Road Transport Act 1987 [Act 333] cite [+]
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Preamble
PART I PRELIMINARY
- 1. Short title, application and commencement
- 2. Interpretation
- 3. Appointment
- 3A. Authorization to Mayor and officers of City Council
- 4. Powers of Dato Bandar and traffic wardens
- 4A. Powers of police officer and road transport officer
- 4B. Powers of Minister to appoint other officers
PART II CLASSIFICATION, REGISTRATION AND LICENSING OF MOTOR VEHICLES AND DRIVERS
Classification of Motor Vehicles
- 5. Classification of motor vehicles
- 6. Prohibition of motor vehicles not complying with rules
Registration of Motor Vehicles
- 7. Registration of motor vehicles and owners
- 8. Keeping of register
- 9. Keeping of accounts by licensed registrar
- 10. Applications for registration
- 11. Registration numbers
- 12. Inspection of motor vehicles and information to Director General
- 13. Procedure on change of possession of motor vehicles
- 14. Display of registration number
Licensing of Motor Vehicles
- 15. Motor vehicle licences
- 16. Requirements for application
- 17. Director may refuse to issue motor vehicle licences in certain cases
- 18. Effect on licence of altering vehicle
- 19. Surrender of motor vehicle licence
- 20. Display of motor vehicle licence
- 21. Visitors' licence
- 22. Motor vehicle trade licences
- 23. Other offences in connection with registration and licensing of motor vehicles
Miscellaneous
- 24. Recovery of fees
- 25. International certificates
Licensing of Motor Drivers
- 26. Driving licences
- 27. Application for driving licence
- 27A. Register of holders of driving licence
- 28. Recognition of driving licences of other countries
- 29. Tests of competence to drive
- 30. Provisions as to physical fitness of applicants for and holders of driving licence
- 31. Disqualification for offences
- 32. Suspension of driving licence upon disqualification
- 33. Application to remove disqualification
- 34. Endorsements on driving licence
- 34A. Endorsement where driving licence is incorporated in a multipurpose electronic card or device
- 35. Power of Director General to suspend or revoke a driving licence
- 35A. Power of Director General to revoke a probationary driving licence
- 36. Power to suspend driving licence of drug dependant
- 37. Licensee may show cause why driving licence should not be suspended or revoked
- 38. Endorsement of suspension, revocation or disqualification
Driving and Offences in Connection Therewith
- 39. Restriction on driving by young persons
- 40. Exceeding speed limit
- 41. Causing death by reckless or dangerous driving
- 42. Reckless and dangerous driving
- 43. Careless and inconsiderate driving
- 44. Driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs
- 45. Being in charge of motor vehicles when under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs
- 45A. Driving or being in charge of a motor vehicle with alcohol concentration above prescribed limit
- 45B. Breath test
- 45C. Provision of specimen for analysis
- 45D. Protection of hospital patient
- 45E. Detention
- 45F. Evidence in proceedings for an offence under sections 44 and 45 involving intoxicating liquor and section 45A
- 45G. Interpretation of sections 44 and 45B to 45F
- 46. Driving when suffering from disease or disability
- 47. Riding on running boards and obstruction of driver
- 48. Obstruction by vehicle on road
- 49. Pillion riding
- 50. Unlawful interference and importuning
- 51. Taking motor vehicle without consent of registered owner
- 52. Duty to stop in case of accidents
- 53. Power to order appearance in court
- 53A. Notice of camera-recorded offences
- 53B. Duty to produce name and address of driver
- 53C. Duty not to give, publish or disclose information on camera-recorded offence
- 54. Application to pedal and electric bicycle cyclists of provisions relating to certain driving offences
- 55. Duty to stop vehicles on demand
Licensing of Drivers and Conductors of Public Service Vehicles, Employees Vehicles and Goods Vehicle
- 56. Vocational licences
- 57. Vocational licence of goods vehicles and employees vehicles
Miscellaneous
- 58. Duty to produce driving licence and certificate of insurance
- 58A. Change of address
- 59. Power to test and prohibit use of vehicles
- 60. Power to detain vehicles for inspection
- 61. Power to order production of motor vehicle and licence
- 62. Power to enter and search premises
- 63. Weighing of vehicles
- 64. Power to seize motor vehicle
- 65. Removal of broken down and abandoned vehicles
- 66. Rules
PART IIA PERIODIC INSPECTION OF MOTOR VEHICLES
- 66A. Inspection certificates required for certain motor vehicles
- 66B. Vehicles required to undergo periodic inspection
- 66C. Issuance and refusal of inspection certificate
- 66D. Display of inspection certificate
- 66DA. Recognition of inspection certificates of other countries
- 66E. Only person licensed may inspect
- 66F. Employment of examiners
- 66G. Rules
PART IIB FOREIGN MOTOR VEHICLES
- 66H. Foreign motor vehicle entry permit
- 66I. Exemption
- 66J. Outstanding matters relating to foreign motor vehicle
- 66K. Interpretation of sections 66H, 66I and 66J
PART III ROADS
- 67. Interpretation
- 68. Highway code
- 69. Speed limits
- 70. Power to restrict use of vehicles on specified roads
- 71. Power to restrict vehicles
- 72. Provision of parking places and stands
- 73. Reservation of parking place for Diplomatic Missions
- 74. Parking place for disabled persons
- 75. Pedestrian crossings
- 76. Duty of pedestrians to comply with traffic directions
- 76A. Authorized left turns
- 77. Erection of traffic signs
- 78. Power to set up roadblocks
- 79. Penalties for neglect of traffic directions and signs
- 80. Ropes, etc., across road
- 81. Restriction on competitions and speed trials
- 82. Forfeiture of vehicles used in competitions and speed trials
- 83. Power to erect refuges, subways and footbridges
- 84. Power to remove structures from roads
- 85. Construction of access and drains and laying of public utility installations to existing roads
- 85A. Construction of structures for advertisement, etc.
- 86. Restriction of vehicles on bridges
- 87. Provisions as to extraordinary traffic
- 88. Rules
PART IV PROVISIONS AGAINST THIRD PARTY RISKS ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF MOTOR VEHICLES
- 89. Interpretation
- 90. Motor vehicle users to be insured against third party risks
- 91. Requirements in respect of policies
- 92. Furnishing of returns and information by insurers
- 93. Requirements in respect of securities
- 94. Certain conditions in policies or securities to be of no effect
- 95. Avoidance of restrictions on scope of third party risks policies
- 96. Duty of insurers to satisfy judgements against persons insured in respect of third party risks
- 97. Rights of third parties against insurers
- 98. Duty to give necessary information to third parties
- 99. Settlement between insurers and insured persons
- 100. Bankruptcy, etc., not to affect third party claims
- 101. Further rights of third parties against insurer
- 102. Surrender of certificate on cancellation of policy
- 103. Production of certificates
- 104. Insurer to be notified of any occurrence
- 105. Deposits
- 106. Application of this Part to securities
- 107. Rules
PART V OFFENCES AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISION
- 108. False statement
- 109. Liability of registered owner and others
- 110. Penalty for obstruction and interference
- 110A. (Deleted)
- 111. Abetment of offences
- 112. Powers of arrest, stopping and detention
- 113. Powers of the police in investigation
- 114. Powers of road transport officers in investigation
- 115. Duty to give information and use of statements as evidence
- 115A. Duty to give information and power to order appearance in court
- 116. (Deleted)
- 116A. Jurisdiction of court of First Class Magistrate
- 117. Provisions as to evidence
- 117A. Evidence and records of previous conviction
- 118. Service of notices
- 119. General offences and penalties
- 119A. Offence committed by body corporate
- 119B. Power of Director to refuse or suspend dealing or transactions
- 120. Powers to compound
- 121. Plea of guilty by letter and compounding shall not affect provision of policy of insurance
- 122. Director General to be informed of convictions and compounds
- 123. Officers not in uniform to produce identification cards
- 124. Payment of licence fees
- 124A. Declaration of public body
- 125. Minister may authorize any person to carry out functions of Director
- 126. Power of Minister to authorize or grant licence
- 126A. Revocation
- 127. Rules
- 127A. Power of the Minister to amend schedules
- 128. Repeal, transitional and saving
- 129. Power of Minister to make additional transitional provisions, etc.
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