Malaysia legislation
Section 28
Section 28
(2)
Every application for a biennial practising certificate shall be accompanied by the prescribed fee and shall contain—
(a)
the address of the principal place, and other places, where the registered counsellor intends to carry on practice as a counsellor;
(b)
the registered counsellor’s address for correspondence.
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(3)
On receipt of an application under subsection (1), the Board may issue to the applicant a biennial practising certificate authorizing the applicant to practise as a counsellor at the places specified in the certificate during the period of two years for which the biennial practising certificate is issued.
(4)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Act, a registered counsellor who has made an application under subsection
(1)
may practise as a counsellor without a biennial practising certificate from the day his application under that subsection is received by the Board until the day the biennial practising certificate is issued to him under subsection (2), and, for the purpose of this
Act and any regulations made under this Act, he shall be deemed to have a biennial practising certificate during that period.
(5)
A biennial practising certificate may be renewed on application being made to the Board in the prescribed form not less than thirty days before the date of expiry of the certificate.
(6)
An application made later than the period mentioned in subsection (5) shall not be granted unless the prescribed additional fee has been paid.
(7)
Subsections (2) and (3) shall apply to an application for the renewal of a biennial practising certificate as they apply to a new application.
Certificates to be exhibited