Land Public Transport Act 2010 · Updated to 1 Jul 2025 · Part X · Common Offences and Penalties
198. Unlawfully bringing dangerous or offensive goods or luggage
Feedback & supportNo person shall bring or cause to be brought onto a relevant vehicle or railway, any dangerous or offensive goods or luggage—
person
“person” includes an individual person, company, partnership, and any other corporate and unincorporate body of persons;
of a prescribed class or kind; and
except in accordance with regulations made under this Act in respect of the carriage of dangerous or offensive goods by relevant vehicles or railways.
Nothing in this section or any order or regulations made under this Act shall be construed as to derogate from any written law in force relating to the possession or transport of dangerous or offensive goods or luggage.
A licensee or licensed operator may refuse to carry any goods or luggage that is suspected to contain articles of a dangerous nature, and may require the goods or luggage to be opened.
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In case any such goods or luggage has been received by any licensee or licensed operator for the purpose of being carried on the relevant vehicle or railway, any employee of the licensee or licensed operator may stop the transit thereof until he is satisfied as to the nature of the contents of the goods or luggage.
goods
“goods” means goods or any burden of any description, but excludes luggage;
A person who takes or deposits or causes to be taken or deposited any dangerous or offensive goods or luggage upon a relevant vehicle or railway in contravention of 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 seven years or to both.
luggage
“luggage” means such articles of personal use and convenience as are usually carried by passengers but does not, except in the case of commercial travellers, include articles which are carried for the purpose of business, trade or profit;
Entering or leaving railway coach, public service vehicle or tourism vehicle, etc., while in motion or travelling irregularly
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;