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Railways Act 1991 s 27

Railways Act 1991 s 27

s 27 Power to close railway when opened

(1) If after inspection of a railway the engineer is of the opinion that the use of the railway will cause danger to the public or damage to the goods carried thereon, he shall inform the Director General of his opinion together with the grounds thereof. (2) The Director General may thereupon order the railway to be closed, or in the case of a rolling-stock, order the rolling-stock to be discontinued from use or the railway be used only on such conditions as the Director General considers necessary for the safety of the public or goods carried thereon.

Malay text (authoritative)

Kuasa untuk menutup keretapi apabila telah dibuka

(1) Jika selepas pemeriksaan sesuatu keretapi jurutera berpendapat bahawa penggunaan keretapi itu akan menyebabkan bahaya kepada orang awam atau kerosakan kepada barang yang dibawa di atasnya, dia hendaklah memberitahu Ketua Pengarah mengenai pendapatnya itu beserta dengan alasan baginya. (2) Ketua Pengarah boleh sesudah itu memerintahkan keretapi itu ditutup, atau dalam hal sesuatu stokereta, memerintahkan supaya penggunaan stokereta itu diberhentikan atau supaya keretapi itu digunakan hanya atas apa-apa syarat sebagaimana yang didapati perlu oleh Ketua Pengarah bagi keselamatan orang awam atau barang yang dibawa di atasnya.

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Find Act 463 on lom.agc.gov.my ↗

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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