(1) Where an application has been made for a licence to be granted under this Act, the Board may, if for administrative reasons or on the ground of the urgency of the matter it thinks it desirable so to do pending the determination of the application, grant to the applicant a short term licence for such period and subject to such conditions as it thinks fit.
(2) A short term licence shall cease to have effect from the date on which the Board gives its decision on the application and in no case shall have effect for more than twelve months.
Malay text (authoritative)
Lesen jangka pendek
(1) Jika sesuatu permohonan telah dibuat meminta supaya lesen diberi di bawah Akta ini, Lembaga boleh, jika atas sebab-sebab pentadbiran atau atas alasan keterdesakan perkara itu, difikirkannya perlu berbuat demikian sementara menunggu permohonan itu diputuskan, memberikan suatu lesen jangka pendek kepada pemohon bagi apa-apa tempoh dan tertakluk pada apa-apa syarat yang difikirkannya patut.
(2) Lesen jangka pendek adalah terhenti daripada berkuat kuasa dari tarikh Lembaga memberikan keputusannya atas permohonan itu dan dalam apa hal jua pun tidak boleh berkuat kuasa lebih dari dua belas bulan.
Text as at 15 October 2023 (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).
