KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The government views seriously cases of fatal road accidents involving drunk drivers and will take immediate steps to ensure the proposed amendments to the Road Transport Act or Act 333 can be tabled at the next Parliament sitting, says the de facto Law Minister.
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) Datuk Takiyuddin Hassan said the proposed amendments would not only involve provisions relating to drink driving that causes injury or death in Section 44, but also driving under the influence of alcohol under Section 45 of the law.
"The government supports recommendations by the Transport Ministry to impose a mandatory jail sentence on drivers who are arrested for drink driving, where under the existing provision, it is at the discretion of the court," he said in a statement Friday (May 29).
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