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JOHOR BAHRU: The government has to amend two laws if it wants to go ahead with the proposal to increase compounding fees for violating the regulations of the Infectious Diseases Prevention and Control Act of 1988 (Law 342).
Chief Minister (Security Group) Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob (pix) said that the two laws are the Interpretation Laws of 1948 and 1967, as well as Law 342.
“In the Interpretation Law, the compound rate must not exceed RM1,000. So if we want to increase the compound in Law 342, it should be no different from the Law of Interpretation.
“Therefore, the government has to amend the two laws and they should be tabled in Parliament,” he told reporters after an inauguration ceremony to award Pingat Jasa Malaysia (PJM) to 350 Armed Forces veterans in Ulu Tiram. here today.
Ismail Sabri said the matter was discussed at the cabinet meeting last week and that the minister of the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) Datuk Takiyuddin Hassan was asked to study whether the amendment is necessary.
“If the amendments are required, we will amend them. But it needs more time because we are amending two laws and they must be brought to Parliament to be debated, and if they are approved, they must also be published, “he said.
On Friday, Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, in his special speech on the development of the Recovery Movement Control Order, said that he supported the Health Ministry’s proposal to increase the compounding rates for crimes under Law 342 to al minus two or three times current rates.
However, he said that this matter should be studied and Law 342 should be amended first.
Currently, Law 342 establishes a maximum fine of RM1,000 for those who violate standard operating procedure.
On another issue, Ismail said that there was no requirement for the government to impose a curfew on all of Kedah, although there were several new Covid-19 groups in the state as the government has a new approach to tackling these cases.
“Previously, when a case was detected, the entire state was declared. Later we narrowed it down by districts, mukims and then localities. If we did the same thing earlier (enforce a state or district-wide curfew), it would be unfair to other places that are not even related.
“So, we don’t do that anymore. If a village is affected, we just close the village, ”he said, in response to the statement by Kedah Local Government and Health Committee Chairman Datuk Dr. Mohd Hayati Othman yesterday.
Dr Mohd Hayati was reported to have said that the state government had proposed to the federal government to expand the Enhanced Movement Control Administrative Order in Kedah to contain the Covid-19 pandemic, but it was rejected due to various limitations such as the location of the security personnel. , allocation and distribution of aid.
In another development, Ismail Sabri said that the Defense Ministry was trying to obtain from the government a monthly subsistence allowance of RM350 for all Armed Forces veterans who had received and are eligible for PJM.
“This is a way of showing our concern. We know that RM350 is not much, but this is our thanks to them, ”he said.
Some 29,314 of the more than 121,000 Armed Forces veterans eligible for PJM have received the medal so far. –Named
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