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Reprint No. 7 of 1988 M A L A Y S I A ESSENTIAL (RUKUN TETANGGA) REGULATIONS 1975 (P.U. (A) 279/75)
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Reprint No. 7 of 1988

M A L A Y S I A

ESSENTIAL (RUKUN TETANGGA)REGULATIONS 1975

(P.U. (A) 279/75)

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3ESSENTIAL (RUKUN TETANGGA)

REGULATIONS 1975

(P.U. (A) 279/75)

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ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS_______________

Regulation

1. Citation, application and commencement.2. Interpretation.3. Appointment of Director General Rukun Tetangga and other officers and

staff.4. Delegation of powers.5. Minister’s power to make Orders.5A. Designation of Rukun Tetangga Area.5B. Appointment of Rukun Tetangga Area Committee.5C. Functions and duties of a Rukun Tetangga Area Committee.6. Designation of a Registration Sector and submission of particulars by

residents.6A. Designation of a Security Sector.6B. Revocation of designation under regulation 5A, 6 or 6A and re-designation.7. Appointment of a Sector Committee.8. Functions and duties of Sector Committee.9. Powers of Sector Committee.10. Member of a Committee deemed to be police constable with duties and

powers as such constable.11. Meeting of Committee, quorum and minutes.12. Establishment of Rukun Tetangga Trust Fund, and collection and receiving of

moneys for Rukun Tetangga purposes.13. Residence Units and Ketua-Ketua Jiran.14. Functions, duties and powers of a Ketua Jiran.14A. Area Residence Units and Ketua-Ketua Jiran Kawasan.14B. Functions and duties of a Ketua-Ketua Jiran Kawasan.15. Area or Sector Centre.

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Regulation

16. Record of non-residents entering or remaining in a Sector after midnight.17. Restriction with regard to saying overnight in a Sector.18. Sector patrols and guards.19. Roster of duties.

20. Non-qualified residents may volunteer for patrol or guard duties.21. Special provisions relating to self-employed qualified residents.22. Limitation regarding patrol or guard duty.23. Command of party on patrol or guard duty.24. Weapons which patrolman or guard may have.25. Duties and powers of patrolman or guard.26. Participation by members of armed forces, etc., in the duties of a Committee,

Ketua Jiran or qualified residents.27. Relationship of patrol or guard duties and employment.27A. Application for operating a Voluntary Patrolling Scheme.27B. Approval of a Scheme, its commencement, and responsibility of every

member of a Scheme Committee in relation to the Scheme.27C. Restriction as to participation in a Scheme.27D. Register of Volunteer residents.27E. Maintenance of record of patrolling.27F. Identification of patrollers under a Scheme.27G. Command of party whilst on patrol.27H. Weapons which volunteer resident may carry whilst patrolling.27I. Duties, powers and immunities of a volunteer whilst patrolling.27J. Compensation for injury.27K. Offences by volunteer resident.27L. Regulations 27 and 28 not to apply in relation to a Scheme.27M. Regulations 35 and 36 to apply to a volunteer resident and a Scheme

Committee or a member thereof.27N. Inclusion of new volunteer resident, and withdrawal of volunteer residents.27O. Expenses of operation of scheme to be the responsibility of the Scheme

Committee.27P. Director General’s power to revoke the approval of a Scheme, or suspend it

or modify it, or direct cessation of participation by a particular volunteer resident.

27Q. Director may perform functions, etc., of Director General28. Employee not to suffer loss of remuneration or any detriment.

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29. No remuneration payable to a resident in respect of the performance or any duty or function under these Regulations.

30. Compensation for injury.

31. Offences by a patrolman or guard against discipline.32. Exemptions.

33. Duty of residents of Sector.

34. Duty of resident in relation to activities prejudicial or injurious to Sector community.

35. Director’s power to give directions or instructions to any Committee, Ketua Jiran or resident.

36. Director’s power to require attendance of members of Committee, Ketua Jiran or residents for instruction, training, etc.

37. Diretor’s power in relation to report and information from a Committee or an Area Committee, Ketua Jiran or a Ketua Jiran Kawasan or resident.

38. Power of arrest, seizure, investigation and prosecution in respect of offences under these Regulations.

39. Power to enter premises.

40. Co-ordination between Committees.

41. Offences of obstruction, assault, incitement to offence, etc.

42. Personation.

43. False statement.

44. Penalty.

45. (Repeal by P.U. (A) 389/82).

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Regulation P.U. (A) 297/75

46. Joinder of offences.

47. Penal Code.

48. Public authorities protection.

49. These Regulations to Prevail.

SCHEDULE

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7ESSENTIAL (RUKUN TETANGGA)

REGULATIONS 1976

(P.U. (A) 279/75)

In exercise of the powers conferred under section 2 of the Emergency (Essential Powers) Ordinance No. 1 1969+, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong hereby makes the following regulations:

P.U. (A) 146/69.

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Essential (Rukun Tetangga) Regulations 1975, and shall have application throughout Malaysia.

Citation, application and commencement. P.U. (A) 389/82.

(2) These Regulations shall come into force on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the *Gazette, appoint, and different dates may be appointed for different States or parts of Malaysia.

2. (1) In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires -

Interpretation.

“Area” means a Rukun Tetangga Area designated under regulation 5A;

P.U. (A) 389/82.

“Area Committee” means a Rukun Tetangga area Committee appointed under regulation 5B (1);

P.U. (A) 23/88.

“Area Residence Unit” means a Area Residence Unit designated under regulation 14A (1);

P.U. (A) 23/88.

“Assistant Director” means an assistant Director Rukun Tetangga appointed under regulation 3 (2);

“Centre” means an area Centre or a Sector Centre, as may be applicable, established under regulation 15;

P.U. (A) 389/82.

“Committee” means a Registration Sector Committee or a Security Sector Committee, as may be applicable;

P.U. (A) 23/88.

+ Valid by virtue of section 13 (2) of Act 2216. P.U.(A) 389/82.* 12-9-1975 – P.U. (B) 370/75; 1-2-1988 – P.U. (B) 13/88.

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“Deputy Director” means a Deputy Director Rukun Tetangga appointed under regulation 3 (2);

“Deputy Director General” means the Deputy Director General Rukun Tetangga appointed under regulation 3 (2);

“Director” means the Director General Rukun Tetangga and includes the Deputy Director General Rukun Tetangga, a Deputy Director Rukun Tetangga or an assistant Director Rukun Tetangga;

“Director General” means the Director General Rukun Tetangga appointed under regulation 3 (1);

“Form” means a form as set out in the Schedule to these Regulations;

P.U. (A) 389/82. “Ketua Jiran” means a Ketua Jiran appointed under regulation 13 (1);

P.U. (A) 23/88. “Ketua Jiran Kawasan” means a Ketua Jiran Kawasan appointed under regulation 14A (1);

“Minister” means the Prime Minister;“Officer” means a Director and includes any other

officer or staff appointed under regulation 3 (2);“Order” means an Order made by the Minister

under these Regulations and published in the Gazette;

Fed. L. N. 151/60

“Permanent Resident” means a person who has permission, granted without limit of time under any Federal law, to reside in Malaysia, and includes a person lawfully issued with a red bordered identity card under regulation 5 (2) of the National Registration Regulations 1960;

“Qualified resident” means any male person who has attained the age of eighteen years but has not yet attained the age of fifty-five years who is a resident of a sector and is not a person exempted under regulation 32;

P.U. (A) 23/88.“Registration Sector Committee” means a

Committee appointed under regulation 7 in respect of a Registration Sector designated under regulation 6;

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“resident” in relation to a Sector, means any person who is ordinarily resident in a Sector and includes a person who has been residing continuously in a Sector for a period exceeding one month in an hotel, lodging house, boarding house, hostel or other establishment providing accommodation, and in relation to an area, means any person who is ordinarily resident in the Area;

P.U. (A) 389/82.P.U. (A) 23/88.

“Residence Unit” means a Residence Unit designate under regulation 13 (1);

“roster” means the roster prepared under regulation 19;

“Scheme Committee” means an Area Committee or a Registration sector Committee, as the case may be, in relation to a Voluntary Patrolling Scheme operated by it in an area or a Registration Sector, as the case may be;

P.U. (A) 23/88.

“Sector” means a Registration Sector designated under regulation 6 or a Security Sector designated under regulation 6A, as may be applicable;

Sub/P.U. (A) 389/82.

“Security Sector Committee” means a Committee appointed under regulation 7 in respect of a Security Sector designated under regulation 6A;

P.U. (A) 23/88.

“Volunteer resident” means -(a) a person who has made a request in Part A of

Form Six to participate in a Voluntary Patrolling Scheme, is named in the List under Item (F) of Form Six, and has signed against his name in the said List; or

P.U. (A) 23/88.

(b)a person who has been included as a participant in a Voluntary Patrolling Scheme under paragraphs (1) and (2) of regulation 27N,

and who has not withdrawn form such participation or otherwise ceased to participate or to be qualified to participate in the Voluntary Patrolling Scheme.

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(2) For the purpose of these Regulations and of any Order, the time at which a person attains a relevant age or is of a relevant age shall be deemed to be the commencement of the relevant anniversary of the date of his birth.

Appointment of Director General Rukun Tetangga and other officers and staff

3. (1) There shall be a Director General Rukun Tetangga who shall be appointed by the Minister form members of the public service and who shall, subject to the control and direction of the Minister, be the authority responsible for, and have the duty of administering, carrying out and giving effect these Regulations and all Orders.

(2) The Minister may appoint for the purpose of these Regulations and the Orders, from officers in the public service, a Deputy Director General Rukun Tetangga, and such Deputy Directors Rukun Tetangga, Assistant Directors Rukun Tetangga, and other officers and staff, as he may consider necessary.

(3) All officers and staff appointed under paragraph (2) shall be subject to the direction and control of the Director General.

(4) A Director, other officers appointed under these Regulations and such public officers as may be specified under these Regulation or any Order shall have the powers provided under these Regulations and such other powers as may be provided under any Order, and powers provided under an Order may include power of arrest, investigation into offences, prosecution of offenders before a court, entry into premises or other places, search of person or premises, seizure, forfeiture and taking possession of articles, sale and disposal of articles seized, forfeited or taken possession of, inspection of premises, places, books, equipment, and taking possession of premises and other places and the facilities, equipment and articles therein, as may be specified in an Order, and provision may be made in an Order for the delegation of such powers to any person of authority.

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4. (1) A Director may in writing delegate all or any of his powers under these Regulations or under any Order to any other officer appointed under regulation 3 (2) and the exercise of powers under such delegation may be limited by a Director to any particular area or areas or in such other manner as a Director may deem fit.

Delegation of powers.

(2) A Delegation made under this regulation may at any time be modified or revoked by a Director.

(3) No delegation made under this regulation shall be deemed to divest a Director of any of his powers and he may, if he thinks fit, exercise those powers notwithstanding such delegation.5. (1) The Minister may make such Orders as he deems necessary or expedient for the purpose of carrying out or giving effect to these Regulations.

Minister’s power to make Orders.

(2) An Order made under these Regulations may provide for admissibility or non-admissibility of evidence, burden of proof, the inclusion of any evidence as a defense, protection of informers, accused or any other person, or any other matter whatsoever relating to evidence, for the purpose of any proceedings under these Regulations or under any Order.

(3) Am Order may relate to the whole or a part of Malaysia.

(4) An Order shall be published in the Gazette.5A.The Director General may, from time to time, by notice publicized in such manner as he deems fit, designate any area to be a Rukun Tetangga Area.

Designation of Rukun Tetangga Area. P.U. (A) 389/82

5B. (1) A Director shall, within one month of the designation of an Area under regulations 5A, or within such longer period as the Director General may specify, appoint in respect of the Area a Rukun Tetangga area Committee which shall consist of such numbers of residents if the area as he deems fit.

Appointment of a Rukun Tetangga Area Committee.P.U. (A) 389/82.

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(2) Paragraphs (2), (3), (5), (6) and (7) of regulation 7 shall apply to the Rukun Tetangga area Committee in the same manner that they apply to a Sector Committee.

(3) A member of the Rukun Tetangga Area Committee may at any time resign from such office by letter addressed to the Director.

(4) The Rukun Tetangga Area Committee shall meet not less than once in two months, and paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (5) and (6) of regulation 11 shall apply to the Rukun Tetangga Area Committee in the same manner that they apply to a Sector Committee.

Functions and duties of a Rukun Tetangga

5C.The Rukun Tetangga Area Committee shall carry out within the Area in respect of which it is appointed -

Area Committee.P.U. (A) 389/82.

(a) Such activities as promote, develop or maintain, or are conducive to the promotion, development or maintenance of -(i) neighborliness, goodwill, co-operation,

harmony and mutual trust and confidence among the residents of the area;

(ii)the welfare, well-being, health, safety and security of the residents of the Area; and

(b)Such other activities as the Director may, from time to time, request it to carry out.

Designation of a Registration Sector and submission of particulars by residents.P.U. (A) 389/82.

6. (1) The Minister may, from time to time, by notice published in the Gazette, designate any Rukun Tetangga Area or any part of such Area, or any other area which is not designated as a Rukun Tetangga Area, to be a Registration Sector.

(2) Where the Minister designates a Registration Sector, every resident of the Sector who is above the age of fifteen years shall submit to such officers as may be specified in the notice of designation of the Sector the particulars in Form One within such period as may be specified in the notice of designation.

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(3) Where a person attains the age of fifteen years, or where a person commences to reside in a Sector after the designation of such Sector, he shall submit his particulars in Form One to the officer specified in the notice of designation of the Sector within a period of thirty days after he attains the age of fifteen years or after he commences to reside in such Sector, as the case may be.

(4) Whenever there is any change in any of the particulars submitted by a resident in Form One, he shall, within thirty days of such change to the officer to whom the particulars in Form One were submitted under paragraph (2).

(5) A Director may at any time direct a resident of the Sector in writing to submit particulars in Form One within such period as he may specify in the direction, and a Director may make such direction regardless whether or not the resident as submitted particulars under paragraph (2), (3) or (4), and regardless whether or not the resident has been prosecuted for an offence under this Regulation, and where the resident as been so prosecuted, regardless of the result of such prosecution.

P.U. (A) 389/82.

(6) any person who contravenes or fails to comply with paragraph (2), (3), (4) or (5) shall be guilty of an offence against these Regulations.

P.U. (A) 389/82.

(7) Paragraphs (3), (4), (5) and (6) shall apply in relation to a Security Sector in the same manner as they apply to a Registration Sector.

P.U. (A) 389/82.

6A.(1) The Minister may, from time to time, by notice published in the Gazette, designate any Registration Sector, to be a Security Sector, and upon such designation coming into force, the Sector Committee appointed in respect of the Registration Sector shall be deemed to be the Sector Committee appointed in respect of the Security Sector so designated.

Designation of a Security Sector.P.U. (A) 389/82.

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(2) Regulation 16 to 25 (both inclusive) and of regulation 27 shall apply only in relation to a Security sector, and shall nor apply in relation to a Rukun Tetangga Area or a Registration Sector.

Revocation of designation under regulation 5A, 6 or 6A and redsignation.P.U. (A) 389/82.

6B. (1) The Minister may, at any time, by notice published in the Gazette revoke any designation under regulation 6 or 6A, and the Director General may, at any time, by notice publicized in such manner as he deems fit, revoke any designation under regulation 5A.

(2) Any revocation under paragraph (1) shall be without prejudice to the power to include, immediately upon such revocation, or at any time thereafter, any area or part of an area in respect of which such revocation has been made in a fresh designation under regulation 5A, 6 or 6A.

(3) Where any designation under regulation 5A, 6 or 6A revoked, or any area or part of an area in respect of which such revocation has been made is included in a fresh designation under regulation 5A, 6 or 6A there may be included in the notice making such revocation or such designation such provisions of a transitional, consequential or incidental nature as may be necessary or expedient.

(4) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (3), where a designation of the whole or any part of an area as Registration Sector under regulation 6 or as a Security Sector under regulation 6A is revoked under regulation 6B, and the whole or any part of the area in respect of which such revocation is made is include in a fresh designation of a Sector under regulation 6 or 6A, the notice making the fresh designation may, of the Minister deems it expedient to do so, provide that -

(a) the registration of the residents of the whole or any part of the area so included which had been effected under regulation 6 (2) in respect of the earlier designation which ad been revoked; and

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(b) all particulars of the residents furnished under regulation 6 (3) and 6 (4) in respect of such earlier designation.

shall be deemed to be registration of the residents under regulation 6 (2) and particulars furnished under regulation 6 (3) and 6 (4) in respect of the fresh designation.7. (1) after the expiry of the period specified in the notice of designation of a Sector for the submission of particulars in Form One under regulation 6, a Director shall appoint a Committee of such number of residents of the Sector as he deems fit to be known as the Sector Committee.

Appointment of a Sector Committee.

(2) The Director shall appoint a Chairman, a Deputy Chairman, a Secretary, an assistant Secretary and a Treasurer of a Sector Committee from among the members of the Committee after consultation with the members thereof.

P.U. (A) 389/82.

(3) The following persons shall be disqualified from being appointed or being a member of a Committee:

(a) a person who has not attained the age of twenty-one years;

(b)a person who has at any time been adjudicated a bankrupt or against whom there has been made at any time a wage-earner’s administration order;

(c) a person who has been convicted of an offence and sentenced to a fine of five hundred ringgit or more or to imprisonment for any term;

(d)a person against whom a charge for an offence has been proved and who has, in consequence, been ordered to execute a bond under any written law relating to criminal procedure;

(e) a person against whom any form o detention order as been made under any written law relating to children, juveniles or young persons;

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(f) a person who has been the subject of any order of detention, supervision or restricted residence under any written law relating to preventive detention, internal security, prevention of crime or restricted residence;

(g)a person who has been the subject of a banishment order, or of a banishment order which as been suspended on his executing a bond under any written law relating to banishment;

(h)a person who is not a citizen or who is not a permanent resident; and

(i) a person who is of unsound mind or is otherwise incapable of performing his duties.

P.U. (A) 389/82. (4) Where a person is appointed a member of a Committee, or a Chairman or a Deputy Chairman , or a Secretary, or a Assistant Secretary, or Treasurer of a Committee, he shall accept such appointment, serve as such member, Chairman, Deputy Chairman, Secretary, assistant Secretary or Treasurer, as the case may be, for the term of is appointment, and carry out the functions and duties and exercise the powers of a member of a Committee, or a Chairman or a Deputy Chairman or a Secretary, or an Assistant Secretary or Treasurer of a Committee, as the case may be, and if he fails to comply with or contravenes any of these requirements he shall be guilty of an offence against these Regulations.

P.U. (A) 389/82. (5) A member of a Committee shall be appointed for a term not exceeding three years and may be reappointed for a further term or terms of not more than three years each.

(6) The appointment of a member o a Committee may be revoked at any time by a Director.

P.U. (A) 389/82. (7) A member of a Committee shall carry such identification card as the Director General may direct to be carried by such member, and he shall produce such card on demand by any person when performing any duty or carrying out any function or exercising any

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power under these Regulations or under any Order in relation to such person the identification card shall be surrendered to a Director immediately upon termination or revocation of the appointment of a member of a Committee.8. (1) A Committee shall have the following functions and duties:

Functions and duties of Sector Committee

(a) to generally maintain observation of all aspects of the security, safety and the well-being of residents and of the Sector community as a whole;

(b) to actively enquire into matters relating to the prevalence of any form of any unlawful activity within the Sector and convey information in relation thereto to a Director;

(c) to receive information in respect of any unlawful activity that may be tendered to it or to any o its members by any person, make an appraisal of such information, make such enquiries as may be necessary in relation to such information, and convey such information to a Director, together with its appraisal and the result of its enquiry;

(d) to maintain observation of, enquire into, and receive information in respect of, matters relating to the provision and maintenance of an adequate supply of articles essential to the life of the Sector community, and to report to the Director activities which are prejudicial to the maintenance of such supply, such as the withholding of the supply of such articles from the public or the charging of excessive prices in respect o such articles;

(e)to maintain observation of, enquire into, and receive information in respect of, matters relating to the provision and maintenance of services essential to the life of the Sector community, and to report to the Director activities which are prejudicial to the provision of such services, such as the charging of

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excessive prices in respect of such services, or failure by any person or body, including a local authority or statutory body, to fulfill its legal obligations to provide any such service;

(f) to take such steps as may be necessary or desirable to enable the residents to protect themselves against all forms of subversive or other criminal activities and against flood, fire, landslide, or other occasion of emergency or danger;

(g) to maintain observation of and enquire into matters which may have an injurious effect on the economic life, health or morals of the residents;

(h) to maintain and keep up-to-date a register of residents as supplied to it by a Director;

(i)(Repeal by P.U.(A) 23/88.)(j) (Repeal by P.U. (A) 389/82.)(k) (Repeal by P.U. (A) 23/88.)(l) to provide its good offices or of any of its

members to arbitrate, conciliate or otherwise settle any dispute or deference amongst any of the residents which may be referred to the Committee by any of the parties to such dispute;

P.U.(A) 389/82 (l) to carry out such activities as promote, develop or maintain, or are conducive to the promotion, development or maintenance of, neighborliness, goodwill, co-operation, harmony or mutual trust and confidence among the residents of the Sector, or their welfare;

(m)to perform such other functions or duties as the Committee may be required to perform under these Regulations or under any Order or as a Director may from time to time require the Committee to perform.

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(2) The functions and duties which attach to a Committee as set out in paragraph (1) shall be deemed to also attach to every individual member of the Committee.9.(1)The Committee shall have the following powers: Powers of

Sector Committee

(a) the power to require, either orally or in writing, any person in the Sector to attend at the Centre before a meeting of the Committee to enable the Committee to make such enquiry as may be necessary for the purpose of the performance of the functions and duties of the Committee;

(b)to require any person to answer any question in relation to the carrying out of the Committee’s functions and duties under regulation 8;

(c)to require any person to answer any question regarding such person’s knowledge in respect of any unlawful activity;

(d)the power to require any resident to give assistance by the provision of services or use of any property in the event of any fire, flood, landslide, public disorder or other circumstance whatsoever which renders such assistance necessary;

(e)such other powers as are provided under these Regulations or under any Order.

(2) The powers exercisable by a Committee under paragraph (1) may be exercised by any individual member of a Committee, except the powers under paragraph (1) (a) which may be exercised only at a meeting of the Committee.

10. A member of a Committee shall be deemed to be a police officer of the rank of constable, and shall have all the duties, all the powers and all the immunities of such police officer within the Sector in respect of which he is a member of the Committee, provided that in the performance of such duties and in the exercise of such powers he shall be subject to the direction and control of a Director and shall perform such duties and exercise

Member of a Committee deemed to be a police constable with duties and powers as such constable [P.U.(A) 389/82.]

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Such powers in compliance with such directions, instructions, conditions, restrictions or limitations as a Director may specify orally or in writing either generally, or in the case of any particular member of a Committee, or in respect of any particular circumstance.

Meeting of Committee, quorum and minutes P.U.(A) 389/82

11. (1) A Committee shall meet not less than once in forty-five days, and every meeting of the Committee shall be called by the Chairman, or, in his absence, by the Deputy Chairman.

(2) The quorum of a Committee shall be two-thirds of its members.

P.U.(A) 389/82 (3) The Chairman shall preside at a meeting of a Committee, and, in his absence, the Deputy Chairman shall preside, or, if the Deputy Chairman is also absent, a Committee may elect one of the members present to preside at the meeting.

(4) The Secretary shall maintain the minutes of meetings of a Committee, and a copy thereof shall be submitted to a Director whenever required by him.

P.U.(A) 389/82 (5) The Treasurer shall maintain proper accounts of all monies and other property whatever provided by the Government to a Committee for the carrying out of its functions, the discharge of its duties, and the exercise of its powers, and he shall also carry out such other functions as he may be required to carry out by a Committee or a Director.

P.U.(A) 389/82 (6) A Committee may, from time to time, with the approval in writing of a Director, appoint from among its members such sub-committee as may be necessary for the purpose of enquiring into any particular matter and making its report or recommendations thereon to the Committee.

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12. (1) There may be established by the Director General a fund to be known as the Rukun Tetangga Trust Fund into which shall be paid all donations received for the purposes of the carrying out of these Regulations and any Order, not being moneys collected or received under paragraph (4).

(2) The Rukun Tetangga Trust Fund shall be operated under section 10 (1) (a) of the Financial Procedure Act 1957 and for this purpose the following new item is hereby incorporated into the Second Schedule to the said Act - “The Rukun Tetangga Trust Fund”.

Establish-ment of Rukun Tetangga Trust Fund, and collection and receiving of moneys for Rukun Tetangga purposes. P.U.(A) 389/82 Act 61

(3) The Rukun Tetangga Trust Fund shall be operated by the Director General in accordance with any Order relating thereto.(4) A Rukun Tetangga Area Committee or a Sector Committee may collect or receive within the Area or the Sector, as the case may be, monies for purpose of carrying out its functions, and discharging its duties, provided it has applied for and obtained the prior written approval of the Director General and makes such collection or receives such monies in accordance with the rearms and conditions set out in the approval granted by the Director General.

Add. P.U.(A)389/82.

(5) The approval of the Director General under paragraph (4) shall contain directions providing for the maintenance, administration and utilization of the moneys so collected, for the keeping of the accounts thereof, and for the auditing so such accounts by a public officer or public officers authorized in writing by the Director General.

P.U.(A)389/82.

(6) Where a Rukun Tetangga Area Committee or a Sector Committee, as the case may be, has obtained the approval of the Director General under paragraph (4) it shall be its duty collectively, and of every member thereof individually, to comply with the terms and conditions set out in the approval and with the directions contained therein.

P.U.(A)389/82.

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Residence Units and Ketua-Ketua Jiran.P.U.(A) 389/82.

13. (1) A Director shall, after consultation with a Committee, designate by notice the Residence Units of the Sector and appoint a head, who shall be known as the Ketua Jiran, in respect of each such Residence Unit.

(2) Such notice of designation shall be published in such manner as a Director deems fit for bringing it to the attention of persons who reside in the Residence Units which are so designated, and shall have effect from the date specified in the notice, without publication in the Gazette.

(3) The persons disqualified from being appointed or being members of a Committee under regulation 7(3) shall also be disqualified from being appointed or being a Ketua Jiran.

(4) A Ketua Jiran shall be appointed in writing for such term as may be specified in the appointment andmay be re-appointed for a further term or terms as may be specified in the re-appointment.

[P.U.(A)389/82.]

(5) Where a person is appointed a Ketua Jiran he shall accept such appointment, serve as such Ketua Jiran for the term of his appointment, and carry out the functions and duties and exercise the powers of a Ketua Jiran, and if he fails to comply with or contravenes any of these requirements he shall be guilty of an offence against these Regulations.

(6) The appointment of a Ketua Jiran may be revoked at any time by a Director.

[P.U.(A)389/82.]

(7) A Ketua Jiran shall carry such identification card as the Director General may direct to be carried by the Ketua-Ketua Jiran, and he shall produce such card on demand by any person when performing any duty or carrying out any function, or exercising any power under these Regulations or under any Order in relation to such person; the identification card shall be surrendered to a Director immediately upon

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termination or revocation of the appointment of a Ketua Jiran.

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14. (1) A Ketua Jiran shall have the same functions,duties and powers in relation to the Residence Unit of which he is the Ketua Jiran as a Committee or a member of a Committee has in relation to a Sector under regulations 8, 9 and 10, except the power under regulations 9 (1) (a), and shall generally assist the Committee in such manner as the Committee may from time to time require in the performance of its duties, or the carrying out of its functions, or the exercise of its power, under these Regulations in the Residence Unit of which he is the Ketua Jiran.

Functions, duties and powers of a Ketua JiranP.U.(A) 23/88

(2) A Ketua Jiran shall perform such other functions and duties and exercise such other powers as may be conferred on him in writing by a Director, or by the Committee with the approval of a Director, provided that the functions, duties and powers so conferred are not inconsistent with or in excess of the functions, duties and powers of a Committee or a member of a Committee. (3) A Ketua Jiran shall also perform such other functions and duties and exercise such other powers as may be provided for a Ketua Jiran under these Regulations or under any Order.

(4) The Ketua-Ketua Jiran of two or more Residence Units, whether contiguous or not, may with the approval in writing of a Director, coordinate their activities in such manner as may be necessary or expedient.

P.U.(A)389/82.

(5) A Director may direct in writing two or more Ketua-Ketua Jiran to act in coordination in accordance with and to the extent specified by the Director in such direction, and, in such case, it shall be the duty of the Ketua-Ketua Jiran concerned to administer, carry out, and give effect to such direction, and anything done by any person in pursuance of such direction shall be deemed to be lawful.

P.U.(A)389/82.

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Area Residence Units and Ketua-Ketua Jiran Kawasan P.U.(A) 23/88

14A. (1) A Director may, where he deems it fit to do so in respect of the whole or part of any Area, but after consultation with its Area Committee –

(a) designate by notice the Area Residence Units of the whole or part of the Area, as the case may be; and

(b) appoint a head, who shall be known as the Ketua Jiran Kawasan, in respect of each of such Area Residence Units.

(2) Paragraphs (2), (3), (4) and (6) of regulation 13 shall apply in relation to an Area Residence Unit and a Ketua Jiran Kawasan in the same manner that they apply to a Residence Unit and a Ketua Jiran.

(3) A Ketua Jiran Kawasan may at any time resign from such office by letter addressed to the Director.

(4) A Ketua Jiran Kawasan shall carry such carry such identification card as the Director may furnish him with and he shall produce such card on demand by any person when performing any duty or carrying out any function under these Regulations or under any Order in relation to such person; the identification card shall be surrendered to a Director immediately upon the cessation of the appointment of a Ketua Jiran Kawasan.

Functions and duties of a Ketua Jiran Kawasan P.U.(A) 23/88.

14B. (1) A Ketua Jiran Kawasan shall have the same functions and duties in relation to the Area Residence Units of which he is the Ketua Jiran Kawasan as an Area Committee has in relation to an Area under regulation 5c, and shall generally assist the Area Committee in such manner as the Area Committee may from time to time require in the performance of its duties or the carrying out ot its function in the Area Residence Unit of which he is the Ketua Jiran Kawasan. (2) A Ketua Jiran Kawasan shall perform such other functions and duties as may be conferred on him in writing by a Director, or by the Area Committee with

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[R. 14B-16]

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The approval of a Director, provided that the functions and duties so conferred are not inconsistent with or in excess of the functions and duties of an Area Committee.

(3) A Ketua Jiran Kawasan shall also perform such other functions and duties as may be provided for a Ketua Jiran Kawasan under these Regulations or under any Order.

(4) Paragraphs (4) and (5) of regulation 14 shall apply in relation to Ketua-Ketua Jiran Kawasan and Area Residence Units in the same manner that they apply to Ketua-Ketua Jiran and Residence Units.”

15. The Director General shall provide every Rukun Tetangga Area Committee and every Sector Committee with such premises as he may deem appropriate for the use of the Rukun Tetangga Area Committee or the Sector Committee, as the case may may be.

Area or Sector Centre.P.U.(A)389/82.

16. (1) A person who, between the hours of midnight and five o’clock past midnight, enters a Sector of which he is not a resident shall, immediately upon entering that Sector, furnish his particulars in Form Five to a qualified resident on duty at the Centre.

Record of non-residents entering or remaining in a Sector after midnight.

(2) A person who enters before midnight a Sector of which he is not a resident and remains in that Sector after midnight shall, before one o’clock past midnight on the same night, furnish his particulars in Form Five to a qualified resident on duty at the Centre.

(3) This regulation shall not apply in the case of a person who, during the hours referred to in paragraph (1), is a guest in an hotel or lodging house or other similar commercial establishment where the particulars of guests are required to be registered under any written law.

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[R. 16-18]

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P.U.(A)389/82

(4) The foregoing provision of this regulation shall apply in Sector only where a Director notifies in the Gazette after consultation with the Committee that the said provisions shall apply in that Sector.

Restriction with regard to staying overnight in a Sector

17. (1) The person who is not a resident of a Sector shall stay overnight in that Sector except as a visitor staying in the residence of a resident of the Sector or in an hotel, lodging house or other commercial establishment which can lawfully provide temporary accommodation.

(2) Any person staying overnight in a Sector in contravention of paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence against these Regulations

(3) A person shall be deemed to stay overnight in a Sector if he is found in the Sector at any time between the hours of midnight and five o’clock past midnight.

Sector patrols and guards.P.U.(A)389/82.

18. (1) A Committee shall arrange for qualified residents to carry out –

(a) patrol duties in the Sector;(b) guard duties at the Sector Centre at all times

or during such hours as may be determined by a Director after consultation with the Committee; and

(c) guard duties at such premises, places or locations in the Sector as may be required by a Director,

in such shifts as may be required by a Director being, in any case, of a duration of not more than four continuous hours each.

(2) The qualified residents on patrol or guard duty shall be required to carry out their duties in patrol parties or guard parties of not less than two qualified residents in each such party.

P.U.(A)389/82

(3) A Committee shall be responsible for the supervision, direction and control of the performance of patrol or guard duties under this regulation, and shall arrange for one or more of its members, as it may

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Consider appropriate, to be present at the Sector Centre at such times as the Committee may deem necessary or expedient, or as a Director may require, for the better exercise of such supervision, direction and control.

19. (1) The Committee shall prepare monthly, or in respect of such longer period not exceeding twelve months as the Committee may determine, a roster of duties under regulation 18 and exhibit such roster in the Centre.

Roster of duties P.U.(A)389/82.

(1A) A member of the Committee authorized by the Committee to do so may, from time to time, amend the roster prepared under paragraph (1), and every such amendment shall be exhibited at the Centre.

P.U.(A)389/82.

(2) Every person required to perform duties under such roster shall attend and perform such duties accordingly, and if he fails to comply with or contravenes such requirements he shall be guilty of an offence against these Regulations

(3) It shall be the duty of every qualified resident to ascertain from the roster or the Committee the date and time of every occasion when he would be liable to attend and perform such duty on any occasion he may, not less than seven days before the date of such occasion, apply to the Committee for its permission to substitute another date and time in place thereof; if he fails to receive such permission he shall attend and perform duty as specified in the roster:

P.U.(A)389/82

Provided that nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as derogating from the power of the Committee under paragraph (1A) to amend the roster.

P.U.(A)389/82

20. A resident who is not a qualified resident may apply to a Committee to be placed on a roster under regulation 19(1), and where the Committee approves the application and places him on such roster he shall be deemed to be a qualified resident for the purpose

Non-qualified residents may volunteer for patrol or guard duties.

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of these Regulations.

[R. 21-22]

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Special provisions relating to self-employed qualified residents.

21. (1) In preparing a roster of duties under regulation 19 the Committee shall, as far as practicable, ensure that no self-employed qualified resident is required to perform patrol or guard duty during the hours when he would, in the normal course of his self-employment, be engaged in performing the work in respect of this self-employment.

(2) For the purpose of paragraph (1) “self-employed qualified resident” means -

(a) a qualified resident engaged in any business, profession, occupation, agricultural work, or other under-taking whatsoever, carried on solely by himself for together with the members of his family, in respect of which he does not receive any wages from an employer; or

(b) a qualified resident whose sole means of live hood is to offer his services as a casual workers on a contract entered into daily;

Provided that in no case shall “self-employed qualified resident” include a qualified resident who employs any other person.

P.U.(A)389/82

(3) Where any question arises under any of these Regulations as to whether a person is a “self-employed qualified resident” the question shall be decided by a Director whose decision shall be final.

Limitation regarding patrolor guard duty.P.U.(A) 389/82.

22. A qualified resident shall not be required to perform patrol or guard duty on more than two days in a month, and on not more than one day in month on such duty in a shift which extends beyond midnight or commences after midnight:

P.U.(A)389/82.

Provided that the Director General may, where he deems it necessary or expedient to do so in the case of any particular Sector, direct that the qualified residents in that Sector be required to perform patrol

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or guard duty on not more than three days in a month.

[R. 23-25]

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23. (1) Where a party of qualified residents is on patrol or guard duty, it shall, during the period or such duty, be under the command of such member of the party as may be designated by a Committee or a member of a Committee.

Command of party on patrol or guard duty.

(2) A qualified resident on patrol or guard duty shall obey and comply with all lawful directions, instructions or orders of his commander as designated under paragraph (1). (3) Such commander shall obey and comply with all lawful directions, instructions or orders of the Committee or any member thereof.

24. (1) A qualified resident shall, whilst on patrol or guard duty, be entitled to have in his possession only such weapon, not being a fire-arm, as may be approved by a Director.

Weapons which patrolman or guard may haveP.U.(A) 389/82.

(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a Director may authorize any qualified resident, whilst he is on patrol or guard duty, to have a fire-arm in his possession in accordance with such written direction as a Director may give.

25. A qualified resident shall, whilst on patrol or guard duty in the area of his duty, be deemed to be a police officer of the rank of constable and shall have all the duties, all the powers, and all the immunities of such police officer, provided that in the performance of such duties and in the exercise of such powers he shall be subject to the direction and control of the Director, or the Committee and each of the members of the Committee, and shall perform such duties and exercise such powers in compliance with such directions, instructions, conditions, restrictions or limitations as a Director or the Committee or a member of the Committee may specify orally or in writing either generally, or in

Duties and powers of patrolman or guard.P.U.(A)389/82.

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the case of any particular qualified resident, or in respect of any particular circumstance.

[R. 26-27A]

30 P.U. (A) 279/75Participation by members of armed forces, etc. in the duties of a Committee, Ketua Jiran or qualified residentsFed.P.U.33/66.

26. A Director may authorise members of the armed forces, the police force, the Ikatan Relawan Rakyat established under the Essential (Pasukan Kawalan) Regulations 1966, any auxiliary or volunteer police force, or any other organization, body or group of persons, to participate in the performance of duties by a Committee, a Ketua Jiran, or qualified residents, subject to and in accordance with any directions which he may give.

Relationship of patrol or guard duties and employment.

27. (1) Where a qualified resident is an employee of any person, the qualified resident shall be deemed to have been granted leave of absence from his employment by his employer for the hours during which that the qualified resident is required to perform patrol or guard duty under these Regulations. (2) Where a qualified resident who is an employee of any person performs a stretch of patrol or guard duty for any length of time after midnight he shall be deemed to have been granted leave of absence from his employment by his employer for the twenty-four hours following the completion of such stretch of duty.

Application for operating a Voluntary Patrolling Scheme.P.U.(A) 23/88.

27A. (1) An Area Committee or a Registration Sector Committee may apply to the Director-General to operate in the whole or part of the Area or Registration Sector, as the case may be, a Voluntary Patrolling Scheme (hereinafter in these Regulations referred to as a “Scheme”) if requested to do so by a group of not less than twenty residents of the Area or the Registration Sector, as the case may be, of not less than eighteen years of age. (2) A request by volunteer residents under paragraph (1) shall be made by completing Part A of Form Six and submitting Form Six to the Area Committee or the Registration Sector Committee of the Area or the Registration Sector, as the case may be, of which they are residents. (3) An application by an Area Committee or a Registration Sector Committee under paragraph (1) shall be made by completing Part B of Form Six and

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submitting Form Six to the Director-General.

[R. 27A-27B]

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(4) Where an Area Committee or a Registration Sector Committee decides not to accede to a request by volunteer residents in Part A of Form Six it shall complete Part C of Form Six and submit Form Six to the Director-General.

(5) A Director may require the Chairman of the Area Committee or the Registration Sector Committee or any of the volunteer residents, to furnish such other information or particulars as the Director may require in relation to all or any of the volunteer residents, or the proposed Scheme, or otherwise howsoever in relation to the application, and he may require all or any of the volunteer residents to appear personally before him to be interviewed by him and to answer all such enquiries as he may deem necessary to make in relation to the application. (6) The Director-General may before giving his decision on the application, propose for the consideration of the Area Committee or the Registration Sector Committee such modifications or alterations to the proposed Scheme as may, in his opinion, be necessary, desirable, expedient or appropriate.

27B. (1) Where an application under regulation 27A is approved by the Director-General, he shall when conveying the approval to the Chairman of the Area Committee or the Registration Sector Committee, as the case may be, require the operation of the Scheme to be commenced before such date as the Director-General may specify, and the Chairman shall, thereafter, inform the Director-General in writing of the date on which the operation of the Scheme has commenced within seven days after the date of the commencement.

Approval of a Scheme, its commencement, and responsibility of every member of a Scheme Committee in relation to the Scheme P.U.(A) 23/88.

(2) If – (a) the operation of the Scheme is not commenced

before the date specified by the Director

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General under paragraph (1); or

[R. 27B-27D]

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(b) the Chairman fails to inform the Director General of the date of the commencement of the operation of the Scheme within the time specified under paragraph (1);

the Director-General’s approval of the application shall lapse, unless he extends such date or such time either at his own instance, or on an application by the Chairman. (3) Where an application to operate a Scheme has been approved, and its operation has commenced, under the foregoing provisions of this regulation, every member of the Scheme Committee shall be responsible for the implementation of the Scheme in accordance with these Regulations and he shall, accordingly, carry out his functions and duties and exercise the powers of a member of the Scheme Committee in relation to the Scheme, and paragraph (4) of regulation 7 shall apply in relation to the carrying out of such functions and duties and the exercise of such powers.

Restriction as to participation in a SchemeP.U.(A) 23/88.

27C. Without prejudice to the powers, duties and functions of a Scheme Committee and of each of its members under these Regulations, where an application to operate a Scheme has been approved, and its operation has commenced, under regulations 27B, no person other than a volunteer resident shall participate in patrolling under the Scheme, or in any other manner howsoever under the Scheme.

Register of volunteer residentsP.U.(A) 23/88.

27D. (1) A Scheme Committee shall maintain a register of all volunteer residents under a Scheme which has been approved under regulation 27B which shall be made available for inspection by, and a copy whereof shall be supplied to, a Director or an officer authorised by a Director whenever such inspection or copy, as the case may be, is required by a Director or such officer. (2) The Director General may direct either generally or in any particular case the manner in which the register under paragraph (1) shall be

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maintained and the particulars and information which it shall contain.

[R. 27E – 27G]

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27E. (1) A Scheme Committee shall maintain a record of the patrolling which is organized to be carried out, and which is actually carried out, by the volunteer residents under a Scheme which has been approved under regulation 27B in such form as the Director General may direct, and such record shall be made available for inspection by, or a copy thereof supplied to, a Director or an officer authorized by a Director whenever such inspection or copy, as the case may be, is required by a Director or by such officer.

(2) A Scheme committee shall furnish a Director with all such particulars and information in relation to the operation of a Scheme as a Director may, from time to time, require.

Maintenanceof record of patrolling,P.U. (A) 23/88.

27F. (1) A volunteer resident shall at all times while carrying out patrolling –

(a) wear such uniform, badge, band, or other identification, as may be required by a Director after consolation with the Scheme Committee; and

(b)carry such card or other document of identification as may be issued by a Director, and shall produce the same on demand by any person whenever exercising any power in relation to such person under these Regulations.

(2) The card or document of identification referred to in paragraph (1) (b) shall be surrendered to a Director immediately upon the person to whom it is issued ceasing to be a volunteer resident.

Identifica- tion of patrollers under a Scheme.P.U. (A)23/88.

27G. (1) A party of volunteer residents shall, whilst on patrol, be under the command of such member of the patrolling party as may be designated by the Scheme Committee to be the head of the patrolling party, and every other member of such party shall whilst on patrol obey and comply with all lawful director, instructions

Command of partywhilst onpatrol.P.U. (A) 23/88.

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or orders of such head.

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(1) Such head and other members of such party shall obey and comply with all lawful direction, instructions or orders of the Scheme Committee or any of its members.

Weapons which volunteer resident may carry whilst patrolling.P.U.(A) 23/88.

Act. 206.

27H. (1) A volunteer resident shall, whilst patrolling in the locality in which he is authorised to patrol under a Scheme, have in his possession only such weapon, not being a firearm, as may be approved in writing by the Director General either generally or in respect of a particular volunteer resident;

Provided that the Director General may, in any particular case, authorised in writing a particular volunteer resident to carry on his person whilst so patrolling a firearm which is lawfully in his possession under the Arms Act 1960.

Duties, powers and immunities of a volunteer resident whilst patrolling.P.U.(A) 23/88.

27I. A volunteer resident shall, whilst patrolling in the locality in which he is authorised under the Scheme to patrol, be deemed to be a police officer of the rank of constable and shall have all the duties, all the powers and all the immunities of such police officer, provided that in the performance of such duties and the exercise of such power he shall be subject to the direction and control of the Director, the Scheme Committee and each of the members of the Scheme Committee, and shall perform such duties and exercise such powers in compliance with such directions, instructions, conditions, restrictions or limitations as the Director, or the Scheme Committee, or a member of the Scheme Committee, may specify orally or in writing either generally, or in respect of any particular volunteer resident or any particular circumstance.

Compensa-tion forinjury.P.U.(A)23/88.

27J. Where a volunteer resident has sustained any injury during the course of carrying out patrolling in the locality in which he is authorised to do so under the Scheme (whether or not such locality is within or

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[R.27J – 27M]

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outside the security area), regulation 30 shall apply to him mutates mutandis in the same manner that they apply to a resident who has sustained and injury during the course of duty.

27K. Regulation 31 shall apply mutatis mutandis to a volunteer resident in a Scheme whilst he is patrolling in the locality in which he is authorised to patrol under the Scheme in the same manner that they apply to a qualified resident whilst he is on patrol or guard duty, with the reference in the regulation to –

(a) “his Commander” substituted by a reference to “the head of the patrol party”;

(b)“Committee” substituted by a reference to “Scheme Committee”;

(c) “a Sector” substituted by a reference to “an Area or a Registration Sector”.

Offencesby volunteerresident.P.U.(A)23/88.

27L. (1) For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared that regulation 27 shall not apply to a volunteer resident in relation to patrolling by him under a Scheme, or in relation to the performance of any other duty or function by him under a Scheme.

(2) Regulation 28 shall not apply to an employee who is a volunteer resident or who is a member of a Scheme committee in relation to such volunteer resident or member having to perform any duty or function, or carry out or comply with any direction or instruction, under a Scheme, including patrolling by a volunteer resident under a Scheme.

Regulations27 and 28 notto apply inrelation toa SchemeP.U.(A)23/88.

27M. Regulation 35 and 36 shall apply to a volunteer resident, and also to a Scheme Committee or a member thereof, in relation to a Scheme, in the same manner that they apply to a resident, or a member thereof.

Regulations35 and 36 toapply to avolunteerresident and aSchemeCommittee,or a memberthereof.

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P.U.(A)23/88.

[R. 27N – 27O]

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Inclusion of new volunteerresidents, and with-drawl ofvolunteerresidents.P.U.(A)23/88.

27N. (1) A Scheme committee may include as a participant in a Scheme operated by it any resident of the Area or the Registration Sector concerned who applies in writing to be so included.

(2) The Chairman of the Scheme Committee shall send to the Director-General in or Seven the particulars of every volunteer resident included in the Scheme under paragraph (1) within seven days of his inclusion.

(3) Any volunteer resident may at any time withdraw from participation in the Scheme by letter addressed to the chairman of the Scheme Committee and the Chairman shall, within seven days of such withdrawal taking effect, inform the Director General of such withdrawal by forwarding to him the particulars thereof in Form Eight.

(4) A volunteer resident shall cease to participate in a Scheme immediately upon ceasing to reside in the Area or the Registration Sector in which the Scheme is operated.

(5) The Chairman of a Scheme Committee shall inform the Director General within seven days of a volunteer resident ceasing to reside within its Area or Registration Sector, as the case may be, by forwarding to the Director General the particulars thereof in form Eight.

Expenses ofoperationof Schemeto be theresopnsibi-lity of theSchemecommittee.P.U.(A)23/88.

27O. The expenses of operating a Scheme shall be the responsibility of the Scheme Committee and shall be paid and met by the Scheme committee, and to meet such expenses it may collect or receive within its Area or Registration Sector, as the case may be, monies for the purpose of operating the Scheme in accordance with paragraphs (4), (5) and (6) of regulation 12, which shall in this respect apply to the Scheme Committee or the same manner that they apply to an Area Committee or a Registration Sector Committee, as the case may

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be.

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27P. (1) The Director General may, if he deems it fit to do so, by written notice addressed to the Chairman of a Scheme Committee and without assigning any reason therefore –

(a) revoke his approval of a Scheme and terminate the operation f the Scheme;

(b) suspend the operation of a Scheme indefinitely or for a definite period;

(c) modify a Scheme approved by him in such manner as he may specify in the notice, either at his own instance, or on application by a Scheme Committee, and such modification may relate to any aspect of the Scheme, including the area of the locality in which the Scheme is operated; or

(d) direct that any volunteer resident cease to participate in the Scheme.

with effect from such date as may be specified in the notice, and the Chairman, the Scheme Committee, and every volunteer resident shall give effect to such notice with effect from the date specified in the notice.

(2) Where the Director General suspends the operation of a Scheme under paragraph (1) for an indefinite period, he may, if and when he deems it fit to do so, by written notice addressed to the Chairman of the Scheme Committee, and without assigning any reason therefore, revoke the suspension and permit operation of the Scheme with effect from such date as may be specified in the notice.

(3) A notice under paragraph (1) or (2) may contain such ancillary, incidental, or consequential directions or provisions as the Director General may deem necessary, expedient or appropriate to give or provide, including directions in relation to any monies held by

DirectorGeneral’spower torevoke theapprovalof a Scheme,r suspendit or modifyit, or directcessationof participa-tion by aparticularvolunteerresident.P.U.(A)23/88.

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the Scheme Committee for he operation of the Scheme.

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Directormay performfunctions.etc. ofDirectorGeneral.P.U.(A)23/88.

27Q. Any of the functions, powers and duties of the Director General under regulations 27A to 27P may be performed, exercised or discharged by a Director authorised by the Director General, subject to such restrictions, limitations or conditions as the Director General may specify.

Employeenot to sufferloss ofremunerationor anydetriment.

28. (1) An employer shall not subject an employee to any loss of remuneration or to any detriment whatsoever by reason of such employee having to perform any duties or functions, or carry out or comply with any directions or instructions, under these regulations or any Order.

(2) For the purpose of this regulation any question as to whether an employee has incurred any loss of remuneration or any detriment shall be decided by a Director whose decision shall be final.

No remunera-tion payableto a residentin respectof the perfor-mance of anyduty orfunctionunder theseRegulations.

29. No resident shall be paid any remuneration or payment whatsoever in respect of the performance of any duty or function under these Regulations or any Order.

Compensationfor injury.

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30. Where a resident has sustained any injury during the course of his duty in any place within Malaysia (whether within or outside the security area), the Internal Security (Civilian Injuries Compensation) Regulations 1960 shall apply as if such injury had been cause in a security area as a direct result of and was attributable to the declaration of such an area as a security area by proclamation under section 47 of the Internal Security Act 1960, and the resident sustaining that injury or, if he has died as a result thereof, his dependent or dependants, may accordingly make a

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claim and such claim shall be dealt with under the aforesaid Regulations.

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31. (1) Any qualified resident who whilst on patrol or guard duty:

(a) willfully gives false information pertaining to any matter;

(b) disobeys the lawful order of his Commander or of a Committee or of any member of a Committee or of a Director;

(c) uses obscene, abusive, or insulting language whilst on duty;

(d) sleeps or gambles whilst on duty;

(e) absents himself without reasonable cause from duty;

(f) is found to be under the influence of alcohol or any drug whilst on duty;

(g) negligently or without reasonable cause discharges any firearm whilst on duty; or

(h) acts in any manner not herein specified prejudicial to the welfare of a Sector,

shall be guilty of an offence against these Regulations.

Offencesby a patrol-man or guardagainstdiscipline.

32. The following persons shall be exempted from liability to be appointed to serve as a member of a Committee or as a Ketua Jiran or to do patrol or guard duty under these Regulation:

(a) accredited diplomatic or consular repre-sentatives and diplomatic or consular employees who are not domiciled in Malaysia;

(b) mentally disordered persons within the meaning of any written law in force in Malaysia relating to mental disorders or persons found to be of unsound mind under the provisions of Chapter XXXIII of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Federated Malay States, so long as such mental disorder

Exemption.

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or unsoundness of mind persists;

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40 P.U. (A) 279/75(c) persons certified by two registered medical

practitioners to be blind; and

(d) any other persons o categories of persons exempted from the operation of these Regulations or under any Order.

Duty ofresidentsof Sector.

33. (1) It shall be the duty of every resident of a Sector to give to a Ketua Jiran or to a Committee or a member of a Committee or to a Director any information that he may have –

(a) with regard to the commission of any offence, or any attempt or preparation to commit any offence, by any resident of the Sector at any place, whether such place is within or without the Sector; or

(b) with regard to the commission of any offence, or any attempt or preparation to commit any offence, in the Sector, by any person, whether such person is from within or without the Sector.

(2) Where a family resides together in the same premises in a Sector and here is proved against any member thereof a charge for any offence of the commission of which or of the attempt or preparation for the commission of which the other members of the family so residing would, in the ordinary course of events, have had knowledge, each of the other members of the family who is above the age of fourteen years shall be deemed to be guilty of an offence of having failed to comply with paragraph (1) unless he can prove that the offence in respect of which the charge is proved was committed or the attempt or preparation to commit the offence was made without his knowledge.

Duty ofresident inrelation toactivitiesprejudicialor injurious

34. Where a resident has any knowledge of any activity in the Sector or an Area which, though not constituting an offence under any law, is, nevertheless, prejudicial or injurious to the economic , moral, social, or physical well-being of a Sector community, it shall be lawful for

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to Sectorcommunity.

him, and it shall also be his duty,to give to a Ketua Jiran or

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a Ketua Jiran Kawasan or to a Committee or an Area Committee or a member of a Committee or to a Director such information as he may have in respect of the persons involved in such activity.

35. A director may, from time to time, give such directions or instructions to any Committee, Ketua Jiran or resident as he may deem necessary or expedient, not being directions or instructions inconsistent with these Regulations or any Order, and it shall be the duty of the Committee or the Ketua Jiran or the resident, as the case may be, to administer, carry out and give effect to such directions or instructions.

Director’spower togive direc-tions or instructions to any Committee, Ketua Jiran or resident.

36. A Director may require any member of a Committee, or a Ketua Jiran, or a resident, to attend, either individually or collectively, before a Director or before such person as a Director may specify, for such purpose as a Director may deem necessary or expedient to give effect to these Regulations or any Order, including, for the purpose of receiving direc- tions, instructions, or training with regard to the performance of duties and functions or the exercise of powers under these Regulations or any Order, and such requirement of a Director shall be duly complied with.

Director’spower torequireattendenceof membersof Committee,Ketua Jiran,or residentsfor instruc-tiontraining,etc.

37. (1) Where a Director receives any report or information from a Committee or an Area Committee or a member of a Committee, or from a Ketua Jiran, or from a Ketua Jiran Kawasan, or from a resident, in respect of any matter falling within the functions and duties of a Committee or an Area Committee or a member of a Committee, or a Ketua Jiran, or a Ketua Jiran, or a Ketua Jiran Kawasan, or a resident, as the case may be, or where he receives any report or information otherwise in respect of a Sector or an Area, the Director shall take such action in relation thereto as may be appropriate, and may transmit such report or information or any part thereof to any public officer, or the officer of any local authority or statutory body, as may be empowered to take action in relation to the report or information.

Director’spower inrelation toreport andinformationfrom a Com-mittee, oran AreaCommittee,a Ketua Jiran Kawasan

or aresident.

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(2) Where a report or information is transmitted under paragraph (1), it shall be the duty of the public officer, or the officer of the local authority or statutory body, as the case may be, to take, as soon as is practicable, all such measure as it may be reasonable or expedient to take in relation thereto, and, thereafter, to inform the Director of the measures so taken.

(3) Where a report or information has been transmitted under paragraph (1), the Minister may direct the public officer, or the officer of the local authority or statutory body, as the case may be, to take such action in relation thereto as the Minister may deem appropriate to specify in the direction, and such direction shall be duly complied with.

Power ofarrest,seizure,investi-gationandprosecutionin respectof offencesunder theseRegulations.P.U.(A389/82.

38. (1) For the purose of any law relating to criminal procedure an offence against these Regulations shall be deemed to be a seizable offence, and a Director or any police officer may –

(a) arrest without warrant any person whom he has reason to believe to have committed an offence against there Regulations: Provided that when any person has been arrested as aforesaid he shall be thereafter dealt with as provided by the law relating to criminal procedure for the time being in force; and

(b) seize anything which he considers it necessary to seize in relation to the evidence necessary to establish the commission of any such offence.

(2) A Director, or any police officer not below the rank of Sergeant, or any officer in charge of a police station, may in relation to any investigation in respect of any offence against these Regulations without order of the Public Prosecutor exercise the special powers in relation to police investigations given by the law relating to criminal procedure in any sizable offence.

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(3) Any prosecution respect of any offence against these Regulation may be conducted by a Director.

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39. Where a Director or any police officer -

(a) has reasonable grounds for believing that an offence against these Regulations has been committed; or

(b) seeks to test the accuracy of any Form completed by any person under these Regulations or the accuracy of any information or report given to a Director under these Regulations; or

(c) seeks to obtain any information for the purpose of these Regulations,

he may enter any premises and may carry out such inspection and examination as he may consider necessary and may seize or detain any article or document found in such premises which may furnish evidence of an offence against these Regulations.

Power toEnterPremises.

40. (1) The Committees of two or more Sectors, whether contiguous or not, may co-ordinate their activities in such manner as may be necessary or expedient.

(2) Where the Committees of two or more Sectors consider it desirable that in the co-ordination of their activities it is necessary for all or any of the Committee Members, Ketua-Ketua Jiran, or the qualified residents whilst carrying out patrol or guard duties, to perform functions or duties or exercise powers within a Sector or Sectors other than their own respective Sector, it shall be lawful for them to do so subject to a resolution to such effect having been passed by each of the Committees concerned with the approval in writing of a Director and subject to compliance with such directions as a Director may give in the matter.

Co-ordinationBetweenCommittees.

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(3) A Director may direct in writing two or more Committees to act in co-ordination in accordance with and to the extent specified by the Director in such direction, and, in such case, it shall be the duty of the Committees concerned to administer, carry out, and give effect to such direction, and anything done by any person in pursuance of such direction shall be deemed to be lawful.

Offences ofObstructionassaultincitementto offence,etc.

P.U.(A)389/82.

41. (1) A any person who obstructs, dissuades or deters, or attempts to obstruct, dissuade or deter, or assists in obstructing, dissuading or deterring, any person from performing his functions or duties or exercising his power under these Regulations or under any Order, shall be guilty of an offence against these Regulations.

(2) Any person who use any abusive or insulting words, language, sign or gesture against, or assaults any person who is carrying out any of his duties or functions or exercising any of his powers under these Regulations or under any Order or any person acting in the aid or assistance of the person performing such duty or function or exercising such power shall be guilty of an offence against these Regulations.

(3) Any person who rescues or endeavors to rescue or causes to be rescued anything which has been duly seized shall be guilty of an offence against these Regulations.

(4) Any person who before or after any seizure destroys or in any manner damages the thing seized to prevent the seizure thereof or the securing of the same shall be guilty of an offence against these Regulations.

(5) Any person who causes, incites, or induces, or attempts to cause, incite or induce, or does any act calculated to cause, incite or induce, or conspires with, any person to commit an offence against these Regulations shall be guilty of an offence against these

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Regulations.

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42. Any person who pretends to be or falsely personates a person entitled to perform any function or duty or exercise any power under these Regulations or any Order, whether or not he does or attempts to do any act under such assumed character, shall be guilty of an offence against these Regulations.

Personation.

43. Any person who in giving any information for the purpose of these Regulations knowingly or recklessly makes any statement which is false in a material particular shall be guilty of an offence against these Regulations.

Falsestatement.

44. (1) Any person who commits an offence against these Regulations for which no other penalty is specified shall, on conviction, be liable to be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year, or with fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit or both. (2) In this regulation “offence against these Regulation” includes -

(a) any contravention of, or any failure to comply with, any provision of these Regulations, or of any Order, which is not already specified in these Regulations or in the Order, as the case may be;

(b) any offence under any Order; or

(c) any contravention of, or any failure to comply with, the terms and conditions of any permission or authority granted under these Regulations or uner any Order; or

Penalty.P.U.(A)389/82.

P.U.(A)389/82.

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(d) any failure to comply with any request, requirement, direction or instruction lawfully made or given under these Regulations or under any Order.

45. (Repeal by P.U. (A) 389/82)

Joinder of

offences.46. When a person is accused of more than one offence against these Regulations he may be charge with and tried at one time for any number of these offences.

Penal Code.P.U. (A)23/88.

F.M.SCap 45.

47. A Director or an officer appointed under these Regulations, a member of a Registration Sector Committee, a Security Sector Committee, and Are Committee, or a Scheme Committee, or a Ketua Jiran, or a Ketua Jiran Kawasan, or a qualified resident or volunteer resident whilst on patrol or guard duty, shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of the Penal Code in force in Malaysia.

Publicauthoritiesprotection.Act. 198.P.U. (A)23/88

48. The Public Authorities Protection Act 1948 shall apply to any action, suit, prosecution or other proceedings against a Director, or any officer appointed under these Regulations, or any member of Registration Sector Committee, a Security Sector committee, an Area committee, or a Scheme Committee, or a Ketua Jiran, or a Ketua Jiran Kawasan, or a qualified resident, or a volunteer resident, in respect of any act, neglect or default done or committed in relation to these Regulations or any Order.

TheseRegulationsto prevail.Act 216.

49. These Regulations and any Order shall prevail not with standing any law, other than the Emergency (Essential Powers) Act 1979 to the contrary.

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P.U.(A)389/82.

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SCHEDULEFORM ONE

(Regulation 6)ESSENTIAL (RUKUN TETANGGA) REGULATION 1975

(Regulation 6)PARTICULARS OF RESIDENT OF SECTOR

(1) Name of Sector …………………………………………………………..(2) Address at which resident is residing in the Sector …………………..

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REGISTRATIONIDENTTYCARD NO.

*COLOUR OF NRIC

CITIZENSHIP HEAD OF THEHOUSE/

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OCCUPATION/BUSINESS

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(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)NAME *SEX DATE OF

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REGISTRATIONIDENTTYCARD NO.

*COLOUR OF NRIC

CITIZENSHIP HEAD OF THEHOUSE/

RELATIONSHIPWITH THE

HEADOF THE HOUSE

OCCUPATION/BUSINESS

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[To be com pleted by each such resident in respect ofhimself and signed and dated by him in Column (9).]

*indicate with ( )

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Requirements to be complied with in completing this Form

1. Part I of this Form is to be completed by each resident above the age of 15 years individually in respect of himself and signed by him in Column (9) and the date of so singing entered in that Column. He shall be responsible for the truth and correctness of the particulars in respect of himself.

2. This Form may be completed and submitted separately by each of the persons above the age of 15 years residing at the above address or jointly by two or more persons above the age of 15 years residing there.

3. In Column (7) the resident should state whether he is the head of the house, and if he is not the head of the house he should state his relationship with the head of the house. For the purpose of Column (7) –

“head of the house” means head of other members of his family residing with him at that address, or employer or landlord of other persons residing with him at the address, or otherwise being in the position of the head of other persons residing with him at that address; and

4. Part II of this Form shall be completed by the head of the house, and he shall be responsible for the truth and correctness of the particulars in respect of each resident named in this Part.

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FORM TWO

(Repeal by P.U.(A) 23/88).

FORM THREE

(Repeal by P.U.(A) 389/82).

FORM FOUR

(Repeal by P.U. (A) 23/88.

FORM FIVE(Regulation 16)

ESSENTIAL (RUKUN TETANGGA)REGULATION 1975

(Regulation 16)

VISITOR’S PARTICULARS…………….. Community Self-Reliance Sector

NAMA ………………………………………………………………………………….…………………………………………………………………………………………..ADDRESS …………………………………………………………………………….. …………………………………………………………………………………………. N.R.I.C. No. ……………………………… DATE OF BIRTH ……………………… PLACE OF BIRTH …………………………………………………………………… OCCUPATION ……………………………………………………………………….. Name and Address of Host:

Name………………………………………….. …………………………………………. …………………………………………..

Address………………………………………….. …………………………………………. …………………………………………..

Period of Intended Stay:From ………………………………….. To …………………………………………. Date and Time of Arrival .. .. …………………………………………. Date and Time of Departure .. ..

Date ……………………………….. ………………………………….Signature of Visitor

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FORM SIX(Regulation 27A)

ESSENTIAL (RUKUN TETANGGA) REGULATIONS 1975(Regulation 27A)

APPLICATION FOR OPERATION OF A VOLUNTARYPATROLLING SCHEME

PART A

Request by Residents to *Rukun Tetangga Area Committee/*Registration Sector Committee

We, the residents of the *Rukun Tetangga Area specified below*Registration Sector

in paragraph 3 (A), whose name, particulars and signatures areset out in the List under Item (F) below, wish to request the

* Area Committee to operate a Voluntary*Registration Sector Committee

Patrolling Scheme as proposed below.

2. Each of us hereby undertakes to carry out the patrolling and in all other ways participate in the Voluntary Patrolling Scheme in the manner proposed below, and in accordance with -

(a) any modifications thereto that may be made from time to time by the Director General, or by the

*Area Committee and approved by the *Registration Sector Committee

(b) the provisions of all these Regulations or any Order thereunder for the time being in force which are applicable to the Voluntary Patrolling Scheme.

3. Each of us certifies that the particulars given in respect of himself in the List Under Item (F) below are true and correct.

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PROPOSED VOLUNTARY PATROLLING SCHEME

(A) Name of Rukun Tetangga Area/Registration Sector:…………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………

(B) State whether patrolling is to be carried out in the whole of the Rukun Tetangga Area or the Registration Sector or only in a part of it, and if it is to be carried out in a part of it describe the locality in which it is to be carried out, state the boundries, and attach a sketch plan, of the locality: ………………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………….

(C) Reasons for operation of the Scheme: ……………………………………………………………... .………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………

(D) (i) Day of the week on which patrolling is to be carried out: ………………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………………..(ii) Hours during which patrolling is to be carried out on each day:

……………………………………………………….………(iii) Number of shifts in which patrolling is to be carried out and the hours of the day of each shift:………………………………………………………………..(iv) Number of patrollers in each shift:………………………………………………………………..

(E) Address of patrolling center which shall be within the Rukun Tetangga Area or the Registration Sector in which the patrolling is to be carried out, or if the Rukun Tetangga Area or Registration Sector, within the locality in which it is to be carried out:

……………………………………………………………….. ……………………………………………………………….. ……………………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………..

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(F) Particulars and Signatures of Residents making this Request:

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[Schedule, Form 654 P.U. (A) 279/75

PART B(Application to Director General by *Rukun Tetangga Area

Committee/*Registration Sector Committee)

1. The * Area Committee of the above Rukun Tetangga Area*Registration Sector Committee of the above Registration

Sectorhereby applies for the Voluntary Patrolling Scheme proposed in part A to be approved *without any modification :

with the following modifications………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………..

(State in full the modifications proposed)

2. The reasons why the *Rukun Tetangga Area Committee *Registration Sector Committee

*for approval ofmakes the application the proposed Scheme

*and for the above modificationsthereto

are as follows:…………………………………………………………………. …………………………………………………………………. ………………………………………………………………….. ………………………………………………………………….

Date: ………………………… Signature ………………………….Chairman,

*Area Committee*Registration Sector Committee

*PART C(To be completed by the Rukun Tetangga Area Committee or

Registration Sector Committee where it does not wish to apply forApproval of the proposed Voluntary Patrolling Scheme)

The *Rukun Tetangga Area Committee does not wish to *Registration Sector Committeeapply for approval of the Voluntary Patrolling Scheme proposed under Part A for the following reasons:………………………………………….…………………………………. ……………..…………………………………………………….……….. ………………………………………………………………….………..

Date: ………………………… Signature ………………………….Chairman,

*Area Committee*Registration Sector Committee

*Delet if not applicable

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FORM SEVEN[Regulation 27N (2)]

ESSENTIAL (RUKUN TETANGGA) REGULATIONS 1975[Regulation 27N (2)]

NOTIFICATION OF INCLUSION OF NEW VOLUNTEERRESIDENT IN VOLUNTARY PATROLLIN SCHEME

1. Name of *Rukun Tetangga Area / *Registration Sector:…………………………………………………………….…………………………………………………………….

2. Particulars of new volunteer resident:(a) Name ………………………………………………….(b) N.R.I.C. No. ………………………………………….(c) N.R.I.C. Colour ………………………………………(d) Date of Birth …………………………………………(e) Sex ……………………………………………………(f) Occupation/*business ………………………………..(g) Residential Address ………………………………….(h) Address of place of occupation/business:

……………………………………………………….……………………………………………………….………………………………………………………..

(i) Citizenship ……………………………………………(j) Passport No. (if volunteer resident is not a Malaysian

Citizen):(k) Date of commencement of becoming a volunteer

resident:…………………………………………………………

I confirm that the above particulars are true and correct and that I undertake to carry out the patrolling and in all other ways participate in the Voluntary Patrolling Scheme in respect of Rukun Tetangga Areaabove in accordance with the Scheme *Registration Sectoras it stands at present, and in accordance with –

(a) any modifications thereto that may be made from time to time by the Director General, or by *Area committee the and approved by *Registration Sector Committeethe Director General; and

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(b) the provisions of all these Regulations or any Orders there under for the time being in force which are applicable to the Voluntary Patrolling Scheme.

Date: ………………………… ……………………………………..Signature of Volunteer Risident

Date: ………………………… ……………………………………..Chairman

*Rukun Tetangga Area Committee*Registration Sector Committee

*Delet if not applicable

FORM EIGHT[Regulation 27N (3) and (5)]

ESSENTIAL (RUKUN TETANGGA) REGULATION 1975[Regulation 27N (3) and (5)]

NOTIFICATION OF CESSATION OF PARTICIPATIONIN VOLUNTARY PATROLLING SCHEME

Name of volunteer resident ……………………………………………….N.R.I.C. No. ………………………..……………………………………. Address………………………………………………………….……….. ………………………………………………………………….……….. ……………………………………………………………………………The above-named volunteer resident in the Voluntary Patrolling *Rukun Tetangga Area Scheme in the of ……………………………. *Registration Sectorhas with effect from ………………………………………………………

*(a) withdrawn from participation in the said Scheme. *Rukun Tetangga Area*(b) ceased to reside in the and *Registration Sector

Date: ………………………… ….………………………….Chairman,

*Rukun Tetangga Area Committee*Registration Sector Committee

*Delet if not applicable

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[List of Amendments]

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LAWS OF MALAYSIA

ESSENTIAL (RUKUN TETANGGA)REGULATIONS 1975

(P.U. (A) 279/75)

LIST OF AMENDMENTS

Amending Law Short Title In force From

P.U.(A) 389/82 Essential (Rukun Tetangga)Regulation (Amendment) 1982

1-1-1983

P.U. (A) 23/88 Essential (Rukun Tetangga)Regulations (Amendment) 1988

9-6-1988

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