Malaysia legislation
Section 4
Section 4
Power of appropriate authority to collect levies
The appropriate authority, with the approval of the
Minister, may, by notice published in the Gazette, declare that, as from such day as may be specified in the notice, the owners of vehicles of a specified class, description or weight, shall be required to pay such levies as may be specified in the notice, for the use and maintenance of any specified State road or bridge by vehicles of that class, description or weight.
(2)
The appropriate authority may, after consultation with the
Minister, require any owner of any vehicle to deposit an appropriate security for the payment of the levies referred to in subsection (1).
(3)
All moneys collected pursuant to subsection (1) shall be accounted for and paid into the State Road Maintenance Fund established under the Financial Procedure (Contingencies and Trust
Funds) Ordinance, 1963 [Cap. 37].
(4)
Any owner of any vehicle using a State road or bridge specified in the notice under subsection (1) without payment of the levies stipulated in that notice or who fails to deposit an appropriate security as required under subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence:
Penalty, a fine of twenty thousand ringgit and imprisonment for one year.
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