Employment Act 1955 · Updated to 1 Aug 2023 · Part I · Preliminary
3. Appointment of officers
Feedback & supportThe Yang di-Pertuan Agong may appoint an officer to be styled the Director General of Labour, in this Act referred to as
Director General
“Director General” means the Director General of Labour appointed under subsection 3(1);
“the Director General”.
The Yang di-Pertuan Agong may appoint, to such number as he considers necessary for carrying out the provisions of this
Act, officers of the following categories, that is to say:
Deputy Directors General of Labour;
Directors of Labour, Deputy Directors of Labour, Senior
Assistant Directors of Labour and Assistant Directors of
Labour; and
Labour Officers.
Subject to such limitations, if any, as may be prescribed by regulations made under this Act, any officer appointed under subsection (2) shall perform all the duties imposed and may exercise all the powers conferred upon the Director General by this Act, and every duty so performed and power so exercised shall be deemed to have been duly performed and exercised for the purposes of this Act.