Malaysia legislation
Section 88
Section 88
(2)
Without prejudice to the generality of the power conferred in subsection (1), the Minister may make regulations for or in respect of all or any of the following matters:
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(a)
the forms to be used and the information to be furnished in any application or for other purposes under this Act;
(b)
the procedure to be followed and the fee deemed proper to be prescribed in respect of any application under this Act or in respect of any certificate, permit or any other document issued under this Act;
(c)
the form in which a register or other records shall be kept or maintained under this Act, entries to be made therein, provision for the inspection and taking extracts therefrom and the supply of copies thereof and the fee to be paid for such inspection, extracts and copies respectively;
(d)
the conduct of courses of study;
(e)
the procedure to be followed for the endorsement, alteration or amendment of certificates of registration, permits to teach or any other document issued under this Act and the replacement of such certificate, permit or other document which is lost or defaced;
(f)
the educational facilities to be provided by a private higher educational institution;
(g)
the provision of distance education;
(h)
the standards of health and security and uses to which premises of private higher educational institutions shall conform, and prescribing different standards and uses for such descriptions of private higher educational institution as may be specified in the regulations;
(i)
the other compulsory subjects to be taught other than those specified under sections 42 and 43;
(j)
the procedure to be followed in respect of appeals made to the Minister from decisions of the Registrar General;
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(k)
the records to be kept by the private higher educational institution and the returns to be made including financial records and returns;
(l)
the determination of fee to be imposed on students by the private higher educational institution;
(m)
the fee required to be prescribed under this Act other than those referred to in paragraphs (b) and (c);
(n)
the manner in which an affiliation, association or collaboration between private higher educational institutions may be carried out;
(o)
the prescribing of offences that may be compounded;
(oa) the manner in which audit may be carried out;
(p)
any other matter required to be prescribed under this Act;
and
(q)
any other matter which the Minister deems expedient or necessary for the purposes of this Act.
(3)
Regulations made under this section may provide that the contravention of any provision in the regulations shall be an offence and that the offence is punishable, on conviction, with a fine or a term of imprisonment or both but may not provide for the fine to exceed ten thousand ringgit or the term of imprisonment to exceed one month.