National Skills Development Act 2006 · Updated to 1 Jul 2006 · Part X · Offences and Penalties
54. Control of advertisement
Feedback & supportIf the Director General is of the opinion that any statement made in any advertisement in relation to a skills training provider is false, deceptive, offensive or misleading, the Director General
Director General
“Director General” means any public officer appointed to be the Director General of Skills Development under section 17;
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may by notice in writing direct such skills training provider to do all or any of the following:
skills training provider
“skills training provider” means a body corporate, organization or other body of persons which conducts a skills training programme the primary purpose of which is to meet the requirement of the relevant Standards;
cease the continued publication or display of such advertisement;
modify the advertisement in such manner as may be specified by the Director General;
cease the publication or display of any advertisement which is wholly or substantially a repetition of such advertisement;
take all practical steps to withdraw the advertisement from every publication or display of it; or
publish a statement in like manner as the advertisement issued earlier to retract or modify such advertisement.
The Director General may vary, add to, alter, revoke or otherwise amend any direction issued under subsection (1), by a notice in writing to the skills training provider concerned.
Any advertisement in relation to the skills training provider shall bear the approval number of the skills training provider and accredited programme.
advertisement
“advertisement” means any publication, circular, notice or any oral or written communication, whether broadcast by electronic laws of malaysia national skills development act 2006 medium or any other media, or any display on any signboard or other erection, structure or contrivance, or any form of electronic communications to the public for the purpose of promoting a skills training provider or training programme;
Any person or skills training provider who contravenes the directions of the Director General under subsection (1) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both.