76A. Authorized left turns

(1)

Notwithstanding a red signal or other traffic sign indicating a place where traffic must stop at any traffic junction, any person driving a motor vehicle on a road may turn left at the traffic junction in accordance with any traffic sign authorizing such left turn that has been lawfully sited on such road after stopping before the marked stop line on the road to ascertain that it is safe to do so.

(2)

For the purpose of subsection (1), the Minister may, after consultation with the Minister charged with the responsibility for works, make rules relating to the movement of motor vehicles and pedestrians and the erection of traffic signs at such authorized left turn traffic junctions.

(3)

An appropriate authority may, with the approval of the

Minister charged with the responsibility for works in relation to a

Federal road and designated Federal Territory road, and in any case after consultation with the Chief Police Officer, establish such traffic signs as it considers appropriate, and shall execute any works

(including the placing, erection and maintenance of traffic signs)

required in connection with such authorized left turn traffic junctions.

(4)

Any person who contravenes this section or any rules made under this section in relation to an authorized left turn shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine of not less than three hundred ringgit and not more than two thousand ringgit.

Terms defined in this Act

Authority
Defined · s 88A
“Authority” means any body, whether corporate or unincorporate, established, appointed or incorporated under any written law;
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Chief Police Officer
Defined · s 2
“Chief Police Officer” means any police officer vested by the Inspector General of Police with the control of the Royal Malaysia Police in respect of any area or state under section 6 of the Police Act 1967 and designated as such by the Inspector General of Police; Road Transport 13
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designated Federal Territory road
Defined · s 67
“designated Federal Territory road” means a road in a Federal Territory declared to be a designated Federal Territory road by the Minister charged with the responsibility for works after consultation with the Dato Bandar where the road is in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, or the President of the Municipality of any other Federal Territory where the road is in such other Federal Territory;
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Federal road
Defined · s 67
“Federal road” means a designated Federal Territory road and a road declared to be Federal under Federal law. Highway code
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Minister
Defined · s 2
“Minister” means the Minister charged with responsibility for transport;
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motor vehicle
Defined · s 2
“motor vehicle” means a vehicle of any description, propelled by means of mechanism contained within itself and constructed or adapted so as to be capable of being used on roads, and includes a trailer;
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road
Defined · s 2
“road” means— (a) any public road and any other road to which the public has access and includes bridges, tunnels, lay-bys, ferry facilities, interchanges, roundabouts, traffic islands, road dividers, all traffic lanes, acceleration lanes, deceleration lanes, side-tables, median strips, overpasses, underpasses, approaches, entrance and exit ramps, toll plazas, service areas, and other structures and fixtures to fully effect its use; (b) for the purposes of sections 70 and 85, also includes a road under construction; and (c) for the purpose of sections 41, 42, 43, 44, 45 and 45A, also includes a parking place;
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traffic
Defined · s 2
“traffic” includes micromobility vehicles, motor vehicles, tram cars, vehicles of every description, pedestrians, processions, bodies of police or troops and all animals being ridden, driven or led;
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traffic signs
Defined · s 2
“traffic signs” includes all signals, warning sign posts, direction posts, signs, marks or devices erected or provided on or near a road for the information, guidance or direction of persons using the road;
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Part IV

Provisions Against Third Party Risks Arising Out of the Use of Motor Vehicles

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Part V

Offences and Miscellaneous Provisions

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