Section 1
(2)
This Act comes into operation on a date to be appointed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette.
Amendment of section 2
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EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS (DISCIPLINE) (AMENDMENT) ACT 2012 is Malaysia Amendment Act, cited as Amendment Act A1435 2012, currently marked in force and first recorded in 2012.
Opening note
This Act comes into operation on a date to be appointed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette.
Amendment of section 2
The Educational Institutions (Discipline) Act 1976 [Act 174], which is referred to as the “principal Act” in this Act, is amended in section 2 by deleting the definition of “Campus”.
Act A1435
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS (DISCIPLINE)
(AMENDMENT) ACT 2012
ACT A1435
Substitution of section 10
The principal Act is amended by substituting for section 10
the following section:
Quoted provision
A student of the Institution shall not—
become a member of any unlawful society, organization, body or group of persons, whether in or outside
Malaysia;
become a member of any society, organization, body or group of persons, not being a political party, which the
Minister, after consultation with the Executive Head, determines and specifies in writing to the Executive
Head to be unsuitable to the interests and well-being of the students or the Institution; or
A student of the Institution and any society, organization, body or group of students of the Institution which is established by, under or in accordance with the Constitution, shall not express or do anything which may reasonably be construed as expressing support for or sympathy with or opposition to—
any unlawful society, organization, body or group of persons, whether in or outside Malaysia; or
any society, organization, body or group of persons which the Minister, after consultation with the Executive Head, determines and specifies in writing to the Executive
Head to be unsuitable to the interests and well-being of the students or the Institution.
Educational Institutions (Discipline) (Amendment)
Notwithstanding subsection (3), a student of the Institution shall not be prevented from—
making a statement on an academic matter which relates to a subject on which he is engaged in study or research; or
expressing himself on the subject referred to in paragraph (a) at a seminar, symposium or similar occasion that is not organized or sponsored by any unlawful society, organization, body or group of persons, whether in or outside Malaysia, or any society, organization, body or group of persons determined by the Minister under paragraph (3)(b) to be unsuitable to the interests and well-being of the students or the
Institution.
The Institution shall regulate the activities of students and a society, an organization, a body or group of students of the Institution within the campus.”.
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“Activities of students or students’ society, organization, body or group
All actions which are pending under section 9 of the Act in relation to matters referred to in paragraph 10(5)(a) of the principal Act against any organization, body or group of students of the Institution shall, on the date of coming into operation of this Act, be discontinued.
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