Land Public Transport Act 2010 · Updated to 1 Jul 2025 · Part VI · Accidents, Inquiries and Investigations
146. Inquiry
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accident, but in cases where there is no reasonable doubt as to the cause of the accident or the licensed operator accepts all responsibility, it shall not be necessary to hold such inquiry.
The licensed operator shall submit to the Director General of
Land Public Transport a report on the accident and such report shall state what action the licensed operator proposes to take with regard to the railway officials responsible for the accident or for the revision of the rules or system of working and, if an inquiry has been held under subsection (1), a report on the inquiry.
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;
The Director General of Land Public Transport may, if it is not satisfied with the report submitted to it under subsection (2), form an investigation committee to inquire into the cause of the accident.
Director General of Land Public Transport
“Director General of Land Public Transport” means the Director General in charge of land public transport;
For the purposes of such inquiry, the investigation committee may summon any person to attend any meeting of the committee to give evidence on oath or produce any document or other thing in his possession and to examine him as a witness or require him to produce any document or other thing in his possession related to the matters which are the subject matter of such inquiry.
person
“person” includes an individual person, company, partnership, and any other corporate and unincorporate body of persons;
A person who under subsection (4)—
having been summoned to attend any such inquiry, fails to do so;
offers any act of disrespect or any insult or threat to the committee or any member of the committee during an inquiry; or
having been required by the committee to give evidence on oath or to produce a document or other thing, refuses to do so or gives false evidence or produces a document or any other thing which he knows to be false, commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both.
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The investigation committee shall, on completion of the inquiry, submit its report to the Director General of Land Public Transport and such report shall state the opinion of the committee as to the cause of the accident and the full particulars of the case.