Malaysia legislation
Section 7
of UNIVERSITIES AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGES (AMENDMENT) ACT 2012
Section 7
The principal Act is amended by inserting after Part IV the following Part:
“PART IVA
REGISTER AND DATABASE
Duty to maintain register 22A. (1) The Director General shall keep and maintain or cause to be kept and maintained a National Higher Education
(a)
higher educational institutions established under section 6;
(b)
programmes conducted or provided by higher educational institutions;
(c)
persons who have been conferred with degrees at doctoral level, including an honorary doctorate;
(d)
persons who have been appointed as professors and include persons who have been conferred with the title of Royal Professor or Professor Emeritus; and
(e)
any other matter relating to higher education which he deems necessary.
(2)
The Director General may make the National Higher
Education Register available for public inspection subject to such conditions as he thinks fit.
(3)
A person may on payment of fees as prescribed by the Minister—
(a)
inspect the National Higher Education Register; and
(b)
make a copy of, or take extracts from, the Register.
Duty to maintain database 22B. (1) Every higher educational institution established under section 6 shall keep and maintain a database containing particulars of—
(a)
programmes conducted or provided by higher educational institutions;
(b)
persons who have been conferred with degrees at doctoral level, including an honorary doctorate;
(c)
persons who have been appointed as professors and include persons who have been conferred with the title of Royal Professor or Professor Emeritus; and
(d)
any other matter relating to higher education which he deems necessary.
(2)
The database mentioned in subsection (1) shall be made accessible to the Minister as he may require.”.
Universities and University Colleges (Amendment)
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New section 24E