Malaysia legislation

Section 43

of CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES ACT 1993

Section 43

(a)

he has been convicted of an offence under this Act; or

(b)

he has been dismissed as an employee of a registered society.

Co-operative Societies

(2)

No person shall be eligible to be appointed to the Internal Audit Committee of a registered society if he has been appointed to the Board of such registered society and no person shall be appointed to the Board of a registered society if he has been appointed to the Internal Audit Committee of such registered society.

(3)

From the third year of registration of a society, no person shall be appointed to be a member of the Board of such registered society unless he has been a member of such registered society for a minimum period of two years.

(4)

Subsection (3) shall not apply to a registered society with one hundred or less members and to school co-operative societies.