Local Government Act 1976 · Updated to 1 Dec 2012 · Part I · Preliminary
1. Short title, application and commencement
Feedback & supportThis Act may be cited as the Local Government Act 1976, and shall apply only to Peninsular Malaysia.
This Act shall come into force in a State on such date as the
State Authority may, after consultation with the Minister, appoint in relation to that State by a notification in the Gazette and the State
Authority may, after consultation with the Minister, appoint different dates for the coming into force of different provision of this Act and may bring all or any of the provisions thereof into force either in the
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whole State or in such part or parts of the State as may be specified in the notification.
Notwithstanding subsection (2), in relation to the Federal
Territory, this Act shall come into force on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.
The State Authority may, notwithstanding subsection (2), by notification in the Gazette exempt any area within any local authority area from all or any of the provisions of the Act or from any by-laws.
Where in any notification made under subsection (2) it is specified that part or parts of this Act shall come into operation, the
State Authority may specify in the same notification the provisions of any of those laws referred to in section 166 which shall be repealed.