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Fire Services Act 1988 s 35

Fire Services Act 1988 s 35

s 35 Court’s power to prohibit or restrict use of certain premises

(1) If the Director General is satisfied with regard to any premises, whether designated or not, that the risk to persons or property in case of fire is so serious that, until steps have been taken to reduce the risk to a reasonable level, the use of the premises ought to be prohibited or restricted, the Director General may, by way of a complaint, apply to a court for a prohibitory order. (2) Upon receipt of a complaint and an application for a prohibitory order under subsection (1), the court shall serve a notice in Form E in the First Schedule on the owner or occupier of the premises, or on both, calling on them to show cause why a prohibitory order should not be made; and if cause is not shown by either the owner or occupier or both, the court may make such an order prohibiting or restricting the use of the said premises. (3) A prohibitory order shall be in Form F in the First Schedule and shall be served on both the owner and occupier of the premises in question. (4) Upon the application by the owner or occupier of the premises for revocation of the prohibitory order or upon being informed by the Director General that the risks have been reduced to a reasonable level, the court, if satisfied that the premises in respect of which a prohibitory order is in force would not pose any serious risk to person or property in case of fire, may revoke the prohibitory order. (5) Any person who without reasonable excuse knowingly contravenes a prohibitory order shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both and shall also be liable to a further fine of one hundred ringgit for each day during which the offence is continued after the conviction.

Malay text (authoritative)

Kuasa mahkamah untuk melarang atau menyekat penggunaan premis tertentu

(1) Jika Ketua Pengarah berpuas hati berkenaan dengan mana-mana premis, sama ada ditetapkan atau tidak, bahawa risiko kepada manusia atau harta sekiranya berlaku kebakaran adalah begitu serius hingga penggunaan premis itu patut dilarang atau disekat sehingga langkah-langkah telah diambil untuk mengurangkan risiko itu ke paras yang berpatutan, Ketua Pengarah boleh, dengan cara suatu aduan, memohon kepada mahkamah bagi suatu perintah larangan. (2) Apabila aduan dan permohonan bagi perintah larangan di bawah subseksyen (1) diterima, mahkamah hendaklah menyampaikan notis dalam Borang E dalam Jadual Pertama kepada pemunya atau penghuni premis itu, atau kedua-duanya, meminta mereka menunjukkan sebab kenapa suatu perintah larangan tidak patut dibuat; dan jika sebabnya tidak ditunjukkan oleh sama ada pemunya atau penghuni itu atau kedua-duanya, mahkamah boleh membuat perintah sedemikian yang melarang atau menyekat penggunaan premis itu. (3) Sesuatu perintah larangan hendaklah dalam Borang F dalam Jadual Pertama dan hendaklah disampaikan kepada kedua-dua pemunya dan penghuni premis yang berkenaan. (4) Apabila dipohon oleh pemunya atau penghuni premis bagi pembatalan perintah larangan atau apabila diberitahu oleh Ketua Pengarah bahawa risiko telah dikurangkan ke paras yang berpatutan, mahkamah, jika berpuas hati bahawa premis yang berkenaan dengannya suatu perintah larangan sedang berkuat kuasa tidak akan mendatangkan apa-apa risiko yang serius kepada manusia atau harta jika berlaku kebakaran, boleh membatalkan perintah larangan itu. (5) Mana-mana orang yang tanpa alasan munasabah dengan disedarinya melanggar suatu perintah larangan melakukan suatu kesalahan dan boleh, apabila disabitkan, didenda tidak melebihi sepuluh ribu ringgit atau dipenjarakan selama tempoh tidak melebihi lima tahun atau kedua-duanya dan boleh juga dikenakan denda tambahan sebanyak satu ratus ringgit bagi setiap hari yang kesalahan itu berterusan selepas sabitan.

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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).

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