(1) The Minister may give to the Board directions Power of Cioa en trais fat, derohe execise andipe therprnce direione. by the Board of its functions, and the Board shall give effect to any direction so given. (2) The Board shall furnish the Minister with such information with respect to its property and activities as he may from time to time require.
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Act Power of the Minister may, in the public interest, by order suspension suspend all or any of the executive functions of the functions. Beaeol anof assigm the samor to any poiorr or persans 'or such period as he may deem fit
(1) Except for the purposes of this Act or of any seorecy and criminal proceedings under this Act, no member, oI officer or servant of the Board shall disclose an information with respect to any individual business, which has been obtained by him in the course of his duties and which is not published in pursuance of this Act. (2) Any person knowingly contravening the provision
Any person who unlawfully and maliciously cuts Injuring or injures any electric line belonging to the Board OI intentto works with intent to cut off any supply of electricity or cut off ing for any offence which is punishable under any othe provision of this Act or under the Penal Code Provided that no person shall be punished twice for the same offence.
Stealing electricity. [Pt. IX, S. 75-77]
Any person who maliciously or fraudulently abstracts, causes to be wasted or diverted, consumes or uses any electricity shall be guilty of theit and be punishable accordingly and the existence of artificial ineans for such abstraction shall be prima țacie evidence of such fraudulent abstraction. Wilful
(1) Any person who wilfully, or fraudulently injures injury to works, or permits to be injured any works of the Board, Or tampering alters the index of any meter for ascertaining the value with meter or fraudulent of the supply, or prevents any such meter from duly use of registering the value of the supply, or frauduiently energy. abstracts, consumes, or uses the electrical energy of the Board shall be guilty of an offence and shall (without prejudice to any other right or remedy for the protection of the Board) be liable on conviction to a fine oi one thousand ringgit and to imprisonment for a term of one year, and the Board may in addition thereto recover the amount of any damage by him sustained. (2) The existence of artificial means for causing such alteration or prevention, or for abstracting, consuming or using electricity of the Board when such meter is under custody or control of the consumer, shall be prima facie evidence that such alteration, prevention, abstraction or consumption, as the case may be, has been fraudulently, knowingly and wilfully caused by the consumer using such meter. (3) And in any case in which any person has wilfully or fraudulently injured or suffered to be injured any electric lines, meters or fittings belonging to the Board, or altered the index to any meter, or prevented any meter from duly registering the quantity of electricity supplied, the Board may also, until the lines, meters or fittings complained of have been remedied, discontinue the supply of electricity to the person so offending notwithstanding any contract previously existing. Penalty for fraudulently or improperly using of Board.
Every person who shall lay or cause to be laid any conductor to communicate with any conductor belonging to the Board without the Board's consent, or shall fraudulently interfere with any meter belonging to the Board of who in case the electricity supplied by the Board is not ascertained by meter shall use the electricity supplied by the Board in a different way or in a greater amount that he has contracted to pay for, or iudulently Isumes or t and be :artificial e evidence tly injures Board, ot ;the value from duly audulently irgy of the 1 without protection ine of one to tocon d. using such i neter 1s : shall be prevention, ay be, has ised by the las wilfully njured any the Board, vented any : electricity Sctersue › offending be laid any tor belong nt. or shall ging to the lied by the the electrivay or in a pay for, or [Pt. IX, S. 77-81] shall otherwise improperly use such electricity or shall supply any other person with any part of the electricits supplied to him by the Board, shall forfeit to the Boarć the sum of two hundred ringgit for every such offence and also the sum of fifty ringgit for every day such electric line shall so remain or such excess or improper use be so committed or continued or such supply furnished, and the Board may also until the matter complained of has been remedied, but no longer, cut off the electricity from the house and premises of the person so oflending notwithstanding any contract which may have been previously entered into.
Every person who shall carelessly or accidentally Sor accion
Any consumer who connects or disconnects or Penalty for alters the adjustment of any meter to be used, or used for ascertaining the value of the supply of electricit shall be liable for each offence to a fine of fifty thousani ringgit.
Where any seal affixed under the provisions of this Penalty for ct or regulations is broken without the authority unauthorised e Board the consumer upon whose premises the seal sea was placed shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liablé on conviction to a fine of two hundred ringgit: Provided that where it can be proved that the offence was committed by some person other than the consumer, that person shall be punishable as if h were the consumer upon whose premises the breach shal be uaite 4o & pena y of one hundred ami tty [Pt. IX, S. 82-87] • Act 278 Offences
Provisions on this page are reproduced verbatim from official open data. See the attribution line.
Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).