Land Public Transport Act 2010 · Updated to 1 Jul 2025 · Chapter 9
139. Special powers in emergency
Feedback & supportThe Yang di-Pertuan Agong may, on the occurrence of any industrial unrest, strike, lock-out or any other event which gives rise to an emergency or in the interest of public order or safety, authorize the
Minister to—
Minister
“Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for transport;
take temporary possession of any railway, railway service, railway premises or facility established, maintained or worked by a licensed operator;
withdraw, partially or totally, the use of any railway service, railway premises or facility from any person or class of persons or from the public at large.
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If any doubt arises as to the existence of an emergency or whether any act done under subsection (1) was in the interest of public order or safety, a certificate signed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and exhibited at such places as the Minister deems fit shall be conclusive proof on the point.
Where the Government takes temporary possession of any railway, railway service or, railway premises or facility under paragraph (1)(a), adequate compensation shall be paid by the
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;
Government, upon the Government being satisfied that the events as mentioned in subsection (1) was not caused or contributed to in any way by the licensed operator.