(1) Whenever any accident which occasions the loss of life or personal injury occurs by explosion or by fire in or about any licensed premises, the occupier of the premises shall, if the explosion or fire involves petroleum, within twenty-four hours of such accident, send or caused to be sent to the Minister notice of the accident and of the loss of life or personal injury.
(2) If any such occupier as aforesaid fails to comply with any provision of this section, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit.
Malay text (authoritative)
Notis kemalangan yang melibatkan petroleum
(1) Apabila apa-apa kemalangan yang mengakibatkan kehilangan nyawa atau bencana diri berlaku disebabkan oleh letupan atau oleh kebakaran dalam atau berdekatan dengan mana-mana premis berlesen, penghuni premis itu hendaklah, jika letupan atau kebakaran itu melibatkan petroleum, dalam tempoh dua puluh empat jam daripada kemalangan itu, menghantar atau menyebabkan dihantar kepada Menteri notis mengenai kemalangan dan mengenai kehilangan nyawa atau bencana diri itu.
(2) Jika mana-mana penghuni yang tersebut di atas tidak mematuhi mana-mana peruntukan seksyen ini, dia melakukan suatu kesalahan dan boleh, apabila disabitkan, didenda tidak melebihi lima ribu ringgit.
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).
