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Manufacture of Optical Discs Act 2004 PART 6 — MISCELLANEOUS

s 27–s 31 · 5 sections

Compiled from an official source version. Later amendments or repeals may not be reflected; the official text prevails. · Read the official text ↗

Protection from personal liability

s 27

27. No suit or other legal proceedings shall lie personally against any authorised officer, police officer or other person acting under the direction of any authorised officer or police officer for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done in the execution or purported execution of this Act.

Jurisdiction of court

s 28

28. Despite any provision to the contrary in the Criminal Procedure Code 2010, a District Court has jurisdiction to try any offence under this Act and has power to impose the full penalty or punishment in respect of the offence.

General exemption

s 29

29.—(1) The Minister may, by order in the Gazette, exempt any person or class of persons from all or any of the provisions of this Act, subject to any terms or conditions that the Minister may impose. (2) An exemption granted under subsection (1) may be revoked at any time.

Amendment of Schedule

s 30

30.—(1) The Minister may by order in the Gazette, add to, vary or amend the whole or any part of the Schedule. (2) Any order made under subsection (1) must be presented to Parliament as soon as possible after publication in the Gazette.

Regulations

s 31

31.—(1) The Minister may make regulations for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Act. (2) Without limiting subsection (1), regulations may be made —(a) to prescribe the forms to be used and the information or documents to be furnished for any of the purposes of this Act; (b) to prescribe the procedure for making applications for the grant or renewal of licences, the terms or conditions to be attached to the licences and the procedure in connection with appeals; (c) for or with respect to the grant, renewal, surrender, suspension and cancellation of licences; (d) to prescribe the fees to be paid under this Act and the manner of payment of such fees; (e) to prescribe the form of the register to be kept by the Registrar, and the procedure and other matters relating to the establishment and maintenance of the register and to the inspection of and taking of extracts from the register; (f) to prescribe the form of records to be kept and maintained by the licensee, the information to be recorded and the submission of such records; (g) for or with respect to the conduct of any person connected with the business of manufacturing optical discs; and (h) to provide for any matter which is required or permitted to be prescribed under this Act, or which is necessary or expedient to be prescribed to give effect to this Act.

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