Road Transport Act 1987 · Updated to 15 Oct 2023 · Part III · Roads
79. Penalties for neglect of traffic directions and signs
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police officer
“police officer” includes an extra police officer, a volunteer reserve police officer or an auxiliary police officer appointed under the Police Act 1967;
Subject to subsection (1) and section 76A, where any traffic sign has been lawfully placed on or near any road, any pedestrian or any person driving or propelling any vehicle, who fails or neglects to conform to the indication given by the sign, 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.
traffic
“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;
In any proceedings for an offence against this section, in so far as it is necessary in order to establish the offence charged, it shall be presumed until the contrary is proved that such sign was lawfully placed under the provisions of section 77.