Section 54 — IMMIGRATION ACT 1959/63

(a)

prescribing anything which is to be or may be prescribed under this Act;

(b)

prescribing the forms to be used for the purposes of this

Act;

(c)

prescribing—

(i)

the period for which Permits shall be valid;

(ii)

the terms and conditions subject to which any person may be granted a Permit and the authority who may issue Permits;

(iii)

the terms and conditions subject to which any person may be granted a Pass entitling him to enter and remain temporarily within Malaysia, the period for which any such Pass may be granted, the classes of Passes and the authority who may issue the Passes;

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(iv)

the terms and conditions subject to which any person may be granted a Certificate of Status entitling him to enter Malaysia, the period for which such

Certificate may be granted and the authority who may issue the Certificates;

(d)

providing for the payment and recovery of any expenses incurred by the Government in connection with the detention, maintenance, medical treatment and removal from Malaysia of any person under this Act;

(e)

prescribing the place where, the person to whom and the manner in which application to enter Malaysia shall be made;

(f)

prescribing the procedure to be followed by persons entering

Malaysia;

(g)

prescribing the procedure to be followed by authorities in the exercise of their functions under this Act;

(h)

governing the procedure to be followed and the fees and costs to be paid on any appeal;

(i)

prescribing the deposit or security to be made or given by or in respect of any person granted an Entry Permit or Pass and the conditions subject to which the deposit or security may be forfeited;

(j)

prescribing the fees to be charged upon the issue of any

Entry Permit, Certificate or Pass;

(k)

prescribing the offences under this Act and any regulations, orders, or other subsidiary legislation made under this

Act, which may be compounded, the persons who may compound, the limit of the sum of the money to be collected for compounding such offences which shall not exceed thirty per centum of the maximum fine provided for the offence, the procedure to be complied with and the forms to be used in respect of such compounding, and otherwise, as may be necessary, desirable or expedient in relation to such compounding;

(ka) governing the administration and management of immigration depots; and

(l)

generally for the better carrying into effect of this Act.

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(2)

All regulations made under this section shall be published in the Gazette and shall be laid before the Dewan Rakyat as soon as possible after such publication. If a resolution of the Dewan

Rakyat is passed within the next subsequent three months after any such regulation is laid before it disapproving the regulation or any part thereof, the whole regulation or such part thereof, as the case may be, shall thenceforth cease to have effect but without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done thereunder.

Power to exempt