Malaysia legislation

Section 6

of Sabah State Library Enactment 1988

Section 6

The Minister may make regulations not inconsistent with the provisions of this

Enactment for the proper discharge of the functions of the Director and for the management and control of the State Library and library buildings and, in particular, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, such regulations may provide for –

(a)

the general supervision and conduct of the State Library;

(b)

the preservation of order and the prevention of nuisance in the library buildings and grounds;

(c)

the exclusion or removal from the State Library or library buildings of persons reasonably suspected to have committed any offence against this Enactment or the regulations made thereunder;

(d)

the amounts of fines that may be levied by the Director for the destruction, damage, loss or late return of library resources borrowed and for the destruction

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or damage to other property of the State Library, and for the waiving or refund of such fines;

(e)

the fees to be charged by the Director for the provision of information services or for the making and certifying of copies of any library resources in the State

Library, and for the exemption from payment in whole or in part of such fees:

(f)

penalties, not exceeding an imprisonment of two months or a fine of five hundred ringgit for any contravention of or failure to comply with any provisions of such regulations;

(g)

the compounding of any offence under such regulations.

Annual Report.