(1) A water distribution licensee shall allow the Fire Services Department or any other person authorized by the Commission or under any written law to take water for extinguishing fires from any of its water mains or other pipes on which a fire hydrant is fixed.
(2) The cost for utilizing the water from the fire hydrant shall be borne by the water distribution licensee.
(3) Any water distribution licensee who contravenes subsection
(1) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred thousand ringgit.
(4) In this section, “Fire Services Department” shall have the same meaning as in the Fire Services Act 1988 [Act 341].
Malay text (authoritative)
Pembekalan air bagi pemadaman kebakaran
(1) Pemegang lesen pengagihan air hendaklah membenarkan Jabatan Perkhidmatan Bomba atau mana-mana orang lain yang diberi kuasa oleh Suruhanjaya atau di bawah mana-mana undangundang bertulis untuk mengambil air untuk memadamkan kebakaran daripada mana-mana sesalur air utama atau paip lainnya yang dipasangkan dengan pili bomba.
(2) Kos penggunaan air daripada pili bomba hendaklah ditanggung oleh pemegang lesen pengagihan air.
(3) Mana-mana pemegang lesen pengagihan air yang melanggar subseksyen (1) melakukan suatu kesalahan dan boleh, apabila disabitkan, didenda tidak melebihi dua ratus ribu ringgit.
(4) Dalam seksyen ini, “Jabatan Perkhidmatan Bomba” hendaklah mempunyai erti yang sama seperti dalam Akta Perkhidmatan Bomba 1988 [Akta 341].
Text as at 1 August 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).
