Act 341
FIRE SERVICES ACT 1988
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LAWS OF MALAYSIA
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FIRE SERVICES ACT 1988
Date
of Royal Assent ... ... ... … … 11 May 1988
Date
of publication in the Gazette …
... 9 June 1988
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First Reprint ... ... ... ... ... 2001
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FIRE SERVICES ACT 1988
ARRANGEMENT
OF SECTIONS
PART I
PRELIMINARY
Section
1.
Short title and commencement
2.
Interpretation
PART II
ADMINISTRATION
3.
The Fire Services Department and its officers
4.
Appointment of Auxiliary Fire Officers
5.
Duties of Fire Services Department
6.
Uniform and identification card
7.
Exercise of powers and performance of duties
PART III
ABATEMENT
OF FIRE-HAZARD
8.
Fire-hazard abatement notice
9.
Power of Director General to abate fire-hazard in vacant or unoccupied
premises
10.
Offence of failing to comply with fire-hazard abatement notice
11.
Power of Director General to abate fire-hazard on non-compliance with
fire-hazard
abatement notice
12.
Power of Director General to abate fire-hazard in cases of urgency
13.
Closing order
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14.
Appeals against closing order or refusal to make closing order
15.
Disposal of property removed by Director General
16.
Recovery of expenses incurred in carrying out work under section 11
17.
Recovery of expenses incurred in carrying out work under section 12
18.
Powers of Fire Officers on occasion of fire
19.
Powers of Fire Officers in emergencies not involving fire
20.
Protection of Fire Officers and Auxiliary Fire Officers
21.
Loss by fire to include damage resulting from fire-fighting
PART IV
WATER
AND FIRE HYDRANTS
22.
Storage of water in premises for fire-fighting purposes
23.
Notice of works affecting fire hydrants
24.
Duty of water authority to notify the State Director of any action
affecting
the flow of water to a fire hydrant
25.
Power to fix fire hydrant location plates
26.
Concealment and misuse of fire hydrants
PART V
FIRE
CERTIFICATES
27.
Power of Director General to determine and designate particular uses,
size,
or location, of premises
28.
Requirement of fire certificate
29.
Application for, and issue of, fire certificate
30.
Form of fire certificate
31.
Prescribing of fees for the issue of fire certificate
32.
Change of conditions affecting adequacy of life safety facilities, etc.
33.
Offence in relation to fire certificate
34.
Rights of appeal
35.
Court’s power to prohibit or restrict use of certain premises
35A. Power of Director General to order activity
to cease in cases of urgency
35B. Appeal against order of Director General to
cease activity
36.
Appeals against prohibitory order or refusal to make prohibitory order
Section
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PART VI
ENFORCEMENT
Section
37.
Enforcement of Act
38.
Power of entry
39.
Restriction on disclosure of information
40.
Power to arrest without warrant
41.
Power of investigation
42.
Power to require attendance of witnesses
43.
Examination of witnesses
44.
Conduct of prosecution
PART VII
ENQUIRIES
INTO FIRES
45.
Enquiries into fires
46.
Taking possession of premises and other property damaged or destroyed
by
fire
47.
Unauthorized presence in premises possession whereof has been taken
under
section 46
PART VIII
WELFARE
FUND
48.
Establishment of Fund
48A. Fire Services Department Welfare Fund
Committee
48B. Moneys for Fund to be raised only with
consent
49.
Administration and application of Fund
PART IX
MISCELLANEOUS
50.
Special duty and expenses thereof
51.
Interfering with Fire Officers in execution of his duty
52.
Failure to comply with direction
53.
Unauthorized wearing of uniform
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54.
Falsification of documents, false statements, etc.
55.
Offences in respect of fire alarm
56.
Giving of false report of fire
57.
Offences by body corporate
58.
General penalty
59.
Compounding of offences
60.
Power to apply Act to vessels and movable structures
61.
Service of notices and other documents
62.
Power to make regulations
63.
Repeal
FIRST SCHEDULE
SECOND SCHEDULE
Section
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LAWS OF MALAYSIA
Act 341
FIRE SERVICES ACT 1988
An
Act to make necessary provision for the effective and efficient
functioning
of the Fire Services Department, for the protection of
persons
and property from fire risks and for purposes connected
therewith.
[Throughout Malaysia
—1 January 1989, P.U. (B) 701/1988]
BE IT ENACTED by the Seri Paduka
Baginda Yang di-Pertuan
Agong
with the advice and consent of the Dewan Negara and
Dewan
Rakyat in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of
the
same, as follows:
PART I
PRELIMINARY
Short title and commencement
1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Fire
Services Act 1988.
(2)
This Act shall come into operation on a date to be appointed
by
the Minister by notification in the Gazette; and different dates
may
be appointed for the coming into operation of this Act, or of
different
provisions of this Act, in Peninsular Malaysia, the State
of
Sabah, and the State of Sarawak respectively.
Interpretation
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise
requires—
“authorized
officer” means the Director General and any Fire
Officer
or Auxiliary Fire Officer authorized by the Director General
in
writing to act under the provisions of this Act;
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“Auxiliary
Fire Officer” means an Auxiliary Fire Officer appointed
under
section 4;
“calamity”
means an occurrence by which life or property is or
is
likely to be endangered;
“closing
order” means an order made under section 13 that
prohibits
such use of any premises as is specified in the order, the
use
of which may materially increase the likelihood of a fire or
the
danger to life or property resulting from the outbreak of a fire
in
or on the premises or other premises;
“Committee”
means the Fire Services Department Welfare Fund
Committee
established under section 48A;
“contravention”
includes failure to comply, and “contravene”
has
a corresponding meaning;
“court”
means a court of a Magistrate of the First Class;
“designated
premises” means premises the use, size, or location,
of
which has been designated under section 27 for the purpose of
issuance
of a fire certificate;
“Director”
includes a State Director;
“Director
General” means the Director General of Fire Services
appointed
pursuant to subsection 3(2);
“fire
certificate” means a fire certificate issued by the Director
General
under subsection 29(4);
“fire-fighting
equipment or fire safety installation” means any
equipment
or installation for—
(a) extinguishing, fighting, preventing, or
limiting a fire;
(b) giving warning of a fire;
(c) providing access to any premises or place or
to any part
thereof
for the purpose of extinguishing, fighting,
preventing,
or limiting a fire;
(d) providing emergency power supply in the event
of normal
power
failure;
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(e) providing emergency lighting for purposes of
escape from
buildings;
(f) giving direction towards an escape route or
place of refuge;
or
(g) providing adequate, safe egress for the
purpose of
evacuation
or exit of occupants in the event of fire;
“fire-hazard”
means—
(a) any unlawful alteration to any building such
as might
render
escape from any part thereof in the event of a fire
materially
more difficult or less easy than it would be if
the
alteration had not been made;
(b) the overcrowding of any place of public
entertainment or
public
gathering such as might render escape from any
part
thereof in the event of a fire difficult;
(c) any removal or absence from any building of
any
fire-
fighting equipment or fire safety installation that is
required
by law to be provided in the building;
(d) the presence within or outside any building
of any
fire-fighting
equipment or fire safety installation or any
facility,
installed in accordance with the requirement of
any
written law or as required by the Fire Services
Department,
that is not in efficient working order;
(e) inadequate means of exit from any part of a
building to
any
place, whether within or outside the building, that
provides
safety to persons in the event of a fire; or
(f) any other matter or circumstance that
materially increases
the
likelihood of a fire or the danger to life or property
that
would result from the outbreak of a fire, or that
would
materially hamper the Fire Services Department
in
the discharge of its duties in the event of a fire;
“Fire
Officer” means a person employed in the Fire Services
Department
to perform duties in the performance of which he is
required
or permitted to wear a uniform;
“Fund”
means the Fire Services Department Welfare Fund
established
under section 48;
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“notice”
means a notice in writing;
“owner”,
in relation to any premises, means—
(a) the registered proprietor of the premises;
(b) if the registered proprietor of the premises
cannot be
traced,
his agent or trustee;
(c) if the registered proprietor of the premises
is dead, his
legal
personal representative;
(d) if none of the persons mentioned in
paragraphs (a), (b)
and
(c) exists,
the person who for the time being is
receiving
the rent of the premises, whether on his own
account
or as an agent or trustee of another person or as
a
receiver, or who would be receiving the rent if the
premises
were let;
“premises”
includes messuages, houses, buildings or part of a
building,
lands, tenements, easements and hereditaments of any
tenure,
whether open or enclosed, whether built on or not, whether
public
or private, and whether maintained or not under statutory
authority;
“prescribed”
means prescribed by regulations made under
this
Act;
“Senior
Fire Officer” means a Fire Officer of any rank from and
including
that of Director General down to and including that of
Assistant
Superintendent;
“special
duty” means any duty or service rendered by any
authorized
officer, other than fire-fighting or emergency duties, as
authorized
by the Director General under section 50;
“State”includes
the Federal Territory;
“State
Director”means a Director of Fire Services appointed for
a
State pursuant to subsection 3(3);
“this
Act” includes regulations and other subsidiary legislation
made
under this Act;
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“vessel”
includes every kind of steam or sailing vessel, hulk,
junk,
boat, sampan or any kind of raft used for the conveyance of
persons
or things by water or for storage;
“water
authority” means any person or body who is authorized
or
required under any written law to supply water and to levy
charges
for such supply.
PART II
ADMINISTRATION
The Fire Services Department and its officers
3. (1) There shall be a Fire Services Department
of the Federation.
(2)
There shall be a Director General of Fire Services and such
number
of Deputy Directors General of Fire Services, Assistant
Directors
General of Fire Services, Directors of Fire Services, and
other
Senior Fire Officers and Fire Officers as may be necessary
for
the effective and efficient functioning of the Department.
(3)
There shall be a Director of Fire Services for each of the
States
of Malaysia.
(4)
The appointment of the Director General and of every Deputy
Director
General, Assistant Director General, and Director shall
be
notified in the Gazette.
(5)
Every Fire Officer shall be subject to the control and direction
of
the Director General.
(6)
The ranks of Fire Officers and Auxiliary Fire Officers are
as
set out in the Second Schedule.
Appointment of Auxiliary Fire Officers
4. (1) The Director General may, with the
concurrence of the
Minister,
appoint such number of Auxiliary Fire Officers for each
State
on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed.
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(2)
Auxiliary Fire Officers shall not be paid any remuneration
other
than such allowances as the Minister may, with the concurrence
of
the Minister of Finance, prescribe.
(3)
Auxiliary Fire Officers shall be subject to the immediate
control
and direction of the respective State Directors.
(4)
An Auxiliary Fire Officer shall be deemed to be a public
servant
within the meaning of the Penal Code [Act
574].
Duties of Fire Services Department
5. (1) The duties of the Fire Services
Department shall include—
(a) the taking of lawful measures for—
(i)
extinguishing, fighting, preventing, and controlling
fires;
(ii)
protecting life and property in the event of a fire;
(iii)
securing the provision, maintenance, and proper
regulation
of fire-escapes; and
(iv)
securing the provision of adequate means of exit in
the
event of fire from all designated premises;
(b) the making of investigations into the cause,
origin, and
circumstances
of fires; and
(c) performing humanitarian services, including
the protection
of
life and property in any calamity.
(2)
The Fire Services Department may, in addition to its duties
under
subsection (1), perform such other duties as may be imposed
on
it by law or as the Minister may direct it to perform.
Uniform and identification card
6. (1) Every Fire Officer and Auxiliary Fire
Officer shall be
issued
with uniform and rank markings as may be prescribed by
the
Minister.
(2)
Every Fire Officer and Auxiliary Fire Officer shall be issued
with
an identification card in the prescribed form.
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Exercise of powers and performance of duties
7. (1) The powers and duties of the Director
General under
subsections
4(1), 22(1), sections 29, 35A, 46 and 50 may, subject
to
the control and direction of the Director General, be exercised
or
performed by a State Director, but the exercise or performance
by
a State Director of those powers and duties shall be confined
to
the State for which he is appointed unless the Director General,
by
notification in the Gazette,
extends his jurisdiction generally
in
respect of those powers and duties or any of them to some other
State
or States or part thereof.
(2)
Subject to the provisions of subsection (1) and subject to
such
conditions or restrictions as the Director General thinks fit,
the
Director General may, in writing, delegate the exercise of any
of
his powers or the performance of any of his duties under this
Act
to any Fire Officer, and where the Director General acts under
this
subsection, he shall specify the territorial limits and the duration
of
the delegated jurisdiction.
(3)
The exercise of powers or the performance of duties delegated
under
subsection (2) shall be subject to the control and direction
of
the Director General.
PART III
ABATEMENT OF
FIRE-HAZARD
Fire-hazard abatement notice
8. (1) The Director General, if satisfied of the
existence in any
premises
of any fire-hazard, may serve—
(a) on the person by reason of whose act,
default, or sufferance
the
fire-hazard arose or continues, if he is the occupier
of
the premises at the time the notice is to be served; or
(b) if the person by reason of whose act,
default, or sufferance
the
fire-hazard arose or continues is not the occupier of
the
premises at the time the notice is to be served or is
not
known, on the owner of the premises; or
(c) if the owner of the premises cannot readily
be ascertained
or
found or is absent from Malaysia, on the occupier of
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the
premises, regardless of whether he is the person by
reason
of whose act, default, or sufferance the fire-hazard
arose
or continues,
a
fire-hazard abatement notice in Form A in the First Schedule,
requiring
him to abate the fire-hazard within the period specified
in
the notice, and to do all such things as may be necessary for
that
purpose; and the notice may, if the Director General thinks
fit,
specify any work to be executed for that purpose.
(2)
If the Director General considers that the fire-hazard is
likely
to recur, he may also, by the fire-hazard abatement notice
under
subsection (1) or by a subsequent fire-hazard abatement
notice
in Form B in the First Schedule, require the person on
whom
the notice is served to do whatever is necessary for preventing
the
recurrence of the fire-hazard to which the notice relates and,
if
the Director General thinks it desirable, specify any works to
be
executed for that purpose; and a notice containing such a
requirement
may be served notwithstanding that the fire-hazard to
which
it relates may for the time being have been abated.
Power of Director General to abate fire-hazard in vacant or
unoccupied premises
9. Where the premises in which the fire-hazard
exists are vacant
or
unoccupied, the Director General may, by force if necessary,
using
the means at his disposal, abate the fire-hazard and do
whatever
is necessary to prevent a recurrence thereof.
Offence of failing to comply with fire-hazard abatement notice
10. Any person who fails to comply with any
requirement of a
fire-hazard
abatement notice served on him pursuant to section 8
within
the time specified in the notice, whether or not an order
under
section 13 has been made in respect of him, shall be guilty
of
an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not
exceeding
five thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not
exceeding
three years or to both and shall also be liable to a further
fine
of one hundred ringgit for each day during which the offence
is
continued after the conviction.
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Power of Director General to abate fire-hazard on noncompliance
with fire-hazard abatement notice
11. Where a fire-hazard abatement notice has been
served on any
person
pursuant to section 8, and if that person fails to comply
with
any of the requirements of the notice within the time specified
therein,
the Director General may cause to be carried out in the
premises
such work as appears to him to be necessary to abate the
fire-hazard
and to prevent a recurrence thereof.
Power of Director General to abate fire-hazard in cases of
urgency
12. If the Director General is satisfied that any
fire-hazard existing
in
any premises—
(a) constitutes an immediate and substantial
danger of fire
in
the premises; or
(b) is likely, if a fire breaks out in the
premises, to increase
substantially
the risk to life or property that would normally
arise
in the event of a fire,
the
Director General may cause to be carried out in the premises
such
work as appears to him to be necessary to abate the fire
hazard
and to prevent a recurrence thereof.
Closing order
13. (1) Where a fire-hazard abatement notice has
been served on
any
person, if—
(a) that person fails to comply with any of the
requirements
of
the notice within the time specified therein; and
(b) the fire-hazard, although abated since the
service of the
notice,
is, in the opinion of the Director General, likely
to
recur in the same premises,
and
the Director General is of the opinion that it is necessary to
prohibit
any use of the premises that may materially increase the
likelihood
of a fire or the danger to life or property resulting from
the
outbreak of a fire in or on the premises or other premises, the
Director
General may, by way of a complaint, apply to a court for
a
closing order.
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(2)
Upon receipt of a complaint and an application for a closing
order
under subsection (1), the court shall serve a notice in Form
C
in the First Schedule on the owner or occupier of the premises,
or
on both, calling on them to show cause why a closing order
should
not be made; and if cause is not shown by either the owner
or
occupier or both, the court may make such an order.
(3)
A closing order shall be in Form D in the First Schedule
and
shall be served on both the owner and occupier of the premises
in
question.
(4)
Upon the application by the owner or occupier of premises,
or
upon being informed by the Director General, the court, if
satisfied
that the premises in respect of which a closing order is
in
force have been rendered suitable for the use specified in the
order,
may revoke the closing order.
(5)
Any person who without reasonable excuse knowingly
contravenes
a closing order shall be guilty of an offence and shall,
on
conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand
ringgit
or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years
or
to both and shall also be liable to a further fine of one hundred
ringgit
for each day during which the offence is continued after
the
conviction.
Appeals against closing order or refusal to make closing order
14. (1) Any owner or occupier who is dissatisfied
with the closing
order
made under subsection 13(2) may, within ten days of the
making
of the order, appeal to the High Court.
(2)
Where the court refuses to make a closing order the Director
General
may, within ten days of the decision of the court, appeal
to
the High Court against the decision.
(3)
An appeal against a closing order shall not operate as a stay
of
execution, but the court may, on application and on sufficient
cause
being shown, grant stay of execution on such terms as it may
think
fit.
Disposal of property removed by Director General
15. (1) The Director General, in abating or doing
what is necessary
to
prevent the recurrence of a fire-hazard, may remove any property
which
would directly cause a fire-hazard.
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(2)
Any property removed under subsection (1) may be taken
into
the custody of the Director General for a period not exceeding
seven
days within which time the owner shall have the right to
claim
such property upon payment of expenses incurred by the
Director
General.
(3)
Upon the failure of the owner to make a claim, the Director
General
may apply to the court for an order for the sale or disposal
of
such property.
(4)
The money arising from the sale of any property may be
retained
by the Director General and applied in payment of the
expenses
incurred by him in connection with the abatement, or the
prevention
of the recurrence, of the fire-hazard, and the surplus,
if
any, shall be paid to the owner of the property.
Recovery of expenses incurred in carrying out work under
section 11
16. The expenses incurred by the Director General
in carrying out
any
work under section 11 shall be a debt due to the Government
and
shall be recoverable in court from the person on whom the
fire-hazard
abatement notice was served.
Recovery of expenses incurred in carrying out work under
section 12
17. (1) The expenses incurred by the Director
General in carrying
out
any work under section 12 shall be a debt due to the Government
and
shall be recoverable in a court—
(a) from the person by reason of whose act,
default, or
sufferance
the fire-hazard arose or continued, if he was
the
occupier of the premises at the time the work was
commenced;
(b) if the person by reason of whose act,
default, or sufferance
the
fire-hazard arose or continued was not the occupier
of
the premises at the time the work was commenced or
is
not known, from the owner of the premises; or
(c) if the owner of the premises cannot readily
be ascertained
or
found or is absent from Malaysia, from the occupier
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of
the premises at the time the work was commenced,
regardless
of whether he is the person by reason of whose
act,
default, or sufferance the fire hazard arose or continued.
(2)
Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting any
right
that the person from whom expenses may be recovered under
subsection
(1) may have to any contribution, indemnity, or damages
from
any other person.
Powers of Fire Officers on occasion of fire
18. (1) On the occasion of a fire, a Fire Officer
may—
(a) take such measures as appear to him to be
necessary or
expedient
for the protection of life and property;
(b) remove any person interfering by his presence
or actions
with
the operations of the Fire Services Department;
(c) enter, break into or through, and take
possession of or
demolish,
or cause to be taken possession of or demolished,
any
premises, place, or thing for the purpose of putting
an
end to the fire, or protecting the premises, place, or
thing
from the fire, or for rescuing any person or thing;
(d) close any street near the site of the fire or
control the
traffic
or crowd in any such street;
(e) use any convenient supply of water.
(2)
The powers conferred by subsection (1) may, to such extent
as
may be necessary, be exercised where a fire is reasonably
believed
to have broken out or to have occurred.
Powers of Fire Officers in emergencies not involving fire
19. On the occasion of an emergency not involving
fire or the risk
of
fire, the powers referred to in section 18 shall be exercised by
any
Fire Officer if he is of the opinion that lives or property are
in
imminent danger.
Protection of Fire Officers and Auxiliary Fire Officers
20. No Fire Officer or Auxiliary Fire Officer
acting bona fide
under
powers conferred by this Act shall be liable to any action
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for
damages for any act done or omitted to be done by him in
connection
with his duties on the occasion of a fire or any calamity.
Loss by fire to include damage resulting from fire-fighting
21. Any damage or loss suffered in consequence of
any action
taken
or thing done by a Fire Officer or Auxiliary Fire Officer in
the
exercise of his powers or the performance of his duties on the
occasion
of a fire, in order to put an end to the fire or to check
its
progress, shall, notwithstanding the terms of any contract of
insurance
against fire or the provisions of any law, be regarded
as
loss by fire for the purposes of the contract.
PART IV
WATER AND FIRE
HYDRANTS
Storage of water in premises for fire-fighting purposes
22. (1) The Director General may, for the purpose
of ensuring
that
there is adequate storage of water at suitable locations on the
premises,
issue such directions to any person in control, or the
owner,
of such premises, to provide facilities and water supply for
fire
fighting purposes:
Provided
that this subsection shall not apply to a water authority.
(2)
Any direction issued under subsection (1) shall be made in
writing
and shall be binding on the person to whom the direction
is
given.
(3)
Any person who fails to comply with any direction given
under
subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence.
Notice of works affecting fire hydrants
23. (1) No person, other than a water authority
and its agents,
shall
commence or carry out, or authorize or direct the commencement
or
carrying out of, any works that affect any fire hydrant or the
flow
of water to it unless written notice of the proposals or intention
to
carry out such works had been given by him to the appropriate
State
Director at least seven days before the works are commenced:
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Provided
that in cases of emergency, where it is not practicable
for
the notice to be given within the requisite time, this provision
shall
be deemed to have been complied with if the notice is given
as
soon as possible after the event.
(2)
All fire hydrants shall be rendered in good working condition
upon
the completion of any works carried out by any person under
subsection
(1).
(3)
Any works in or around the vicinity of a fire hydrant affecting
access
to the fire hydrant, the position of the fire hydrant in
relation
to the existing edge of the road, or alignment of the outlet
to
the level of the road, shall be deemed to be works affecting a
fire
hydrant.
(4)
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) shall be
guilty
of an offence.
Duty of water authority to notify the State Director of any
action affecting the flow of water to a fire hydrant
24. Where a water authority decides to take any
action or do any
act
or carry out any work that will or is likely to reduce or stop
the
flow of water to any fire hydrant, it shall be the duty of the
water
authority to notify the appropriate State Director in writing
of
such decision as soon as possible after it is made.
Power to fix fire hydrant location plates
25. (1) Upon giving seven days’ notice in writing
to the owner
of
any property situated in the vicinity of a fire hydrant, the
Director
General may cause a plate indicating the location of the
fire
hydrant to be fixed to such part of the property as, in the
opinion
of the Director General, is best suited to indicate such
location.
(2)
Any person who refuses to allow the fixing of any such
plate
as is referred to in subsection (1) or obstructs any person in
the
course of the fixing thereof or removes or defaces any such
plate
after it has been fixed shall be guilty of an offence.
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Concealment and misuse of fire hydrants
26. Any person who covers up, encloses, or
conceals any fire
hydrant
so as to render its location difficult to ascertain, or tampers
with
any fire hydrant, or uses a fire hydrant other than for fire
fighting
purposes shall be guilty of an offence.
PART V
FIRE CERTIFICATE
Power of Director General to determine and designate particular
uses, size, or location, of premises
27. (1) The Director General may by order
published in the Gazette
determine
and designate particular uses, size, or location, of premises
for
the purpose of issuance of a fire certificate under this Act.
(2)
Where a part of any premises constitutes designated premises
any
other part of the said premises shall be treated as forming part
of
the designated premises.
Requirement of fire certificate
28. (1) Every designated premises shall require a
fire certificate.
(2)
A fire certificate shall be renewable annually.
(3)
Subsection (1) shall not apply to premises appropriated to,
and
used solely or mainly for, public religious worship, or premises
consisting
of or comprised in a house that is occupied as a single
private
dwelling:
Provided
that if in the opinion of the Director General there
exists
in the premises mentioned in this subsection any fire hazard,
the
Director General may require such premises to be subject to
periodic
inspection and any necessary direction may be issued to
the
owner of such premises for due compliance of the provisions
of
this Act.
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Application for, and issue of, fire certificate
29. (1) An application for a fire certificate in
respect of any
designated
premises shall be made to the Director General in the
prescribed
form.
(2)
On receipt of an application for a fire certificate in respect
of
any designated premises the Director General may require the
applicant,
within a specified time, to furnish him with such plans
of
the premises and any other relevant particulars as he may specify.
(3)
If the applicant fails to furnish the required plans and the
relevant
particulars within the specified time, the application shall
be
deemed to have been withdrawn.
(4)
Where an application for a fire certificate has been duly
made,
the Director General shall cause to be carried out an inspection
of
the designated premises, and on being satisfied that there exists
adequate
life safety, fire prevention, fire protection and fire-fighting
facilities,
as the case may be, in relation to the use of the designated
premises,
the Director General shall issue a fire certificate in
respect
of the premises subject to such conditions as he thinks fit
to
impose or which may be prescribed.
(5)
Where the Director General, after causing to be carried out
under
subsection (4) an inspection of the relevant premises, is not
satisfied
that there exists such adequate facilities in relation to the
use
of the designated premises as aforesaid, he shall, by notice
served
on the applicant, inform him of the requirements to be
complied
with within a specified time before the fire certificate
can
be issued to the applicant.
(6)
In this section, “applicant” means the owner, occupier or
the
person having the overall management of the designated premises.
Form of fire certificate
30. Every fire certificate issued in respect of
any designated premises
shall
be in the prescribed form.
Prescribing of fees for the issue of fire certificate
31. The Director General may prescribe the fees
payable for the
issue
of a fire certificate and the charges for the inspection of any
designated
premises for which the certificate is issued.
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Change of conditions affecting adequacy of life safety facilities,
etc.
32. (1) So long as a fire certificate is in force
in respect of any
premises,
the Director General may cause any part of the relevant
premises
to be inspected at any reasonable time for the purposes
of
ascertaining whether there has been a change of conditions by
reason
of which the life safety, fire prevention, fire protection and
fire-fighting
facilities have become inadequate in relation to any
use
of the premises covered by the certificate.
(2)
Where the occupier of any designated premises proposes to
make
a material change to the premises while a fire certificate is
in
force in respect thereof, he shall, before the carrying out of the
proposals
is begun, give notice of the proposals to the Director
General;
and if the carrying out of the proposals is begun without
such
notice having been given the occupier shall be guilty of an
offence.
(3)
If the Director General is satisfied, as regards any premises
with
respect to which a notice under subsection (2) has been given
to
him, that the carrying out of the proposals notified would result
in
any of the facilities mentioned in subsection (1) becoming
inadequate
in relation to any use of the premises covered by the
relevant
fire certificate, the Director General may by notice served
on
the occupier inform him of the steps that would have to be
taken
to prevent the facilities in question from becoming inadequate
in
the event of the proposals being carried out, and if those steps
are
duly taken in connection with the carrying out of the proposals,
the
Director General shall amend the fire certificate or, on the
payment
of the prescribed fee, issue a new one.
(4)
If the Director General is satisfied, as regards any premises
with
respect to which a fire certificate is in force, that any of the
facilities
mentioned in subsection (1) have, in consequence of a
change
of conditions, become inadequate in relation to any use of
the
premises covered by the certificate, the Director General may
by
notice served on the occupier—
(a) inform him of that fact and direct him to
take such steps
as
the Director General considers appropriate to make
the
facilities in question adequate; and
(b) notify him that if those steps are not taken,
the fire
certificate
may be cancelled,
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and
if those steps are duly taken shall, if necessary, amend the fire
certificate
or, on the payment of the prescribed fee, issue a new
one.
(5)
Any person who fails to comply with the direction given
by
the Director General under paragraph (4)(a) shall be guilty of
an
offence.
Offence in relation to fire certificate
33. Where there is no fire certificate in force
in respect of any
designated
premises the owner of the premises shall be guilty of
an
offence.
Rights of appeal
34. Any person who is aggrieved—
(a) by the refusal of the Director General to
issue a fire
certificate
under subsection 29(4);
(b) by the conditions imposed by the Director
General on a
fire
certificate issued to him; or
(c) by any decision made by the Director General
under
subsection
32(3) or (4),
may,
within twenty-one days of the notification of such refusal or
decision,
appeal in writing to the Minister, whose decision thereon
shall
be final.
Court’s power to prohibit or restrict use of certain premises
35. (1) If the Director General is satisfied with
regard to any
premises,
whether designated or not, that the risk to persons or
property
in case of fire is so serious that, until steps have been
taken
to reduce the risk to a reasonable level, the use of the
premises
ought to be prohibited or restricted, the Director General
may,
by way of a complaint, apply to a court for a prohibitory
order.
(2)
Upon receipt of a complaint and an application for a
prohibitory
order under subsection (1), the court shall serve a
notice
in Form E in the First Schedule on the owner or occupier
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of
the premises, or on both, calling on them to show cause why
a
prohibitory order should not be made; and if cause is not shown
by
either the owner or occupier or both, the court may make such
an
order prohibiting or restricting the use of the said premises.
(3)
A prohibitory order shall be in Form F in the First Schedule
and
shall be served on both the owner and occupier of the premises
in
question.
(4)
Upon the application by the owner or occupier of the premises
for
revocation of the prohibitory order or upon being informed by
the
Director General that the risks have been reduced to a reasonable
level,
the court, if satisfied that the premises in respect of which
a
prohibitory order is in force would not pose any serious risk to
person
or property in case of fire, may revoke the prohibitory
order.
(5)
Any person who without reasonable excuse knowingly
contravenes
a prohibitory order shall be guilty of an offence and
shall,
on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand
ringgit
or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or
to
both and shall also be liable to a further fine of one hundred
ringgit
for each day during which the offence is continued after
the
conviction.
Power of Director General to order activity to cease in cases
of urgency
35A. (1) Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this Act, where
the
Director General is satisfied that—
(a) any continued activity in any premises would
constitute
an
immediate danger of fire prejudicial to the safety of
life
or property; and
(b) the delay in applying for and obtaining a
prohibitory
order
under subsection 35(2) would substantially increase
the
risk to such life or property,
he
may, by order, direct the owner or occupier of the premises to
cease
such activity.
(2)
An order to cease activity shall be in Form G and shall be
served
on both the owner and occupier of the premises.
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(3)
Any person who fails to comply with an order of the Director
General
made under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence.
Appeal against order of Director General to cease activity
35B. (1) An owner or occupier who is dissatisfied with an order
to
cease activity made by the Director General under subsection
35A(1) may, within ten days of the making of the
order, appeal to
the
High Court.
(2)
An appeal against an order to cease activity shall not operate
as
a stay of execution, but the court may, on application and on
sufficient
cause being shown, grant a stay of execution on such
terms
as it may think fit.
Appeals against prohibitory order or refusal to make prohibitory
order
36. (1) Any owner or occupier who is dissatisfied
with the
prohibitory
order made under subsection 35(2) may, within ten
days
of the making of the order, appeal to the High Court.
(2)
Where the court refuses to make a prohibitory order the
Director
General may, within ten days of the decision of the court,
appeal
to the High Court.
(3)
An appeal against a prohibitory order shall not operate as
a
stay of execution, but the court may, on application and on
sufficient
cause being shown, grant stay of execution on such
terms
as it may think fit.
PART VI
ENFORCEMENT
Enforcement of Act
37. It shall be the duty of the Director General
to enforce the
provisions
of this Act.
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Power of entry
38. (1) An authorized officer may, together with
such other persons
as
the officer thinks necessary, enter any premises for the purpose
of—
(a) ascertaining whether there is, or has been,
on or in
connection
with the premises, any contravention of any
provision
of this Act;
(b) obtaining such information concerning the
premises as is
required
for fire-fighting purposes, including the water
supplies
available to or at the premises and the means of
access
to such water supplies;
(c) ascertaining whether there exists any
fire-hazard in or
affecting
the premises;
(d) making any enquiry which he considers
necessary in
relation
to any matter within the provisions of this Act;
or
(e) exercising any power or performing any duty
of the Director
General
under any other written law, for the exercise or
performance
of which no power of entry is given by such
law.
(2)
No private dwelling shall be entered by virtue of this section
between
the hours of seven in the evening and seven in the morning.
(3)
Before entering any premises by virtue of this section, an
authorized
officer shall display to the occupant thereof, if any, his
identification
card and, in the case of an authorized officer other
than
the Director General, the written authorization of the Director
General
and it shall be lawful for the occupant of the premises to
deny
entry to an authorized officer or to eject him from the premises
if,
on demand by the occupant, he fails or refuses to produce the
said
identification card, and, as the case may be, authorization.
(4)
An authorized officer shall leave any vacant or unoccupied
premises
that he has entered by virtue of this section as effectively
secured
against trespassers as he found them to be at the time of
entry.
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Restriction on disclosure of information
39. Any person who discloses, otherwise than in
the performance
of
his duty or for the purpose of any legal proceedings, including
an
arbitration, or for the purpose of a report at any such proceedings,
any
information obtained by him in relation to any manufacturing
process
or any trade, in the course of exercising powers conferred
upon
him by this section shall be guilty of an offence.
Power to arrest without warrant
40. (1) Any authorized officer may without
warrant arrest any
person—
(a) found committing an offence under section 47;
or
(b) whom he reasonably suspects to have committed
any
other
offence under this Act if the person refuses to
furnish
his name and address or furnishes an address out
of
Malaysia or there are reasonable grounds for believing
that
he has furnished a false name and address or that he
is
likely to abscond.
(2)
Where any person has been arrested pursuant to subsection
(1)
by an authorized officer, the officer making the arrest shall
comply
with section 28 of the Criminal Procedure Code [Act 593]
as
if he were a police officer.
Power of investigation
41. (1) Any authorized officer shall have the
power to investigate
the
commission of any offence under this Act.
(2)
Every person required by an authorized officer to give
information
or produce any document or other article relating to
the
commission of such offence which is in the person’s power to
give
shall be legally bound to give the information or to produce
the
document or other article.
Power to require attendance of witnesses
42. (1) An authorized officer making an
investigation under section
41
may by order in writing require the attendance before himself
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of
any person who appears to the officer to be acquainted with the
circumstances
of the case, and such person shall attend as so
required.
(2)
If any such person fails to attend as so required, such
officer
may report such failure to a Magistrate who may thereupon
in
his discretion issue a warrant to secure the attendance of such
person
as required by such order aforesaid.
(3)
A person attending as required under subsection (1) shall
be
entitled to be paid the reasonable travelling and subsistence
expenses
incurred by him; and it shall be lawful for the Director
General
to pay such expenses.
Examination of witnesses
43. (1) An authorized officer making an
investigation under section
41
may examine orally any person supposed to be acquainted with
the
facts and circumstances of the case.
(2)
Such person shall be bound to answer all questions relating
to
such case put to him by such officer:
Provided
that such person may refuse to answer any question
the
answer to which would have a tendency to expose him to a
criminal
charge or penalty or forfeiture.
(3)
A person making a statement under this section shall be
legally
bound to state the truth, whether or not such statement is
made
wholly or partly in answer to questions.
(4)
An authorized officer examining a person under subsection
(1)
shall first inform that person of the provisions of subsections
(2)
and (3).
(5)
A statement made by any person under this section shall,
whenever
possible, be reduced into writing and signed by the
person
making it or affixed with his thumb-print, as the case may
be,
after it has been read to him in the language in which he made
it
and after he has been given an opportunity to make any corrections
he
may wish.
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Conduct of prosecution
44. Every authorized officer shall have the
authority to appear in
court
and conduct any prosecution in respect of any offence under
this
Act.
PART VII
ENQUIRIES INTO
FIRES
Enquiries into fires
45. (1) The Minister may appoint any person or
persons to hold
an
enquiry into the cause and circumstances of any fire and the
action
taken to fight or extinguish the fire and to report on such
cause,
circumstances, and action and make recommendations, on
the
basis of the findings in the enquiry, as to the steps to be taken
to
prevent the outbreak of, and to improve the method of fighting
or
extinguishing, fires generally.
(2)
Sections 8, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 21 and 22 of the
Commissions
of Enquiry Act 1950 [Act 119]
shall, with the necessary
modifications
and to such extent as may be applicable, apply to
an
enquiry under subsection (1) and to any person holding the
enquiry
as if the enquiry and the person were respectively an
enquiry
and a Commissioner under that Act.
Taking possession of premises and other property damaged or
destroyed by fire
46. (1) Where, as a result of a fire, any
premises or part of any
premises
is rendered uninhabitable, the Director General may, at
any
time within seven days after the occurrence of the fire, take
possession
of the premises or part thereof and any other property
or
thing damaged, or the remains of any other property or thing
destroyed,
by the fire, and may retain possession of such premises,
part,
property, or thing for a period not exceeding thirty days after
taking
possession thereof, unless within that period a person or
persons
have been appointed to hold an enquiry under section 45,
in
which case the Director General may continue to retain possession
of
the premises, part, property or thing until the completion of the
enquiry.
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(2)
Where possession of any premises or a part of any premises
has
been taken by the Director General under subsection (1), the
Director
General may, wherever necessary, cause a barrier or barriers
to
be put up around the premises or part thereof.
(3)
The Director General shall thereafter post up notices, in
such
positions that a person approaching the premises or part from
any
direction will be able to notice one of the notices by the time
he
reaches any or any part of the barriers, informing the public that
possession
of the premises or part has been taken by the Fire
Services
Department and that entry into the premises or part is
prohibited.
Unauthorized presence in premises possession whereof has been
taken under section 46
47. Any person who, without the permission of a
Fire Officer,
enters
or remains in any premises or part of any premises, possession
whereof
has been taken by the Director General under section 46,
shall
be guilty of an offence.
PART VIII
WELFARE FUND
Establishment of Fund
48. (1) There shall be established a fund to be
known as the
“Fire
Services Department Welfare Fund” which shall be operated
as
a Trust Account within the Federal Consolidated Fund.
(2)
The Fund shall consist of—
(a) all fines inflicted upon Fire Officers in any
disciplinary
proceedings;
(b) one-half of the sums paid for the services of
Fire Officers
detailed
to do special duty under section 50 and for the
use
of equipment furnished therefor;
(c) all sums of moneys and other property offered
to Fire
Officers
and forfeited by an order of court;
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(d) donations or reward offered to the Fund or to
individual
members
of the Fire Services Department respectively
and
accepted by the Director General;
(e) income arising from the disposal of property
or investments
purchased
or arising from the moneys of the Fund;
(f) all sums of moneys or benefit derived from
the sponsoring
of
seminars or other events; and
(g) all sums of moneys contributed by the
Government.
Fire Services Department Welfare Fund Committee
48A. (1) There shall be established a Fire Services Department
Welfare
Fund Committee which shall have the control of the Fund.
(2)
The Committee shall consist of the following members:
(a) the Director General as Chairman;
(b) two Senior Fire Officers to be appointed by
the Minister;
and
(c) two public officers to be appointed by the
Minister.
(3)
No meeting of the Committee shall be held in the absence
of
the Director General.
(4)
The quorum for meetings of the Committee shall be three.
(5)
Subject to this Act, the Committee shall have power to
regulate
its proceedings.
Moneys for Fund to be raised only with consent
48B. (1) No person shall carry on any activity to raise moneys
for
the Fund without the prior written consent of the Committee.
(2)
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty
of
an offence.
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Administration and application of Fund
49. The Fund shall be administered in accordance
with regulations
made
under this Act, and applied—
(a) in recompensing Fire Officers for extra or
special services
rendered
by them;
(b) for the purpose of—
(i)
procuring comforts, convenience and other benefits,
which
are not chargeable to public revenue, for;
or
(ii)
granting loans to,
Fire
Officers, former Fire Officers who have retired on
pension,
gratuity or other allowance or persons who were
wholly
or partially dependent on deceased Fire Officers or
former
Fire Officers at the time of their death.
PART IX
MISCELLANEOUS
Special duty and expenses thereof
50. (1) On the application of any person, the
Director General
may,
if he thinks fit, detail any authorized officer to do special
duty
in, upon or about any premises, vessel, vehicle, aircraft or
any
moveable structures specified by the applicant and, for that
purpose,
furnish such equipment as he may deem necessary.
(2)
The applicant shall pay to the Director General for the
services
of any authorized officer so detailed and for the use of
equipment
so furnished such fees as may be prescribed.
Interfering with Fire Officers in execution of his duty
51. Any person who wilfully abuses, assaults,
disturbs, hinders,
obstructs,
or interferes with any Fire Officer or Auxiliary Fire
Officer
acting in the execution of his duty or any other person
assisting
the Fire Services Department under specific directions of
the
officer-in-charge shall be guilty of an offence.
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Failure to comply with direction
52. Any person who fails to comply with any
direction given by
an
authorized officer carrying out his duty under this Act shall be
guilty
of an offence.
Unauthorized wearing of uniform
53. Any person who, not being a Fire Officer or
an Auxiliary Fire
Officer,
wears without the permission of the Director General any
uniform
of the Fire Services Department or any dress which bears
the
distinctive marks of, or which is likely to be mistaken for, any
such
uniform shall be guilty of an offence.
Falsification of documents, false statements, etc.
54. Any person who—
(a) with intent to deceive, makes or forges a
fire certificate
or
has in his possession an unauthorized fire certificate;
(b) on the application of a fire certificate,
makes any statement
or
gives any information that he knows to be false in a
material
particular or recklessly makes any statement or
gives
any information that is so false;
(c) in purported compliance with any obligation
to give
information
under this Act, gives any information that he
knows
to be false in a material particular or recklessly
gives
any information that is so false; or
(d) makes in any register, book, notice, or other
document
required
under this Act to be kept, served, or given, any
entry
that he knows to be false in a material particular,
shall
be guilty of an offence.
Offences in respect of fire alarm
55. Any person who damages, conceals, activates
or deactivates
any
fire alarm without reasonable excuse shall be guilty of an
offence.
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Giving of false report of fire
56. Any person who wilfully gives or causes to be
given a false
report
of fire or other calamity shall be guilty of an offence.
Offences by body corporate
57. (1) Where an offence under this Act committed
by a body
corporate
is proved to have been committed with the consent or
connivance
of, or to be attributable to any neglect on the part of,
any
director, manager, secretary, or other similar officer of the
body
corporate, or any person purporting to act in any such capacity,
he
as well as the body corporate shall be guilty of that offence.
(2)
Where the affairs of a body corporate are managed by its
members,
subsection (1) shall apply in relation to the acts and
defaults
of a member in connection with his functions of management
as
if he were a director of the body corporate.
General penalty
58. Any person guilty of an offence under this
Act for which no
penalty
is expressly provided shall, on conviction, be liable to a
fine
not exceeding five thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a
term
not exceeding three years or to both.
Compounding of offences
59. (1) The Director General or any Fire Officer
authorized by
him
in writing may compound any offence, which is prescribed to
be
a compoundable offence, by accepting from the person reasonably
suspected
of having committed such offence a sum of money not
exceeding
five hundred ringgit:
Provided
that the Director General or the officer so authorized
shall
not exercise his powers under this section unless that person
in
writing admits that he has committed the offence and requests
the
Director General or such officer to deal with the offence under
this
section.
(2)
On the payment of such sum of money the person reasonably
suspected
of having committed an offence, if in custody, shall be
released
and no further proceedings shall be taken against such
person.
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Power to apply Act to vessels and movable structures
60. The provisions of this Act shall apply,
subject to such
modifications
as may be prescribed, to—
(a) vessels remaining moored or on dry land for
such periods
or
in such circumstances as may be prescribed; and
(b) tents and other movable structures.
Service of notices and other documents
61. (1) A notice or other document may be served
on a person
or
body for the purpose of this Act—
(a) by delivering the notice or document to the
person; or
(b) by delivering the notice or document—
(i)
at the person’s usual or last known abode or place
of
business, to his servant or to an adult member
of
his family; or
(ii)
at the body’s registered office or usual or last
known
place of business, to its servant or agent;
or
(c) by leaving the notice or document in a cover
addressed
to
the person or body—
(i)
at the person’s usual or last known abode or place
of
business; or
(ii)
at the body’s registered office or usual or last
known
place of business; or
(d) by sending the notice or document by pre-paid
registered
post
to the person or body—
(i)
at the person’s usual or last known abode or place
of
business; or
(ii)
at the body’s registered office or usual or last
known
place of business.
(2)
If the name or the address of any owner or occupier of
premises
on whom any such notice or other document as aforesaid
is
to be served cannot after reasonable inquiry be ascertained by
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the
person seeking to serve it, the notice or document may be
served
by addressing it to the person on whom it is to be served
by
the description of “owner” or “occupier” of the premises
(describing
them) to which the notice or document relates, and by
delivering
it to some responsible person resident or appearing to
be
resident on the premises, or, if there is no such person to whom
it
can be delivered, by affixing it or a copy of it to some conspicuous
part
of the premises.
(3)
A notice or document served by pre-paid registered post
under
paragraph (1)(d) shall
be deemed to have been served at the
time
when the letter containing the notice or document would be
delivered
in the ordinary course of post; and it shall be sufficient
proof
of service that the letter was properly addressed in accordance
with
that paragraph and placed in the post; but where the letter is
returned
through the post undelivered, the notice or document
shall
not be deemed to have been served.
(4)
In this section, “body” includes a body corporate or
partnership.
Power to make regulations
62. (1) The Minister may make regulations for the
better carrying
out
of the purposes and the provisions of this Act, and in particular,
but
without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, for all or
any
of the following matters:
(a) regulating the manufacture, sale,
installation, testing,
servicing,
and recharging of fire-fighting equipment or
fire
safety installation;
(b) prescribing the types, locations, and testing
of fire fighting
equipment
or fire safety installation used in any premises;
(c) regulating the establishment of fire-brigades
in private
organizations,
educational institutions and voluntary
organizations;
(ca) regulating the establishment of voluntary
fire-brigades;
(d) regulating the establishment of fire safety
organization
in
designated premises;
(e) prescribing the uniforms, rank markings,
identification
cards
and necessaries to be supplied to Fire Officers and
Auxiliary
Fire Officers;
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(f) providing for all matters relating to
Auxiliary Fire Officers,
including
their duties, powers, allowances and
compensation;
(g) prescribing the code of conduct of Fire
Officers;
(h) prohibiting, restricting, or controlling the
burning by any
person
of forest, shrub, or other vegetation in any area;
(i) regulating all matters relating to fire
safety and fire
precautions;
(j) prohibiting, restricting, or controlling the
burning of
flammable
materials;
(k) regulating the transportation, use, handling,
or storage of
flammable
materials;
(l) prescribing the fees payable under the
provisions of this
Act;
(m) prescribing matters that may be or are
required to be
prescribed;
(n) prescribing the offences under this Act which
may be
compounded,
the procedure to be followed and the forms
to
be used in compounding;
(o) regulating the administration of the Fire
Services
Department
Welfare Fund.
(2)
The Minister may, in regulations made under subsection
(1),
prescribe penalties of a fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit
or
imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or both for
the
contravention of any provision of such regulations and, in the
case
of a continuing offence, a sum not exceeding one hundred
ringgit
for each day during which such offence is continued after
conviction.
Repeal
63. (1) Part X of the Local Government Act 1976 [Act 171] is
repealed.
(2)
The Fire Service Enactment of the State of Sabah [En. 12
of 1971] is repealed.
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FIRST SCHEDULE
FIRE
SERVICES ACT 1988
FORM A
[Subsection
8(1)]
FIRE-HAZARD
ABATEMENT NOTICE
To....................................................................
........................................................................
........................................................................
TAKE NOTICE that the Director General of Fire Services†, being satisfied of
the
existence
in
.......................................................................................................
(premises)
of
a fire-hazard, being..................................................................................................
(describe the fire-hazard)
do
hereby, pursuant to subsection 8(1) of the Fire Services Act 1988, require
you,
within..............................................................................................from
the
service
of this notice, (1) to abate the fire-hazard, and for that purpose to
.........................................................................................................................
...........................................................................................................................
(specify the works to be executed)
and
(2)* to do whatever is necessary for preventing the recurrence of the fireazard
and
for that purpose to
................................................................................
...........................................................................................................................
(specify the works to be executed)
TAKE NOTICE THAT if you
fail to comply with any requirement of this notice
within
the time specified, you will be committing an offence for which, on
conviction,
you may be liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit or
to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both and to a further
fine
of one hundred ringgit for each day during which the offence is continued
after
conviction.
Dated
the..............day of.......................20.........
.........................................................
(Director General of Fire Services)
†“or
any Fire Officer to whom the Director General has delegated his power”.
*
Delete if the need does not arise.
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FIRE
SERVICES ACT 1988
FORM B
[Subsection
8(2)]
SUBSEQUENT
FIRE-HAZARD ABATEMENT NOTICE
To....................................................................
........................................................................
........................................................................
TAKE NOTICE that the Director General of Fire Services†, being satisfied that
the
fire-hazard for the abatement of which a fire-hazard abatement notice dated
the..............day
of............was served on you* [and which has since been abated]
is
likely to recur in
...........................................................................................
(premises)
do
hereby, pursuant to subsection 8(2) of the Fire Services Act 1988, require
you,
within......................................................................................from
the service
of
this notice, to do whatever is necessary for preventing the recurrence of the
fire-hazard,
and for that purpose
to...............................................................................
(specify the works to be executed)
TAKE NOTICE that if you fail to comply with any
requirement of this notice within
the
time specified, you will be committing an offence for which, on conviction,
you
may be liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit or to imprisonment
for
a term not exceeding three years or to both and to a further fine of one
hundred
ringgit for each day during which the offence is continued after conviction.
Dated
the..............day of.......................20.........
........................................................
(Director General of Fire Services)
†“or
any Fire Officer to whom the Director General has delegated his power”.
*
Delete if the hazard has not been abated.
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FIRE
SERVICES ACT 1988
FORM C
[Subsection
13(2)]
NOTICE
TO SHOW CAUSE
WHEREAS complaint has been received by me
from................................................
...........................................................................................................................
(name and rank of Fire Officer)
that.....................................................................................................................
(substance of the complaint received)
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT................................................................................
(respondent)
do
attend at the Magistrate’s Court
at..............................................................
on
the ................................... day of
........................................................, 20.........
at............................................o’clock
to show cause why a closing order should
not
be made in respect of...................................................................................
(premises)
Given
under my hand and the seal of the court, this............................day
of.....................,
20........
(SEAL)
Magistrate
FIRE
SERVICES ACT 1988
FORM D
[Subsection
13(3)]
CLOSING
ORDER
WHEREAS the Director General of Fire Services †has,
by way of a complaint,
applied
to this court for a closing order in respect
of..................................................
...........................................................................................................................
(premises)
on
the
grounds..................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................
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AND WHEREAS...............................................................................................,
the
owner of the premises, and........................................................................,
the
occupier of the premises, have been served with a notice calling on them
to
show cause why a closing order should not be made* [and the
said....................
...........................................................................................................................
have/has
failed to show cause, and the
said......................................................
have/has
failed to appear to show cause]:
NOW, on being satisfied that such use of the
premises as is specified hereunder
may
materially increase the likelihood of a fire or other calamity or the danger
to
life or property resulting from the outbreak of a fire or the occurrence of
any
other calamity and that therefore it is necessary to prohibit such use, I, in
pursuance
of subsection 13(2) of the Fire Services Act 1988, do hereby prohibit
the
following use of the premises, that is to
say..............................................
...........................................................................................................................
...........................................................................................................................
...........................................................................................................................
Given
under my hand and the seal of the court this.......................day
of.....................20........
(SEAL)
Magistrate
†
“or any Fire Officer to whom the Director General has delegated his power”.
*
Modify as circumstances require.
FIRE
SERVICES ACT 1988
FORM E
[Subsection
35(2)]
NOTICE
TO SHOW CAUSE
WHEREAS complaint has been received by me
from.............................................
..........................................................................................................................
(name and rank of Fire Officer)
that.....................................................................................................................
(substance of the complaint received)
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT..............................................................................
(respondent)
do
attend at the Magistrate’s Court
at.............................................................
on
the...............................day
of................................................., 20.....................
at
............o’clock to show cause why a prohibitory order should not be made
in
respect
of.......................................................................................................
...........................................................................................................................
(premises)
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Given
under my hand and the seal of the court, this.......................day
of.....................,
20........
(SEAL)
Magistrate
FIRE
SERVICES ACT 1988
FORM F
[Subsection
35(3)]
PROHIBITORY
ORDER
WHEREAS the Director General of Fire Services †has, by way of a complaint,
applied
to this court for a prohibitory order in respect
of...........................................
...........................................................................................................................
(premises)
on
the
grounds...................................................................................................
...........................................................................................................................
...........................................................................................................................
...........................................................................................................................
AND WHEREAS ................................................................................................,
the
owner of the premises,
and.................................................................., the
occupier
of the premises, have been served with a notice calling on them to
show
cause why a prohibitory order should not be made* [and the
said.....................
...........................................................................................................................
have/has
failed to show cause, and the
said.........................................................
have/has
failed to appear to show cause]:
NOW, on being satisfied that such use of the
premises as is specified hereunder
would
be a risk to person or property in case of fire and that therefore it is
necessary
to prohibit such use, I, in pursuance of subsection 35(2) of the Fire
Services
Act 1988, hereby *prohibit the use of the above-said premises/restrict
the
use of the above-said premises, that is to
say.....................................................
...........................................................................................................................
...........................................................................................................................
...........................................................................................................................
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Given
under my hand and the seal of the court, this.......................day
of....................,
.20........
(SEAL)
Magistrate
†“
or any Fire Officer to whom the Director General has delegated his power”.
*
Modify as circumstances require.
FIRE
SERVICES ACT 1988
FORM G
[Subsection
35A(1)]
ORDER
TO CEASE ACTIVITY
WHEREAS the Director General of Fire Services is
satisfied that there is in
respect
of...........................................................................................................
..........................................................................................................................
(premises)
an
activity,
namely......................................................................................and
that
any continuation of this activity would constitute an immediate danger of
fire
prejudicial to the safety of life and property;
AND WHEREAS the Director General of Fire Services is
satisfied that any delay
occasioned
by an application for, and the obtaining of, a prohibitory order from
the
High Court would substantially increase the risk to such life or property:
NOW THEREFORE I, in pursuance of
subsection 35A(1) of
the Fire Services Act
1988,
hereby order that the activity
of..................................................................
..........................................................................................................................
in
the above-said premises do cease forthwith.
Dated
the.....................day of ..................... 20..............
..........................................................
(Director General of Fire Services)
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SECOND SCHEDULE
[Subsections
3(6) and 3(7)]
[A]
RANKS OF FIRE OFFICERS
Commissioner
Deputy
Commissioner
Senior
Assistant Commissioner
Assistant
Commissioner
Senior
Superintendent
Superintendent
Probationary
Superintendent
Senior
Assistant Superintendent
Assistant
Superintendent
Probationary
Assistant Superintendent
Fire
Officer Grade I
Fire
Officer Grade II
Fire
Officer Grade III
Probationary
Fire Officer Grade III
Chief
Fireman
Senior
Fireman
Fireman
[B]
RANKS OF AUXILIARY FIRE OFFICERS
Fire
Officer Grade III
Probationary
Fire Officer Grade III
Chief
Fireman
Senior
Fireman
Fireman
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LAWS OF MALAYSIA
Act 341
FIRE SERVICES ACT 1988
LIST
OF AMENDMENTS
Amending
law Short title In force from
Act
A799 Fire Services (Amendment) Act 12-04-1991
1991
Act
A879 Fire Services (Amendment) Act 04-03-1994
1994
Fire Services 47
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Act 341
FIRE SERVICES ACT 1988
LIST
OF SECTIONS AMENDED
Section
Amended authority In force from
2
Act A799 12-04-1991
3
Act A879 04-03-1994
7
Act A879 04-03-1994
8
Act A879 04-03-1994
13
Act A879 04-03-1994
35A Act A879 04-03-1994
35B Act A879 04-03-1994
48
Act A799 12-04-1991
48A Act A799 12-04-1991
48B Act A879 04-03-1994
49
Act A799 12-04-1991
First
Schedule Act A879 04-03-1994
Second
Schedule Act A879 04-03-1994
DICETAK
OLEH
PERCETAKAN
NASIONAL MALAYSIA BERHAD,
KUALA
LUMPUR
BAGI PIHAK DAN
DENGAN PERINTAH KERAJAAN MALAYSIA
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