Malaysia legislation
Section 3
Section 3
There is hereby established a Universiti with the name and style of Universiti Teknologi MARA, by which name and style the Chancellor, the Pro-Chancellors, the Vice-Chancellor and the members for the time being of the Board of Directors and the
Senate are hereby constituted a body corporate with perpetual succession, and with full power and authority under such name—
(a)
to sue and be sued;
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(b)
to have and use a common seal and from time to time to break, change, alter or make anew such seal as it shall deem fit;
(c)
for the purposes of the Universiti as provided in this Act, to enter into contracts, to acquire, take, hold and enjoy movable and immovable property of every description, including any such property which may become vested in it by purchase, or by any exchange, grant, donation, lease, testamentary disposition or otherwise;
(d)
for the purposes of the Universiti as provided in this
Act, to convey, assign, surrender, yield up, charge, sell, mortgage, lease, exchange, demise, reassign, transfer or otherwise dispose of, or deal with, any movable or immovable property of any description or any interest therein vested in the Universiti upon such terms as it deems fit;
(e)
to exercise, perform and discharge, in accordance with the provisions of this Act, all powers, functions and duties conferred, provided or imposed upon the Universiti by such provisions.
Non-application of Act 30 3a. The Universities and University Colleges Act 1971 shall not apply to the Universiti.
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