Employees Provident Fund Act 1991 · Updated to 1 Oct 2025 · Part IV · Appointment of Officers and Servants, Their Powers, Functions and Duties
34. Appointment of Inspectors, their powers, functions and duties
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Board
“Board” means the Employees Provident Fund Board established under section 3;
44 Laws of Malaysia servant appointed under subsection 30(3) and such appointment shall be published in the Gazette.
Subject to subsection (3), an Inspector appointed under subsection (1) shall have all the powers, functions and duties conferred under this Act.
An Inspector shall be subject to the direction and control of the chief executive officer, or of such other officer or servant of the Board as may be authorized by the chief executive officer to act on behalf of him, and of any other Inspectors superior to him in rank, and shall exercise his powers, perform his functions, and discharge his duties referred to in subsection (2) in compliance with such directions, instructions, conditions, restrictions or limitations as the chief executive officer, or an officer or servant of the Board authorized to act on behalf of him, or an Inspector superior in rank, may specify orally or in writing, either generally, or in any particular case or circumstances.
chief executive officer
“chief executive officer” means any person appointed to be a chief executive officer under section 30 of the Act;
The chief executive officer shall have all the powers of an
Inspector.
The Board may, in writing, vests in any officer of the Board who is not appointed as an Inspector under subsection (1) all or any of the powers, functions and duties of an Inspector.