Malaysia legislation
Section 2
Section 2
(a)
whether or not established under any written law; or
(b)
whether within or outside Malaysia, providing higher education leading to the conferment of a certificate, diploma, degree or the equivalent thereof;
“Minister” means the Minister responsible for *higher education;
“prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under section 35;
“Provost” means the principal executive, administrative and academic officer of a Branch, by whatever name called, appointed under section 7;
“Registrar” means the principal officer of the Registry of the
Universiti, by whatever name called, appointed under section 21;
“School or Centre” means the School or Centre of the Universiti and includes a Faculty, a College, a Department or an Academy of the Universiti, and in relation to a Branch, includes any part of the School, Centre, Faculty, College, Department or Academy designated to such Branch;
“Senate” means the Senate of the Universiti constituted under section 16a;
“staff” means—
(a)
any officer or servant of the Universiti;
(b)
any person appointed to be a lecturer by the Board, and includes a senior professor, professor, associate professor, assistant professor, reader, senior lecturer, assistant lecturer, and tutor; or
(c)
any person employed by the Board;
“student” means a registered student of the Universiti who is following a course of study of any description from or by or in the Universiti;
*NOTE—See the Ministers of the Federal Government (No. 3) Order 2021 [P.U. (A) 383/2021].
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“Students’ Representative Committee” or “SRC” means the Students’ Representative Committee established under section 23c;
“Universiti” means the Universiti Teknologi MARA established under section 3 and includes a Branch;
“University” or “University College” means—
(a)
a University or University College established under the
Universities and University Colleges Act 1971 [Act 30];
(b)
a University or University College established under the Private Higher Educational Institutions Act 1996
[Act 555]; or
(c)
other Universities or University Colleges—
(i)
whether or not established under written law; or
(ii)
whether within or outside Malaysia;
“Vice-Chancellor” means the Vice-Chancellor of the Universiti appointed under section 20 and includes any other person, by whatever name called, who has been appointed as the chief executive officer of the Universiti, and “Deputy Vice-Chancellor”
shall be construed accordingly.