Waters Act 1920 s 1

s 1 Short title, application and construction

(1) This Act may be cited as the Waters Act 1920. (2) This Act shall only apply to the States of Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Perak, Selangor, Malacca, Penang and Federal Territory. *(3) Nothing in this Act shall affect any other Enactment and no prohibition or restriction in this Act contained shall apply to the Government of the States of Peninsular Malaysia or of any of them or to the agents or servants of any of the said Governments. *NOTE—1. In its application of this subsection to the Federal Territory, substitute the words “Government of Malaysia” for the phrase “Governments of the States of Peninsular Malaysia or of any of them” and substitute the word “Government” for the word “Governments” appearing at the end of subsection (3) thereof—see P.U. (A) 66 of 1974.

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Text as at 1 January 2006 (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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