Part IV · Railways
103. Minister to approve opening of railway
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railway
“railway” means any kind of railway for the public carriage of passengers or goods or both, or any portion thereof, and includes— (a) all rails, beams, cables, sidings, or branches worked over for the purposes of, or in connection with, a railway; (b) all rolling-stock used for the purposes of traffic; (c) in so far as the context allows, a railway under construction by or for any railway company; and (d) any guided system or guided system of a class prescribed to be a railway for purposes of this Act, but does not include— (A) the Penang Hill Railway; (B) any railway used or, in the case of a railway to be constructed, intended to be used, wholly or mainly for the carriage of passengers within any amusement or recreational premises; and (C) such other railways as may be prescribed;
Minister, on the recommendation of the Director General of Land
Minister
“Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for transport;
Public Transport.
The Minister shall only give his approval to the opening of a railway after he has received a written report from a person appointed by the Director General of Land Public Transport that—
person
“person” includes an individual person, company, partnership, and any other corporate and unincorporate body of persons;
he has made a careful inspection of the railway;
the weight of rails, strength of bridges, general structural character of the works, and the size of and maximum gross load upon the axles of any rolling-stock are such as have been prescribed;
the railway is sufficiently supplied with rolling-stock and otherwise complies with the railway scheme approved under section 84 or 86, and conditions or requirements imposed in connection therewith; and
in his opinion the opening of the railway will not cause any danger to the passengers or any damage to the goods to be carried thereon.
This section shall apply mutatis mutandis—
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to any addition or modification forming part of or directly connected to a railway constructed after the inspection which preceded the first opening of the railway;
to any reconstruction materially affecting the structural character of any railway; and
to any other prescribed modification, change or extension made to the railway scheme approved under section 86, which is prescribed to be applicable for the purposes of this section.
A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both.