Land Public Transport Act 2010 · Updated to 1 Jul 2025 · Chapter 6
78. Power to set up roadblocks
Feedback & supportNotwithstanding anything contained in any other written law, any police officer in uniform authorized in writing by a senior police officer of the rank of Inspector and above, including a probationary
police officer
“police officer” includes an extra police officer, a volunteer reserve police officer or an auxiliary police officer appointed under the Police Act 1967;
Inspector, any road transport officer in uniform authorized in writing by the Director for Road Transport or any land public transport officer in uniform authorized in writing by the Director General of Land
road transport officer
“road transport officer” means any person appointed to be a road transport officer under the Road Transport Act 1987;
Public Transport, may, if he considers it necessary so to do for the enforcement of this Act, erect or place or cause to be erected or placed any barrier on or across any road in such manner as he may think fit;
and any such officer may take all reasonable measures to prevent any relevant vehicle from being driven past any such barrier, including any measure to pursue and stop any such vehicle where, having regard to the attendant circumstances at a given moment of time, it is apparent that if such measure is not taken the escape of such vehicle to avoid detection or otherwise is likely to be imminent.
relevant vehicle
“relevant vehicle” means— (a) each public service vehicle of a class of public service vehicles used to operate or provide a public service vehicle service as specified in the operator’s licence issued under Chapter 1 of Part III; (b) each goods vehicle of a class of goods vehicles used to operate or provide a goods vehicle service as specified in the operator’s licence issued under Chapter 3 of Part III; and (c) each tourism vehicle identified in the licence issued under Chapter 2 of Part III;
A person who fails to comply with any reasonable signal of a police officer in uniform, road transport officer in uniform or land
person
“person” includes an individual person, company, partnership, and any other corporate and unincorporate body of persons;
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public transport officer in uniform requiring such person or vehicle to stop before reaching any such barrier or attempts to cross or knock any such barrier, commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding two thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.
vehicle
“vehicle” has the meaning assigned to it in the Road Transport Act 1987;
No officer shall be liable for any loss, injury or damage caused to any person or property consequent upon him taking the steps as mentioned in subsection (1).