Malaysia legislation
Section 26
Section 26
(1)
Subject to the provisions of this Enactment, the Authority shall, for the purpose of carrying out the duties imposed upon it, have power –
(a)
to appoint and employ such persons as it may deem requisite, and fix the terms and conditions of their appointments;
(b)
to pay any person in its employ remuneration according to the conditions of his appointments;
(c)
to establish, control, manage and maintain, or contribute to, any pension scheme or provident fund approved by the Minister of Finance for the benefit of its staff or the dependants of deceased members of such staff;
(d)
to authorise any department of the Government of the Federation or the
State or any person or organisation, and to employ any agent, to carry out any work or perform any act in furtherance of the objects of this
Enactment which the Authority is competent to perform and which is approved by the Authority;
(e)
to appoint such technical advisers as it may deem necessary and to permit such advisers to attend at any meeting of the Authority:
Provided that such advisers shall not vote at any such meeting;
(f)
to carry on the businesses of builders and repairers of vessels and machinery, shipbreaking, carriers of passengers or goods by land or sea, stevedores, wharfingers warehouseman, lightermen, dealers in oil or other kinds of fuel, dealers in stores connected with or required in any of the above-mentioned business whether carried on by the Authority or not, and to carry on any other business whatsoever which, in the opinion of the Authority, is desirable for the purposes of the Authority;
(g)
to provide services within the limits of any port or the approaches to any port –
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(i)
in berthing, towing, mooring, moving slipping or docking any vessel;
(ii)
in loading or discharging goods and embarking or disembarking passengers in or from any vessel;
(iii)
in sorting, weighing, measuring, storing, warehousing or otherwise handling any goods;
(iv)
in providing lighterage;
(h)
to appoint, license and regulate weighers and measurers of goods within a port;
(i)
to acquire any undertaking providing or intending to provide any services or facilities which the Authority is competent to provide;
(j)
to supply fuel or water to vessels;
(k)
to provide and use vessels and appliances for the purpose of rendering assistance to any vessel or recovering property lost, sunk or stranded;
(l)
to provide such fire services, both within the limits of a port and on the high seas, as may be deemed necessary by the Authority for the purpose of extinguishing fires on land, sea or afloat and of preserving life and property;
(m)
to control the erection and use of wharves, docks and any other works, whether above or below high water mark, within the limits of a port or the approaches to a port;
(n)
to reclaim, excavate, enclose or raise any part of the land vested in the
Authority;
(o)
to do anything for the purpose of –
(i)
improving the skill of employees of the Authority;
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(ii)
improving the efficiency of the equipment of the Authority and the manner in which such equipment is operated;
(iii)
the provision by the Authority, and the assisting of the provision by others, of facilities for training, education and research;
(p)
to provide houses, hostels and other like accommodation including convalescent or holiday homes, club houses and playing fields for employees of the Authority;
(q)
to make and guarantee loans to employees of the Authority for such purposes as the Authority may approve;
(r)
to promote generally the welfare of employees of the Authority;
(s)
to carry on any other activity which appears to the Authority to be necessary, advantageous or convenient for or in connection with the discharge of its duties.
(2)
The powers conferred by subsection (1) of this section shall be in addition to and not in derogation of any other powers conferred upon the Authority by this Enactment or any other written law.