Malaysia legislation
Section 4
Section 4
(a)
a Chairman who shall be appointed by the Minister;
(b)
the Secretary General of the Ministry of Education or his representative;
(c)
the Director General of Education or his representative;
(cc)
the Attorney General or his representative;
(d)
the Secretary General of the Treasury or his representative;
(dd)
the Director General of Public Services or his representative;
(e)
one person appointed by the Conference of Rulers; and
(f)
not more than 10 persons appointed by the Minister who in his opinion possess wide knowledge or have gained extensive experience in any field of activities which can be beneficial to the Board.
(2)
The Minister may appoint any member of the Board to be
Vice Chairman of the Board.
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(3)
The Board may appoint a Secretary under section 16 who shall not be a member of the Board.
(4)
Subject to the provisions of this Act, every member shall hold office for a term not exceeding three years from the date of his appointment and shall be eligible for reappointment.
(5)
Any member who—
(a)
without reasonable cause absents himself from three consecutive meetings of the Board and any of its committees of which he is a member;
(b)
has been found or declared to be of unsound mind;
(c)
has become bankrupt or made an arrangement with his creditors; or
(d)
has been sentenced to imprisonment, shall be deemed to have vacated office.
(6)
The appointor concerned may at any time revoke the appointment of any member if he thinks it expedient so to do without assigning any reason therefor.
(7)
The appointor concerned may at any time accept the resignation of any member.
(8)
If any vacancy occurs by death, absence, insanity, bankruptcy, resignation or otherwise, the appointor concerned may appoint a person to fill such vacancy for the unexpired period of office of the member in respect of whom the vacancy occurred.
(9)
The appointor may appoint any suitable person to act as a member of the Board during the continued illness, incapacity or absence from Malaysia of any member.
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