Malaysia legislation

Section 9

of MALAYSIA CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES COMMISSION (AMENDMENT) ACT 2023

Section 9

Section 19 of the principal Act is amended—

(a)

in subsection (1), by substituting for the words

“The Executive Chairman, or in his absence the Deputy

Executive Chairman,” the words “The Chairman, or in the absence of the Chairman any director nominated by the Chairman to act on his behalf,”;

(b)

in subsection (2), by substituting for the words

“paragraphs 11(3)(c), (d), (e) and (f)” the words

“paragraphs 11(3)(b), (c), (d) and (e)”;

(c)

in subsection (3), by substituting for the words

“The Executive Chairman, or in his absence the Deputy Executive Chairman,” the words

“The Chairman, or in the absence of the Chairman any director nominated by the Chairman to act on his behalf,”;

(d)

by substituting for subsection (7) the following subsection:

“(7)

Nothing in this section shall prevent the Chairman, or in the absence of the Chairman any director nominated by the Chairman to act on his behalf, from authorizing a director to use remote communication technology to participate in any meeting of the Board where, prior to the meeting, the director, by notification to the Chairman, or in the absence of the Chairman any director nominated by the Chairman to act on his behalf, as the case may be, has requested for such authorization.”; and

(e)

by inserting after subsection (7) the following subsections:

“(8)  The Chairman shall only, for the purposes of subsections (1), (3) and (7), nominate the director who is appointed under paragraph 11(3)(b), (c), (d)

or (e) to act on his behalf.

Malaysia Co-operative Societies Commission

(Amendment)

(9)

For the purposes of subsection (7),

“remote communication technology” means a live video link, a live television link or any other electronic means of communication.”.

Amendment of section 24