Road Traffic Act · 2026 Revised Edition · Part · Suspension, Cancellation and Endorsement of Driving Licences
47A. Power of Director to suspend or revoke driving licence
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Notwithstanding anything in this Act, the Director may suspend or revoke a driving licence of a person for a period not exceeding 3 years if —
Director
“Director” means the Director of Land Transport and includes any Deputy Director appointed under section 3(2);
the person’s record (as kept by the Director) as a driver of motor vehicles or his conduct or habits as such driver establishes that it would not be in the interest of public safety for him to hold a driving licence; or
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that such person in not competent to drive a motor vehicle.
For the purpose of establishing that it would not be in the interest of public safety for a person to hold a driving licence or that such person is not competent to drive a motor vehicle, the Minister may, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, make regulations establishing a system of awarding points against a person for the commission of an offence against this Act or any regulations made thereunder.
person
“person” shall have the meaning assigned to it by the Interpretation and General Clauses Act;
The regulations made under subsection (2) shall specify the maximum number of points to be awarded against a person before it may be established that it would not be in the interests of public safety for him to hold a driving licence or that such person is not competent to drive a motor vehicle.
The power conferred upon the Director by this section to suspend or revoke the driving licence of a person may be exercised at such time after the maximum number of points, referred to in subsection (3), has been awarded against such person as the Director thinks fit.
Where the points awarded against a person under the regulations made under subsection (2) reach 50 per cent of the maximum number at which the Director may suspend or revoke the driving licence of such person under this section, the Director shall give notice thereof in writing to the person.
Where a person is disqualified by an order of a court from holding or obtaining a driving licence for such period of time as may be specified in the order, every point awarded against him under the regulations made under subsection (2) shall thereupon be cancelled after 24 months with clean driving records.
Where a holder of a driving licence commits on a single occasion more than one offence under this Act or any regulations made thereunder, points shall be awarded against him only for the offence committed by him and in respect of which the largest number of points may be awarded against a person.
In addition to the power conferred on the Director by subsection (1), if a person who holds a driving licence —
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road
“road” means any highway and any other road to which the public has access, and includes bridges over which a road passes;
fails to comply with any process of court issued against him in respect of any offence committed by him under this Act, any regulations made thereunder or any written law specified in
Schedule 3; or
is arrested under a warrant of court in connection with an offence against this Act, any regulations made thereunder or any written law specified in Schedule 3 and the offence has not been tried and determined by the court, the Director may, as he thinks fit, suspend or revoke the driving licence held by that person until he is satisfied that that person has complied with the process of court referred to in paragraph (a) or until the offence referred to in paragraph (b) has been tried and determined by the court, as the case may be.
Terms defined in s 2
Director
Defined · s 2“Director” means the Director of Land Transport and includes any Deputy Director appointed under section 3(2);
driver
Defined · s 2“driver”, in relation to a motor vehicle, means the person having control of the steering apparatus thereof, including, in relation to a motorcycle, the rider thereof, and in respect of trailer, means the person driving the motor vehicle by which the trailer is being drawn;
motor vehicle
Defined · s 2“motor vehicle” means any mechanically propelled vehicle intended or adapted for use on roads;
person
Defined · s 2“person” shall have the meaning assigned to it by the Interpretation and General Clauses Act;
road
Defined · s 2“road” means any highway and any other road to which the public has access, and includes bridges over which a road passes;
traffic
Defined · s 2“traffic” includes vehicles of every description, pedestrians, processions, and bodies of troops and all animals being ridden, driven or led;
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