Section 22A
Malaysia in certain circumstances
of Perbadanan Tabung Pendidikan Tinggi Nasional Act 1997
The Chief Executive may, where he is of the opinion that any recipient student is about or likely to leave Malaysia without paying any moneys due to the Perbadanan, issue to the Inspector General of
Police or the Director General of Immigration a certificate containing the amounts payable to the Perbadanan with request for that recipient student to be prevented from leaving Malaysia unless and unitl he pays all the amounts payable to the Perbadanan or furnishes security to the satisfaction of the Chief Executive for their payment.
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(2)
Subject to any order issued or made under any written law relating to banishment or immigration, the Inspector General of
Police or the Director General of Immigration upon receiving a request under subsection (1) in respect of any recipient student shall take or cause to be taken all such measures as may be necessary to give effect to it and which measures may include the use of reasonable force and the sizure, removal or retention of any certificate of identity and any passport, exit permit or other travel document relating to that recipient student.
(3)
Where a recipient student in respect of whom a certificate has been issued under subsection (1) produces a written statement signed on or after the date of the issue of the certificate by the Chief
Executive or an authorized officer to the effect that moneys due to the
Perbadanan specified in the certificate have been paid or that security has been furnished for their payment, the statement or the payment, as the case may be, shall be sufficient authority for allowing that recipient student to leave Malaysia.
(4)
No legal proceedings shall be instituted or maintained against the Perbadanan, its officers and servants, the Government of
Malaysia, a police officer or any public officer in respect of anything lawfully done under this section.
Perbadanan to be responsible for the recovery and collection of repayments of educational loans