Malaysia legislation
Section 72
Section 72
(a)
any proceedings or claims instituted or made against the licensee or licensed operator which might have an adverse effect on its or his financial condition or on its or his ability to perform any condition under the licence or operator’s licence; and
(b)
any reprimands or fines imposed on the licensee or licensed operator under any written law.
(2)
It shall further be the duty of every licensee and licensed operator under this Part to supply when so requested by the Director
General of Land Public Transport, within a period of time as shall be determined by the Director General of Land Public Transport, particulars—
(a)
of any agreement or arrangement affecting in any material respect the provision of facilities for the conveyance of tourists, carriage of goods or transport of passengers, as the case may be, made by the licensee or licensed operator with any other person by whom such facilities are provided, whether within or outside Peninsular Malaysia;
(b)
of any financial interest whatsoever which any other person has in the business of the licensee or licensed operator, and in the case of the licensee or licensed operator being a company, of any right which that other person has to nominate any director of the company; and
(c)
of any interest or right which the licensee or licensed operator has in the business of any other person who provides facilities for the conveyance of tourists, carriage of goods or transport of passengers, as the case may be, within Peninsular Malaysia.
(3)
It shall be the duty of every licensee and licensed operator, at all times, to inform the Director General of Land Public Transport immediately of the following matters:
(a)
any change in the control of the licensee or licensed operator; and
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(b)
any industrial dispute between the licensee or licensed operator and its or his employees.
(4)
For the purposes of subsection (3)—
“control”, in relation to a licensee or licensed operator, means having the power, directly or indirectly, to direct the management and policy of the licensee or licensed operator;
“goods vehicle service” means a goods vehicle service provided by any person carrying on as his principal business, a business of carriage of goods for any third party for hire or reward by means of a goods vehicle;
“public service vehicle service” does not include a public service vehicle service involving the use of any employees buses.
(5)
A licensee who fails to comply with subsection (1), (2) or (3) or all of these subsections commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.
(6)
A licensed operator who fails to comply with subsection (1), (2)
or (3) or all of these subsections commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine of not less than one thousand ringgit but not more than ten thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.
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