Section 26A
Summary disciplinary punishment by disciplinary authority
of Educational Institutions (Discipline) Act 1976
The disciplinary authority may at its discretion, in lieu of taking disciplinary proceedings under Part V, impose a summary disciplinary punishment of a reprimand or a fine not exceeding fifty ringgit upon any student who commits a disciplinary offence under paragraph 3(i), rules 6, 21, 22, 23 and 25 in the presence of or within the sight of such disciplinary authority:
Provided that before such punishment is imposed on the student, the disciplinary authority shall inform him of the disciplinary offence committed by him and give
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him an opportunity to make oral representations within a period of not exceeding 5
days in respect thereof to such disciplinary authority.
(2)
Upon imposition of the punishment referred to in paragraph (1), the disciplinary authority shall forthwith deliver to the student a written notice of such imposition in such form as the Students’ Affairs Officer may direct, and where the punishment imposed is a fine, the provisions of rules 63 and 64 shall apply.