Malaysia legislation
Section 16
of NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH (INCORPORATION) ACT 1971
Section 16
(2)
Nothing in subsection (1) of this section shall prevent the Council with the approval of the Minister from—
(a)
making available such discovery, invention and improvement, as described in subsection (1) above, to any person subject to the payment of such fees or royalties and such conditions, if any, as the Council may with the approval of the Minister determine; and
(b)
paying to any officer or employee of the Institute a bonus in respect of any useful discoveries or inventions made by such officer or employee.