Malaysia legislation

Section 29

of *PERBADANAN TABUNG PENDIDIKAN TINGGI NASIONAL ACT 1997

Section 29

Employer to assist the Perbadanan and Inland Revenue Board

(a)

to deduct from the salary of the recipient student such sum of moneys as notified by the Perbadanan or Inland

Revenue Board, being the monthly amount of repayment required of the recipient student towards the discharge of his educational loan; and

(b)

to remit the amount so deducted to the Perbadanan or

Inland Revenue Board on a monthly basis.

(2)

An employer who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.

Certificate of Perbadanan to be conclusive