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Health/Safety at Work

Workmen’s Compensation Act 1952 (Act 273)—(Revised 1982)

An Act to provide for the payment of compensation to workmen for injury suffered in the course of their employment.

Factories and Machinery Act 1967 (Act 139)—(Revised 1974)

An Act to provide for the control of factories with respect to matters relating to the safety, health and welfare of person therein, the registration and inspection of machinery and for matters connected therewith.

Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 (Act 514)

An Act to make further provisions for securing the safety, health and welfare of persons at work, for protecting others against risks to safety or health in connection with the activities of persons at work, to establish the National Council for Occupational Safety and Health, and for matters connected therewith.







Highways, Streets and Bridges

Federal Roads Act 1959 (Act 376)—(Revised 1989)

An Act to provide for the declaration of federal roads, bridges, ferries and other means of communication.

Tolls (Roads and Bridges) Act 1965 (Act 416)—(Revised 1989)

An Act to provide for the payment of tolls for the use of certain roads and bridges.

Street, Drainage and Building Act 1974 (Act 133) (Partial—also appears under titles Building Control and Water)

An Act to amend and consolidate the laws relating to street, drainage and building in local authority areas in West Malaysia, and for purposes connected therewith.

Highway Authority Malaysia (Incorporation) Act 1980 (Act 231)

An Act to establish the Highway Authority Malaysia to supervise and execute the design, construction, regulation, operation and maintenance of inter-urban highways, to impose and collect tolls, to enter into contracts and to provide for matters connected therewith.

Federal Roads (Private Management) Act 1984 (Act 306)

An Act to provide for a person to demand, collect and retain tolls in respect of a Federal road, bridge or ferry, and for matters connected therewith.









Housing

Distress Act 1951 (Act 255)—(Revised 1981)

An Act relating to distress for rent.

Federal Housing Act 1965 (Act 391)—(Revised 1989)

An Act to enable the Government of Malaysia to carry out housing schemes.

Housing Developers (Control and Licensing) Act 1966 (Act 118)—(Revised 1973)

An Act to provide for the control and licensing of the business of housing development in West Malaysia and for matters connected therewith.

Control of Rent Act 1966 (Act 363)—(Revised 1988)

An Act relating to the control of rent and matters incidental thereto.

Housing Loans Fund Act 1971 (Act 42)

An Act to authorize sums of money to be raised by way of loan for the purposes of the Housing Loans Fund of the Federation and to make provisions relating to financial procedure governing the Housing Loans Funds of the Federation and the states.

Control of Rent (Repeal) Act 1997 (Act 572)

An Act to repeal the Control of Rent Act 1966 and to provide for transitional provisions.