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Malaysian Media Council Act 2025 · Updated to 6 Jun 2025 · Part II · Malaysian Media Council

7. Membership of Council

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(1)

Members of the Council shall consist of any person, association or media company as follows:

(a)

a category consisting of media company, represented by their respective media publisher or nominated senior management;

(b)

a category consisting of media association, represented by any nominated member of the association, media practitioner and independent media practitioner; and

(c)

a category consisting of non-media member.

(2)

Each application for membership of the Council shall be made to the Board together with the payment of fees as the

Council may determine under paragraph 6(2)(c).

(3)

Membership of the Council shall be renewable every year together with the payment of fees as the Council may determine under paragraph 6(2)(c).

Terms defined in s 2

Board
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“Board” means the Board of Malaysian Media Council established under section 8 of this Act;
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Council
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“Council” means the Malaysian Media Council established under section 3 of this Act;
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independent media practitioner
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“independent media practitioner” means a person producing news content for a media company but is not an employee or a person publishing news content and commentaries which are hosted on online media;
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media association
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“media association” means any non-profit entity, trade union or association consist of media practitioners representing the interests and welfare of the media parties;
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media company
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“media company” means an organization or business entity that creates, produces, distributes and manages media content in printed, broadcast or digital form, and shall have not less than ten media practitioners as employees of that media company.
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media practitioner
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“media practitioner” means a journalist, editor, photographer, videographer and graphic designer or any person involved in the creation, production and dissemination of content for a media company and such person shall be an employee of a media publisher;
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media publisher
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“media publisher” means an individual who is responsible for overseeing the publication or broadcasting of news content in print, online and broadcast media, in preparation of final published edition to the public;
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member
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“member” means a member of the Council admitted as a member from any categories of membership as specified in section 7, and includes the Chairman of the Board as specified under subsection 9(3);
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non-media member
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“non-media member” means individual including academician, media trainer, non-governmental organization, and public not from the media industry;
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Grievance Mechanism and Disciplinary Proceedings

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Part V

Finance

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Part VI

General

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