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Road Transport Act 1987 · Updated to 15 Oct 2023 · Part V · Offences and Miscellaneous Provisions

123. Officers not in uniform to produce identification cards

(1)

Every police officer or traffic warden when acting against any person under this Act shall, if not in uniform, and every road transport officer when so acting shall, on demand, declare his office and produce to the person against whom he is acting such document establishing his identity as the Commissioner of Police may direct in the case of a police officer, such identification document as the Dato Bandar, the

Perbadanan Putrajaya, the Mayor of a City Council, the President of a

Municipal Council or the Chairman of a Municipal Council may direct in the case of a traffic warden, and such identification document as the

Director General may direct in the case of a road transport officer, to be carried by a police officer, traffic warden and road transport officer respectively.

(2)

It shall not be an offence for any person to refuse to comply with any request, demand or order made by any police officer not in uniform, any traffic warden not in uniform or any road transport officer if such police officer, traffic warden or road transport officer refuses to declare his office and produce his identification document on demand being made by such person.

Terms defined in s 2

Chairman of a Municipal Council
Defined · s 2
“Chairman of a Municipal Council” means the Chairman of a Municipal Council referred to in section 2 of the Local Government Ordinance 1961 and subsection 2(1) of the Local Authorities Ordinance 1996 and includes the Deputy Chairman of the Municipal Council;
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Commissioner of Police
Defined · s 2
“Commissioner of Police” means a Commissioner appointed under section 5 of the Police Act 1967;
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Dato Bandar
Defined · s 2
“Dato Bandar” means the Dato Bandar Kuala Lumpur appointed under section 3 of the Federal Capital Act 1960 read with section 4 of the City of Kuala Lumpur Act 1971 and includes any officer in the service of the City of Kuala Lumpur authorized in writing by the Dato Bandar to exercise powers conferred or to perform duties imposed by this Act on the Dato Bandar;
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Director General
Defined · s 2
“Director General” means the Director General for Road Transport appointed under section 3; *NOTE—The Companies Act 1965 has since been repealed by the Companies Act 2016 which comes into operation on 31 January 2017—see subsection 620(1)…
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Mayor of a City Council
Defined · s 2
“Mayor of a City Council” includes Commissioner of a City and “Mayor” shall be construed accordingly;
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Perbadanan Putrajaya
Defined · s 2
“Perbadanan Putrajaya” means the Perbadanan Putrajaya established under section 3 of the Perbadanan Putrajaya Act 1995;
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police officer
Defined · s 2
“police officer” includes an extra police officer, a volunteer reserve police officer or an auxiliary police officer appointed under the Police Act 1967;
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President of a Municipal Council
Defined · s 2
“President of a Municipal Council” means the President as defined in section 2 of the Local Government Act 1976;
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road transport officer
Defined · s 2
“road transport officer” means any person appointed to be a road transport officer under section 3;
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this Act
Defined · s 2
“this Act” includes any subsidiary legislation made under this Act;
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traffic warden
Defined · s 2
“traffic warden” means any person appointed to be a traffic warden by the Dato Bandar, the Perbadanan Putrajaya, the Mayor of a City Council, the President of a Municipal Council or the Chairman of a Municipal Council under section 3;
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123. Officers not in uniform to produce identification cards

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