Malaysia legislation
Section 3
Section 3
New section 5a
The principal Act is amended by inserting after section 5 the following section:
“Whistleblower Protection Committee 5a. (1) A committee to be known as the Whistleblower
Protection Committee shall be established and shall have the following functions:
(a)
to oversee the implementation of this Act relating to the general powers of the enforcement agency under section 3; and
(b)
to obtain statistics and data relating to the disclosure and complaints received by the enforcement agency in accordance with this Act.
(2)
The Minister shall appoint a Chairman and not more than seven persons to be members of the Whistleblower Protection
Committee, whom he deems fit and proper, on such terms and conditions as may be specified in the instrument of appointment.
(3)
The Chairman of the Whistleblower Protection Committee appointed under subsection (2) shall hold office for a term not exceeding three years after which he shall be eligible to be reappointed upon the expiry of his term of office.
(4)
The other members of the Whistleblower Protection
Committee appointed under subsection (2) shall hold office for a term not exceeding three years after which they shall be eligible to be reappointed upon the expiry of their term of office.
(5)
The Whistleblower Protection Committee shall determine its own meeting procedure.
(6)
Any statistics, data or information which is required to be submitted to the Whistleblower Protection Committee for the purposes of this section shall not include the confidential information protected under section 8.”.
Whistleblower Protection (Amendment)
5
Amendment of section 6