Malaysia legislation
Section 6
Section 6
(2)
The functions of the Board shall include the carrying on of all such activities and the doing of all such things as are necessary or advantageous and proper for the government, control and administration of the Politeknik and of the assets of the Politeknik and, in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, shall include the following:
(a)
subject to section 11, authorizing appropriate and necessary expenditure within the funds available to the Politeknik;
(b)
preparing an annual report on the working of the Politeknik and of such annual statements as are required by this Act or by any regulations made thereunder;
(c)
appointing the members of the academic and non-academic staff and in addition appointing such advisers as the
Board may consider necessary or desirable, subject to such terms and conditions of service as approved by the
Minister;
(d)
regulating matters relating to the academic management of the Politeknik and in particular to the qualifications necessary for entrance to the Politeknik, the course of instruction, the duration of the course and the award of certificates;
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(e)
regulating matters relating to—
(i)
the procedure in regard to meetings of the Board and the Board of Studies;
(ii)
the setting up, membership, powers and functions of Advisory Committees and of any other Committee duly appointed under the provisions of this Act and the procedure in regard to the meetings of such Committees;
(iii)
the form and method of keeping the accounts of the Politeknik;
(iv)
the powers and functions of the officers of the
Politeknik;
(v)
the establishment of students’ bodies; and
(vi)
the fees payable by students at the Politeknik;
(f)
providing pensions, superannuation or provident fund schemes for the benefit of its employees or any section of such employees and making arrangements for the establishment of such schemes as may be approved by the Minister;
(g)
the regulating and providing for the welfare and discipline of academic and non-academic staff and students;
(h)
prescribing such fees as may from time to time be prescribed by regulations.
Secretary of the Board