Section 8 — MALAYSIAN MEDIA COUNCIL ACT 2025

(a)

the Chairman;

(b)

two members to be nominated by the Minister, representing the Government;

(c)

four members of the Board representing members of the Council in the category as specified under paragraph 7(1)(a), which shall be nominated and elected by the members of the Council in such category, and shall comprise of, at least one woman representative and one representative from Sabah or Sarawak;

(d)

four members of the Board representing members of the Council in the category as specified under paragraph 7(1)(b), which shall be nominated and elected by the members of the Council in such category, with at least one member from a media association, and shall comprise of, at least one woman representative and one representative from Sabah or Sarawak;

(e)

four members of the Board representing members of the Council in the category as specified under paragraph 7(1)(c), which shall be nominated and elected by the members of the Council in such category, and shall comprise of, at least one woman representative and one representative from Sabah or Sarawak; and

(f)

six additional members of the Board appointed, among the members of the Council, by the Board members stated in paragraphs (c), (d) and (e) to ensure equal representation from the aspect of gender, locality and diversity of media by the languages and the formats.

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(2)

A media company which is deemed to have a common ownership with other media companies shall not have more than one member of the Board nominated and elected under paragraph (1)(c).

(3)

For the purposes of subsection (2), a media company is deemed to have a common ownership with other media companies in the case where—

(a)

two or more media companies have the same shareholder who holds more than half of the total number of issued shares in the media company respectively;

(b)

the media company has control over other related media companies; or

(c)

the media company is a subsidiary company and is under the control of a holding company or a group of companies.

(4)

The nomination and election of the members of the Board under paragraphs (1)(c), (d) and (e) shall be conducted in the general meeting.

(5)

Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (4), the Minister shall appoint the members of the Board that shall act as the founding

Board, by notification published in the Gazette.

(6)

The provisions in the First Schedule shall apply to the Board.

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