Liability to be registered
(1) Any operator is liable to be registered under this Act and for such purpose shall apply to the Director General to be registered, in the manner as may be prescribed.
(2) The application referred to in subsection (1) shall be made not less than thirty days before the commencement of the operation of carrying any person leaving Malaysia.
(3) Any operator who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.
Duty to appoint an agent
(1) A foreign operator shall appoint an agent who shall apply to be registered under section 13.
(2) Where there is a change of an agent appointed under subsection (1), the foreign operator shall appoint another agent to act on his behalf not less than thirty days before the changes and such agent shall apply for registration within thirty days after the date of appointment.
(3) Any foreign operator who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.
Registration of operator or agent of foreign operator
(1) The Director General shall register any operator or agent of foreign operator with effect from the first day of the commencement of the operation of the operator or foreign operator of carrying any person leaving Malaysia or any date as the Director General may determine.
(2) The Director General shall have the power to register any operator or agent of foreign operator who has not applied under section 13 with effect from the first day of the following month after the information became known to the Director General.
(3) The Director General shall notify the person registered under subsection (2) in the manner as he deems fit.
Notification of cessation of liability and cancellation of registration
(1) Any registered person—
(a) who intends to cease carrying on operations of an operator; or
(b) who intends to cease being an agent of a foreign operator,
shall notify the Director General in writing of that fact sixty days before the date of cessation.
(2) Upon receipt of the notification under subsection (1), the Director General may cancel the registration of the registered person from such date as the Director General may determine.
(3) Any registered person who contravenes subsection (1), commits an offence and shall on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.
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).
