Railways Act 1991 s 11

s 11 Power of railway company to execute all necessary works

(1) Subject to this Act, whenever it is necessary so to do, a railway company may, for the purpose of constructing a railway or the accommodation or other works connected therewith— (a) make or construct in, upon, across, under or over any land or river, such temporary works or structures, including roads, bridges, rails, ways, conduits and drains, as the railway company thinks proper; and (b) alter temporarily the course of any roads, streets or ways, as the railway company thinks proper. (2) In exercising the powers conferred by subsection (1), the railway company shall be subject to any direction which may be given by the Director General from time to time. (3) A railway company shall, before exercising the powers conferred by subsection (1), give notice to the proprietor or occupier of the land of his intention to enter the land. (4) The notice mentioned in subsection (3) shall state as fully and accurately as possible the nature and extent of the acts intended to be done. (5) The Director General may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations for prescribing the form of the notice mentioned in subsection (3) and the manner in which such notice may be served on a proprietor or an occupier of land.

Malay text (authoritative)

Kuasa syarikat keretapi untuk melaksanakan segala kerja yang perlu

(1) Tertakluk kepada Akta ini, bila masa perlu untuk berbuat demikian, syarikat keretapi boleh, bagi maksud membina keretapi atau kemudahan atau kerja lain yang berkaitan dengannya— (a) membuat atau membina di, pada, merintangi, di bawah atau di atas mana-mana tanah atau sungai, apa-apa kerja atau struktur sementara, termasuklah jalan, jambatan, rel, jalan lalu, konduit dan parit, sebagaimana yang difikirkan patut oleh syarikat keretapi itu; dan (b) mengubah secara sementara haluan mana-mana jalan, lebuh atau jalan lalu, sebagaimana yang difikirkan patut oleh syarikat keretapi itu. (2) Pada menjalankan kuasa yang diberikan oleh subseksyen (1), syarikat keretapi itu hendaklah tertakluk kepada apa-apa arahan yang diberikan oleh Ketua Pengarah dari semasa ke semasa. (3) Suatu syarikat keretapi hendaklah, sebelum menjalankan kuasa yang diberikan oleh subseksyen (1), memberi notis kepada tuan punya atau penduduk tanah itu mengenai niatnya untuk memasuki tanah itu. (4) Notis yang disebutkan dalam subseksyen (3) hendaklah menyatakan dengan selengkap dan setepat yang mungkin jenis dan takat tindakan yang diniatkan hendak dilakukan. (5) Ketua Pengarah boleh, dengan kelulusan Menteri, membuat peraturan-peraturan bagi menetapkan bentuk notis yang disebutkan dalam subseksyen (3) dan cara bagaimana notis itu boleh disampaikan ke atas tuan punya atau penduduk tanah.

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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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