Malaysian Media Council Act 2025 · Updated to 6 Jun 2025 · Part III · Board of Council
8. Board of Council
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Council
“Council” means the Malaysian Media Council established under section 3 of this Act;
the Chairman;
two members to be nominated by the Minister, representing the Government;
four members of the Board representing members of the Council in the category as specified under paragraph 7(1)(a), which shall be nominated and elected by the members of the Council in such category, and shall comprise of, at least one woman representative and one representative from Sabah or Sarawak;
four members of the Board representing members of the Council in the category as specified under paragraph 7(1)(b), which shall be nominated and elected by the members of the Council in such category, with at least one member from a media association, and shall comprise of, at least one woman representative and one representative from Sabah or Sarawak;
four members of the Board representing members of the Council in the category as specified under paragraph 7(1)(c), which shall be nominated and elected by the members of the Council in such category, and shall comprise of, at least one woman representative and one representative from Sabah or Sarawak; and
six additional members of the Board appointed, among the members of the Council, by the Board members stated in paragraphs (c), (d) and (e) to ensure equal representation from the aspect of gender, locality and diversity of media by the languages and the formats.
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A media company which is deemed to have a common ownership with other media companies shall not have more than one member of the Board nominated and elected under paragraph (1)(c).
media company
“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.
For the purposes of subsection (2), a media company is deemed to have a common ownership with other media companies in the case where—
two or more media companies have the same shareholder who holds more than half of the total number of issued shares in the media company respectively;
the media company has control over other related media companies; or
the media company is a subsidiary company and is under the control of a holding company or a group of companies.
The nomination and election of the members of the Board under paragraphs (1)(c), (d) and (e) shall be conducted in the general meeting.
Board
“Board” means the Board of Malaysian Media Council established under section 8 of this Act;
Notwithstanding subsections (1) and (4), the Minister shall appoint the members of the Board that shall act as the founding
Minister
“Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for communications;
Board, by notification published in the Gazette.
The provisions in the First Schedule shall apply to the Board.