(1) For the purpose of paragraph 5(1)(b), a Fire Officer may, by notice in writing served on a person, require the person—
(a) to provide all information relating to the fire; and
(b) to appear before a Fire Officer to give an oral statement and a Fire Officer shall, as soon as practicable, reduce the oral statement into writing.
(2) Any person who fails to comply with subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit.
Malay text (authoritative)
Kuasa untuk mendapatkan maklumat
(1) Bagi maksud perenggan 5(1)(b), seorang Pegawai Bomba boleh, melalui notis secara bertulis yang disampaikan kepada seseorang, menghendaki orang itu—
(a) untuk memberikan semua maklumat yang berhubungan dengan kebakaran; dan
(b) untuk hadir di hadapan seorang Pegawai Bomba untuk memberikan pernyataan lisan dan Pegawai Bomba hendaklah, secepat yang dapat dilaksanakan, mengubah penyataan lisan itu ke dalam bentuk bertulis.
(2) Mana-mana orang yang tidak mematuhi subseksyen (1) melakukan suatu kesalahan dan boleh, apabila disabitkan, didenda tidak melebihi satu ribu ringgit.
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).
