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s 2 Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
“area of supply” means that area within which the Corporation is, or a licensee is authorized, to generate and/or to supply energy;
“Chairman” means the Chairman of the Corporation appointed under section 5;
“consumer” means a person who is supplied with energy or whose premises are for the time being connected for the purpose of a supply of energy with any system of supply;
“Corporation” means the Corporation established by section 3;
“danger” means danger to health or to human life or limb from shock, burn or other injury resulting from the generation, transformation, distribution or use of energy, and includes danger to property from fire resulting as aforesaid;
“energy” means electrical energy when generated, transmitted, supplied or used for any purpose except the transmission of any communication or signal; electricity unless otherwise defined is an article as provided for under section 3 of the Factories and Machinery Act 1967 [Act 139];
“equipment” includes any item for such purposes as generation, conversion, transmission, distribution or utilization of electrical energy, such as machines, transformers, apparatus, measuring instruments, protective devices, wiring materials, accessories and appliances;
“General Manager” means the General Manager appointed under section 12 and includes any person for the time being so appointed to perform the duties of the General Manager;
“generating station” means any station for generating energy including any buildings and plant used for the purpose, and the site thereof, and includes a site intended to be used for a generating station but does not include any station for transforming, converting or distributing energy;
“installation” means the whole of any plant or equipment designed for the supply or use, or both, as the case may be, of energy, including prime movers, if any, with all supply lines and consuming equipment, if any;
“licence” means a licence to operate or work an installation issued under any written law relating to electricity and includes any licence issued under any other law enforced before the promulgation of this Act;
“licensee” means the holder of a licence;
“Minister” means the Minister for the time being charged with responsibility for matters relating to energy;
“premises” includes any building or other erection and the land occupied or used in connection therewith, being under one ownership, occupation or management;
“prime mover” means a machine supplying mechanical energy to a generator;
“private safety” means the obviation of danger to individuals or to private property;
“public safety” means the obviation of danger to the general public, to public property and to roads, streets, railways, airports, ports, canals, docks, wharves, piers, bridges, gas-works, waterworks and their appurtenances and telegraphic, telephonic and other electrical signalling lines owned or operated by the Government of Malaysia or any State Government;
“State” means the State of Sarawak;
“street” includes any road, lane, path, passage or open space, whether a thoroughfare or not, over which the public have a right of way;
“supply line” means a conductor or other means of conveying, transmitting or distributing energy, together with any casing, coating, covering, tube, pipe, insulator or post enclosing, surrounding or supporting the same or any part thereof, or any building or equipment connecting therewith for the purpose of transforming, conveying, transmitting or distributing energy;
“system” means an electrical system in which all the conductors and equipment are electrically or magnetically connected;
“transformation” means the transformation of voltage from lower to a higher voltage or vice versa;
“voltage” means extra high voltage, high voltage, low voltage and extra low voltage as prescribed.
Malay text (authoritative)
Dalam Akta ini, melainkan jika konteksnya meng- Tafsiran. hendaki makna yang laın— "bahaya" ertinya bahaya kepada kesihatan atau renjatan, lewran, arau lain-ain bencana akibat dari renJatan, penjanaan, pengubahan bentuk, pengagihan atau penggunaan tenaga dan meliputi bahaya kepada harta disebabkan kebakaran akibat dari hal-hal seperti tersebut di atas tadi; "kawasan bekalan" ertinya kawasan dalam mana Perbadanan atau pemegang lesen dibenarkan untuk menjana dan/atau 'untuk membekalkan tenaga;
[Bah. I, S. 2] "kelengkapan" meliputi apa-apa butiran seperti mesin, transtormer, radas, instrumen penyukal, alat gelindung, bahan pendawajan, aksesori dan perkakas maksud-maksud penjanaan, penukaran, penghantaran, pengagihan atau penggunaän tenaga elektrik; "keselamatan awam" ertinya pengelakan dari tertimpa bahaya kepada orang awam am, harta awam dan jalan, lebuh, landasan keretapi, lapangan terbang, port, terusan, limbungan, dermaga, pangkalan, jambatan, cerja-gas, kerja-air dan apurtenannya serta talian tele graf, telefon dan lain-lain talian semboyan elektril yang dipunyai atau dikendalikan oleh Kerajaan Malaysia atau mana-mana Kerajaan Negeri; "keselamatan diri" ertinya pengelakan dari tertimpa bahaya kepada individu atau kepada harta persendirian; "lebuh" meliputi sesuatu jalan, lorong, jalan kecil, jalan lalu atau tanah lapang, sama ada jalan tembus atau tidak di atas mana orang awam mempunyai hak lalu-lalang; "lesen" ertinya suatu lesen untuk mengendali atau mengerjakan sesuatu pepasangan yang dikeluarkan di bawah mana-mana undang-undang bertulis berhubungan dengan elektrik dan meliputi apa-apa lesen yang dikeluarkan di bawah mana-mana undang-undang lain yang berkuatkuasa sebelum pengisytiharan Akta ini; "Menteri" ertinya Menteri yang pada masa itu bertanggungjawab bagi perkara-perkara berhubungan dengan tenaga; "Negeri" ertinya Negeri Sarawak; "pemegang lesen" ertinya pemegang suatu lesen; "Pengerusi" ertinya Pengerusi Perbadanan yang dilantik di bawah seksyen 5; "penggerak utama" ertinya mesin yang membekalkan tenaga sawat ke janakuasa; "pengguna" ertinya seseorang, yang dibekalkan tenaga atau yang premisnya ada pada masa ítu disambungkan dengan apa-apa sistem bekalan bagi maksud bekalan tenaga;
[Bah, I, S. 2] "pengubahan bentuk" ertinya pengubahan bentuk voltan dari voltan yang rendah kepada yang tinggi atau sebaliknya; "Pengurus Besar" ertinya Pengurus Besar yang dilantik di bawah seksyen 12 dan meliputi mana-mana orang yang pada masa itu dilantik sedemikian untuk melaksanakan tugas-tugas Pengurus Besar; "pepasangan" ertinya keseluruhan mana-mana loji atau kelengkapan yang bertujuan untuk membekal atau menggunakan tenaga, atau kedua-duanya, mengikut mana yang berkenaan, dan meliputi penggerak utama, iika ada, berserta semua talian bekalan dan keleng- "Perbadanan" ertinya Perbadanan yang ditubuhkan oleh seksyen 3; "premis" meliputi mana-mana bangunan atau binaan-binaan lain dan tanah yang diduduki atau digunakan berkaitan dengannya, yang berada di bawah satu pemilikan, pendudukan atau pengurusan; "sistem" ertinya suatu sistem elektrik dalam mana semua konduktor dan kelengkapan adalah disambungkan secara elektrik atau magnet; "stesen janakuasa" ertinya mana-mana stesen untuk menjanakan tenaga meliputi apa-apa bangunan dan loji yang digunakan bagi maksud itu serta tapak binanya, dan meliputi tapak bina yang dicadang hendak digunakan bagi mendirikan stesen janakuasa, tetapi tidak meliputi mana-mana stesen untuk mengubah bentuk, menukar atau mengagihkan tenaga; "talian bekalan" ertinya konduktor atau konduktorkonduktor atau alat-alat lain untuk menyampaikan, apa-apa kelongsong, salutan, penutup, tiub, paip penebat atau tiang yang menyarungi, mengelilingi atau đerg amya baği maksud mengibai bentak, menykmpan menghantar atau mengagihkan tenaga;
[Bah. I-Il, S. 2-4] Akta 139. Penubuhan dan emerbadanar Perbadanan Pembekalan Letrik Sarawak. Meteri am. "voltan" ertinya voltan lebih tinggi, voltan tinggi, voltan rendah dan voltan lebih rendah sebagaimana ditetapkan.
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).
