Malaysia legislation

Section 22

of *STANDARDS OF MALAYSIA ACT 1996

Section 22

(2)

Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the

Minister may make regulations for or with respect to all or any of the following matters:

(a)

prescribing the manner in which standards may be declared to be Malaysian Standards;

(b)

regulating the promulgation of Malaysian Standards;

(c)

providing for the amendment, revision or withdrawal of any

Malaysian Standard or provisional Malaysian Standard and regulating the procedure in relation thereto;

(d)

prescribing the manner in which accreditation certificates may be granted;

(e)

regulating the issue of accreditation certificates, prescribing terms and conditions upon or subject to which such accreditation certificates may be issued, and regulating the renewal, suspension or revocation of accreditation certificates and the procedure for appealing against such suspension or revocation;

(f)

(Deleted by Act A1425);

(g)

prescribing methods of proving the existence or non-existence of the terms and conditions of any accreditation certificate granted under this Act;

(h)

prescribing forms for the purposes of this Act;

(i)

prescribing matters in respect of which fees are to be payable under this Act or the regulations, the amount of the fees, and the persons liable to pay them;

(j)

prescribing the procedures to be followed at meetings of the

Council;

(k)

prescribing the offences which may be compounded.

(3)

Regulations made under subsection (2) may prescribe any act in contravention of the regulations to be an offence and may prescribe

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penalties of a fine not exceeding twenty thousand ringgit or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.