Land Public Transport Act 2010 · Updated to 1 Jul 2025 · Part X · Common Offences and Penalties
205. Soliciting or touting
Feedback & supportAny person who, without lawful authority, solicits or touts for the purposes of offering services in connection with accepting for hire or reward the carriage of passengers or plying for hire or reward, whether or not carried out by that person, at any public place or its ancillary areas or in the vicinity of such place, 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 five years or to both.
person
“person” includes an individual person, company, partnership, and any other corporate and unincorporate body of persons;
Notwithstanding any other provisions in this Act, a police officer, road transport officer or land public transport officer may arrest without warrant any person who has committed or is suspected of
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having committed an offence under this section and shall without unnecessary delay, bring the person arrested to the nearest police station, and thereafter the person shall be dealt with in accordance with the law relating to criminal procedure for the time being in force.
For the purposes of this section, “public place” includes all parts of an airport that is freely accessible to members of the public, any road, any terminal, or any place which has been gazetted as a stand for public service vehicles.