Section 152
Regulations
(1)
The Minister may, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, make regulations which are necessary or expedient for giving effect to and carrying out the provisions of this Act, including the prescription of fees and of any other thing required to be or which may be prescribed under this Act, and for the due administration thereof.
(2)
Such regulations may include such incidental, consequential and supplementary provisions as the Minister considers necessary or expedient.
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(3)
In particular and without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), such regulations may —
(a)
prescribe the circumstances and conditions under which women may be employed as employees or may work at night;
(b)
require registers and records to be maintained and prescribe the form and contents thereof and the manner in which they shall be displayed;
(c)
regulate the method of collecting statistics either in connection with or independently of any other department of
Government, the staff to be employed in connection therewith, the duties to be performed and the publications, if any, to be issued;
(d)
prescribe the forms in which, the times and places at and the manner in which particulars or information shall be furnished, and the manner in which the same shall be authenticated;
(e)
exempt from the obligation to furnish particulars or information under this Act, either wholly or to the prescribed extent, and either unconditionally or subject to the prescribed conditions, any employer or class of employer;
(f)
prescribe the form of any register, summons or order required to be kept, issued or made under this Act;
(g)
to prescribe the offences which may be compounded and the manner and procedure thereof;
(h)
prescribe the fees payable for filing of claims under section 124 and for copies of notes of evidence and decisions recorded under section 127(1);
(i)
provide for the establishment of a fund or other method of securing the discharge of any liabilities and the expenses of repatriation of employees upon such conditions and subject to such control as the Minister considers necessary and for the administration of such a fund;
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(j)
prescribe penalties for any contravention or failure to comply with any of the provisions of the regulations made under this section; except that no such penalty shall exceed $1,000 in the case of a first offence or $2,000 in the case of a second or subsequent offence under the same regulation within one year.
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