Fire Services Act 1988 s 12
s 12 Power of Director General to abate fire-hazard in cases of urgency
If the Director General is satisfied that any fire-hazard existing in any premises—
(a) constitutes an immediate and substantial danger of fire in the premises; or
(b) is likely, if a fire breaks out in the premises, to increase substantially the risk to life or property that would normally arise in the event of a fire,
the Director General may cause to be carried out in the premises such work as appears to him to be necessary to abate the firehazard and to prevent a recurrence thereof.
Malay text (authoritative)
Kuasa Ketua Pengarah untuk menghapuskan bahaya kebakaran dalam kes mendesak
Jika Ketua Pengarah berpuas hati bahawa apa-apa bahaya kebakaran yang terdapat di dalam mana-mana premis—
(a) menimbulkan bahaya kebakaran serta-merta dan nyata di dalam premis itu; atau
(b) mungkin, jika kebakaran berlaku di dalam premis itu, akan meningkatkan dengan nyatanya risiko kepada nyawa atau harta yang biasanya akan terjadi sekiranya berlaku kebakaran,
Ketua Pengarah boleh menyebabkan supaya dijalankan di dalam premis itu apa-apa kerja yang didapatinya perlu untuk menghapuskan bahaya kebakaran itu dan untuk mencegah berulangnya bahaya itu.
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Text as at 1 April 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).
