Fire Services Act 1988 s 56
s 56 Giving of false report of fire
Any person who wilfully gives or causes to be given a false report of fire or other calamity shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both.
Malay text (authoritative)
Memberikan laporan palsu mengenai kebakaran
Mana-mana orang yang dengan sengaja memberikan atau menyebabkan supaya diberikan suatu laporan palsu mengenai kebakaran atau bencana lain melakukan suatu kesalahan dan boleh, apabila disabitkan, didenda tidak melebihi dua puluh ribu ringgit atau dipenjarakan selama tempoh tidak melebihi tiga tahun atau kedua-duanya.
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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).