FEDERAL SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION FACTORIES AND MACHINERY ACT 1967 [ACT 139] P.U. (A) 86/1978 FACTORIES AND MACHINERY (COMPOUNDABLE OFFENCES) REGULATIONS 1978 Date of publication: 30th March 1978 Date of coming into operation:31st March 1978 _________________________________ ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS __________________________________ Preamble Regulation 1. Citation Regulation 2. Compoundable offences under the Act. Regulation 3. Amendment of P.U.(A) 10 / 70. Regulation 4. Amendment of P.U.(A) 32 / 70. Regulation 5. Amendment of P.U.(A) 43 / 70. Preamble INexerciseofthepowersconferredbysection56(1)oftheFactoriesandMachineryAct1967[Act 139], the Minister makes the following regulations: 1. Citation TheseregulationsmaybecitedastheFactoriesandMachinery(CompoundableOffences) Regulations 1978. 2. Compoundable offences under the Act. The Chief Inspector or a Deputy Chief Inspector may compound offences involving any contravention of sections 20, 21, 22 (1) (a), (b), (c)(i), (d)(i), (e) (i) and (f), 23, 25 (1), 27 (2), 29, 31, 34, 35 (1), 36, 38, 40 (3) and (4), and 42 of the Act. 3. Amendment of P.U.(A) 10 /1970. The Factories and Machinery (Fencing of Machinery and Safety) Regulations 1970 [P.U. (A) 10 /1970] are amended by adding thereto the following new regulation 44: " 44. Compoundable offences. TheChiefInspectororaDeputyChiefInspectormaycompoundoffencesinvolvingthe contravention of regulations 10, 14, 22, 23, 24, 25 and 26.". 4. Amendment of P.U.(A) 32 /1970. TheFactoriesandMachinery(Safety,HealthandWelfare)Regulations1970[P.U.(A)32/70]are amended by adding thereto the following new regulation 42: " 42. Compoundable offences . TheChiefInspectororaDeputyChiefInspectormaycompoundoffencesinvolvingthe contravention of regulations 3, 7 (2), 16, 19, 21, 29, 32, 33, 35, 38 other than sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) of paragraph (2), and 39.". 5. Amendment of P.U.(A) 43 / 70. The Factories and Machinery (Notification, Certificate of Fitness and Inspection) Regulations 1970 [P.U. (A) 43 / 70] are amended by inserting immediately after regulation 31 the following new regulation 31A: " 31A. Compoundable offences . TheChiefInspectororaDeputyChiefInspectormaycompoundoffencesinvolvingthe contravention of regulations 22, 29 (i) and 42.". Made this 7th day of March 1978. [KB&TR. Sulit 1/76; PN.(PU2) 235.] DATUK LEE SAN CHOON, Minister of Labour and Manpower