Section 3

A Chief Police Officer or any officer authorized by him in writing by name or office (in this section referred to as an “authorized officer”) may issue orders, which shall be published in the Gazette, authorizing the letting off of fireworks on certain fixed days, and at or between certain fixed hours, and within certain defined areas, and may in particular cases or at particular times issue to any person or body of persons licences for the letting off of fireworks.

No such order or licence shall be deemed to authorize or permit the letting off of bombs or sand crackers.

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Minor Offences

Every licence issued under this section shall state the place where and the hours between which the fireworks may be let off and the description of fireworks which may be used, and may contain such conditions as the Chief Police Officer or authorized officer may think fit to impose.

No authority so published, or licence so issued, shall be held to relieve any person from liability in the event of any damage, loss or injury to person or property being caused by the letting off of such fireworks.

Any person who lets off any firework, except in accordance with the terms of an order or a licence issued under this section, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one month or to both.

BURNING MATERIAL OR DISCHARGING

FIREARMS

Burning material or discharging firearms 4.

Any person who without lawful excuse sets fire to or burns any material to the annoyance, inconvenience or danger of the public, or discharges any firearm or airgun, or sends up any fire balloon or rocket in or near any public road shall be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty ringgit.

ANIMALS