MOH submits draft amendments to Act 342 to AGC
31 Jan 2021 / 21:04 H.
KOTA
BHARU: The draft amendments to the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 (Act 342) have been submitted to the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC), said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (
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He explained that as Act 342 was gazetted in 1988, it needed to be amended including the maximum compound of RM1,000 and below under this Act, in accordance with current needs.
“Now we will use the Emergency Ordinance to make the amendments,“ he told reporters after visiting the Covid-19 Low-Risk Treatment and Quarantine Centre at Pusat Tarbiyah Islamiah Kelantan (PUTIK), here, today.