Section 4
Section 5A of the principal Act is amended—
of Universities and University Colleges (Amendment) Act 2012
Amendment ActIn forceProvision 6 of 13
Section 4
(a)
by substituting for the shoulder note the following shoulder note:
“Non-application of Act to university established in the national interest, etc.”; and
(b)
by substituting for subsection (2) the following subsection:
“(2) The Yang di-Pertuan Agong may, on the advice of the Minister, by order published in the Gazette, authorize the establishment of any higher educational institution having the status of a University, whatever its name or style, if he is satisfied that it is expedient in the national interest that such higher educational institution should be established.”.