Section 26
Section 26
(1)
The Minister may, with the approval of His Regulations
Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan make regulations generally for the carrying out of the provisions of this Act and without prejudice to such general power, may make regulations for all or any of the following purposes
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Travel Agents
(a)
prescribing the information and documents to be furnished by an applicant for a licence;
(b)
prescribing any forms to be used under this
Act;
(c)
prescribing the procedure to be·followed on applications and other proceedings under this Act;
(d)
prescribing the books, accounts (including trust accounts) and records to be kept by a licensee and the form and mode of keeping such books, accounts and records;
(e)
prescribing the fees payable in respect of licences issued under this Act;
(f)
prescribing the conditions for a licence issued under this Act;
_j.
(g)
regulating the conduct of travel agents in their business and prescribing a code of conduct for travel agents;
(h)
to exempt any person or classes of persons or any convenyance or types of conveyance from the provisions of this Act; and
(i)
establishing a compensation fund which can be used to compensate travellers who may suffer from the financial collapse of a travel agent or from the malpractice of a travel agent, and the adminis-tration of such fund.
Travel Agents
(2)
Such regulations may provide that a contraven-tion thereof shall be punishable by a fine of $10,000 and to imprisonment for one year and in the case of a continuing offence may provide that a contravention thereof shall be punishable by a further fine not exceeding $1 ,000 a day during which the offence is continued.
19 27.
Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, a Transitional person who, immediately before .the date of the commence-provisions ment of this Act was carrying on the business of a travel agent shall be entitled to do the same without a licence -
(a)
for a period of one month beginning from the date of the commencement of this Act; or
·'
(b)
if before the expiration of that period he applies for a licence in respect of the same, until the licence is granted or finally refused or the application is withdrawn.
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