Section 42
Section 42
The following provisions shall apply to the transport of petroleum by road –
(a)
all persons engaged in the loading, unloading or conveyance of petroleum shall take every reasonable precaution for preventing fire or explosion;
(b)
no fire or artificial light capable of lighting inflammable vapour shall be allowed on any vehicle conveying petroleum, nor shall any explosive substance or any substance or article capable of causing fire or explosion other than petroleum be carried on any such vehicle;
(c)
every tank vehicle shall be provided with a two-gallon fire extinguisher;
(d)
every tank vehicle shall be conspicuously marked in English and Malay “Danger Highly Inflammable” to a design approved by the Director;
(e)
an air space of not less than two and a half per cent of its capacity shall be left in each receptacle containing
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dangerous petroleum;
(f)
no person shall smoke, nor carry any matches or other means of ignition while in or near a vehicle carrying petroleum;
(g)
no vehicle in which petroleum is carried shall carry –
(i)
other goods of an inflammable nature;
(ii)
passengers, which term shall not include persons whose presence on such a vehicle is in the course of duty.
Duties of persons in charge of vehicles.