Section 49
Regulations
The Minister, in consultation with the Board, may make regulations for all or any of the following purposes:
(a)
prescribing the manner of applying for certificates under this Act, the particulars to be supplied by an applicant, the manner of certification, the fees payable therefor, the conditions or restrictions to be imposed and the form or forms of certificates;
(b)
regulating the keeping of the Register and of accounts, records, reports and documents and prescribing the form and contents thereof;
(c)
prescribing the management of the property of the Board and the audit of its accounts;
(d)
prescribing the procedure for the election or appointment of members of the committees of the Council or the
Board;
(e)
prescribing the requirements to be complied with by the
Board for engaging a legal adviser and the remuneration to be paid to him;
(f)
prescribing the procedure for investigation into complaints and for disciplinary inquiries;
(g)
prescribing the procedure for appeals;
(h)
prescribing matters in respect of which fees and charges are to be payable under this Act or the regulations made under this Act, the amount of the fees, and the persons liable to pay them;
(i)
prescribing the forms to be used in making applications under this Act; and
(j)
any other matter which is required by this Act to be prescribed or specified or which is necessary or expedient to be prescribed or specified for carrying this Act into effect.
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(2)
Regulations made under this Act may—
(a)
provide that any contravention of any of the provisions of the regulations shall be an offence;
(b)
provide for such offence to be punished with a fine not exceeding three thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both;
(c)
be made to operate retrospectively to a date not earlier than the date of coming into force of this Act.
(3)
Notwithstanding paragraph (2)(c), no person shall be made or shall become liable to any penalty in respect of any act done before the date the regulations are published in the Gazette.
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