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s 18 Prescribed premises to be licensed
(1) The Minister after consultation with the Council may by order prescribe the premises (hereinafter referred to as prescribed premises) the occupation or use of which by any person shall, unless he is the holder of a licence issued in respect of those premises, be an offence under this Act.
(1A) The Minister, after consultation with the Council, may by order prescribe the vehicle or ship used for the movement, transfer, placement or deposit of wastes (hereinafter referred to as prescribed conveyance) the use of which by any person shall, unless he is the holder of a licence issued in respect of the prescribed conveyance, be an offence under this Act.
(2) Subsection (1) do not apply to a person—
(a) who, on the date of the coming into operation of this Act, is the occupier of prescribed premises, and within the prescribed period after that date makes application for a licence in respect of those prescribed premises;
(b) who, where by virtue of any order made by the Minister from time to time amending any previous order made under this section, premises not previously prescribed premises become prescribed premises, is, consequent upon the order, the occupier of any prescribed premises, and who within the prescribed period after the publication of the order in the Gazette makes application for a licence in respect of those prescribed premises;
(c) who has made application for the transfer to him of a licence in respect of any prescribed premises and made the application within the prescribed period after he became the occupier of those prescribed premises,
until his application has been finally determined.
(3) Any person found guilty of an offence under subsection (1) or (1A) shall be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or imprisonment for a period not exceeding two years or to both and to a further fine of one thousand ringgit for every day that the offence is continued after a notice by the Director General requiring him to cease the act specified has been served upon him.
Malay text (authoritative)
(1) Menteri, selepas berunding dengan Majlis, boleh Premis dengan perintah menetapkan premis (kemudian daripada ini yatlapkan disebut premis yang ditetapkan) yang pendudukan atau penggunaannya oleh seseorang adalah menjadi dilesen. kesalahan di bawah Akta ini melainkan jika orang itu adalah pemegang bagi sesuatu lesen yang dikeluarkan berkenaan dengan premis itu. →(1)... _ lus. AA953
(2) Peruntukan-peruntukan seksyen-kecil (1) tidak dipakai bagi seseorang
(a) yang pada tarikh mula berkuatkuasanya Akta ini adalah penduduk bagi premis yang ditetapkan dan dalam tempoh yang ditetapkan selepas tarikh itu, ia membuat permohonan untuk suatu lesen kenaan dergan premis yang ditetapkan itu;
(b) yang menjadi penduduk bagi sesuatu premis yang ditetapkan berikutan dengan sesuatu perintah yang dibuat oleh Menteri dari semasa ke semasa meminda sesuatu perintah yang dahulu yang dibuat di bawah seksyen ini dengan mana premis yang dahulunya bukan premis yang ditetapkan itu menjadi premis yang ditetapkan, dan dalam tempoh yang ditetapkan, selepas perintah itu disiarkan dalam Warta ia membuat permohonan untuk suatu: lesen berkenaan dengan premis yang ditetapkan itu;
[Bah. IV, S. 18-201 AKTA 127 . :: (c) yang telah membuat permohonan supaya dipindahmilik kepadanya suati lesen berkenaan dengan sesuatu premis yang ditetapkan dan permohonan itu telah dibuat olehnya dalam tempoh yang ditetapkan selepas ia menjadi penduduk bagi premis yang ditetapkan itu, sehingga permohonannya telah diputuskan dengan muk- A1636tam3) terhadap
Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.
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).
