Malaysia legislation
Section 28
of STANDARD AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MALAYSIA (INCORPORATION) ACT 1975
Section 28
(2)
If any written law other than this Act prescribes, or authorizes the making of subsidiary legislation to prescribe any characteristics of any commodity, process, or practice, the Council shall not—
(a)
declare any specification in respect of that commodity, process, or practice to be a standard specification; or
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(b)
amend or withdraw a standard specification declared in respect of that commodity, process or practice,
(3)
No specification shall be declared to be a standard specification, and no standard specification shall be amended or withdrawn, unless the Council is satisfied that persons who may be affected by the declaration, amendment, or withdrawal have had an opportunity to consider it and to comment thereon to the Council or to an appropriate committee of the Council?
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(4)
The declaration, amendment, or withdrawal of a standard specification shall be promulgated in the manner prescribed by rules or, if no such rules have been made, in such manner as may be determined by the Council.
(5)
The Council shall cause the fact of the declaration, amendment, or withdrawal, but not the text of the specification declared, amended, or withdrawn, and the date on which it is to take effect to be notified in the Gazette.
(6)
In the absence of proof to the contrary—
(a)
a notification in the Gazette under subsection (5) shall be sufficient evidence of the matters stated therein; and
(b)
the fact that a specification has been declared to be a standard specification or that a standard specification has been amended or withdrawn shall be sufficient evidence that the requirements of this section have been complied with.