Malaysia legislation
Section 75
Section 75
(2)
The Minister may, on the recommendation of the Director
General of Land Public Transport, exempt any person from the payment of any fares in relation to a public service vehicle service, subject to such conditions as he thinks fit.
(3)
Nothing in this section shall prevent a licensed operator of a public service vehicle service from exempting any person, other than persons exempted by the Minister under subsection (2), from paying any fares for any period, if an application for such exemption is made by the licensed operator and such application is approved by the
Director General of Land Public Transport in writing, subject to such conditions as it may deem fit.
(4)
A person who demands, collects or retains or attempts to demand, collect or retain fares 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 three years or to both.
(5)
Every person travelling on a public service vehicle shall, when required to do so, show proof of payment of the fare to a licensed operator of a public service vehicle service or to an authorized officer of the licensed operator of a public service vehicle service to examine the payment of fares.
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(6)
For the purposes of this section, “proof of payment of the fare” shall include tickets and electronic cards issued for the purpose of payment of fares or any other satisfactory evidence of payment of fares as may be set out in the regulations made under paragraph 252(1)(ty).
(7)
A person who refuses, when lawfully demanded, to pay the appropriate fare for the distance which he has travelled, commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both.
(8)
If any dispute arises as to the fare calculated according to distance, the dispute may be referred—
(a)
in the first instance, to the authorized officer of the licensed operator of a public service vehicle service to determine the dispute;
(b)
upon appeal from the decision of the authorized officer of the licensed operator of a public service vehicle service under paragraph (a), to the land public transport officer to determine the dispute, whose decision shall be final, and any certificate issued by the authorized officer of the licensed operator of a public service vehicle service or the land public transport officer, shall be admissible in evidence.
(9)
This section shall not apply to a hire and drive car for tourists or any public service vehicle used for the carriage of passengers without hire or reward.
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