Protected Areas and Protected Places Act 1959 s 4
s 4 Protected areas
(1) If as respects any area it appears to the Minister to be necessary or expedient that special measures should be taken to control the movements and conduct of persons therein he may by order declare the area to be a protected area for the purposes of this Act.
(2) Any person who is in any protected area shall comply with such directions for regulating his movement and conduct as may be given by an authorized officer, and an authorized officer may search any person entering, or seeking to enter, or being in, a protected area, and may detain any such person for the purpose of searching him.
(3) If any person whilst in a protected area fails to comply with any direction given under subsection (2) then, without prejudice to any proceedings which may be taken against him, he may be removed from the area by an authorized officer.
Malay text (authoritative)
Kawasan larangan
(1) Jika berhubungan dengan mana-mana kawasan pada hemat Menteri adalah perlu atau suai-manfaat bahawa langkah khas patut diambil bagi mengawal pergerakan dan kelakuan orang di dalamnya dia boleh dengan perintah mengisytiharkan kawasan itu sebagai kawasan larangan bagi maksud Akta ini.
(2) Mana-mana orang yang berada di dalam mana-mana kawasan larangan hendaklah mematuhi apa-apa arahan bagi mengawal selia pergerakan dan kelakuannya yang diberi oleh pegawai berkuasa, dan seorang pegawai berkuasa boleh memeriksa mana-mana orang yang memasuki, atau bertujuan untuk memasuki, atau berada di dalam, kawasan larangan, dan boleh menahan mana-mana orang tersebut bagi tujuan memeriksanya.
(3) Jika mana-mana orang semasa berada di dalam kawasan larangan tidak mematuhi apa-apa arahan yang diberi di bawah subseksyen (2) maka, tanpa menjejaskan apa-apa prosiding yang boleh diambil terhadapnya, dia boleh dikeluarkan dari kawasan tersebut oleh pegawai berkuasa.
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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).
