Malaysia legislation

Section 2

of *EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS (DISCIPLINE) ACT 1976

Section 2

Interpretation

“Executive Head” means the officer or member of the staff of the

Institution who functions as the principal executive officer of the

Institution;

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“Institution” means any institution, other than a University, which provides education, instruction or training of any description to any person, and which is specified or described in the First Schedule;

“Minister” means the Minister responsible for education or the

Minister responsible for higher education, as the case may require;

“registrable offence” has the meaning assigned to it under the

Registration of Criminals and Undesirable Persons Act 1969 [Act 7];

“staff” includes any person employed by or in an Institution;

“student” means a person receiving education, instruction or training of any description from or in an Institution;

“Students’ Affairs Officer” means a member of the staff of an

Institution who is designated as such by the Minister under subsection 5(1);

“Students’ Representative Committee” or “SRC” means the

Students’ Representative Committee provided under section 7;

“University” means a University or a University College established under the Universities and University Colleges Act 1971

[Act 30].