Malaysia legislation
Section 2
Section 2
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
“foreign award” means a valid Order, Decoration and Medal awarded by a Head of State in the First Schedule;
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“unrecognized foreign award” means a foreign award other than those awarded by a Head of State in the First Schedule;
“unrecognized award” means an award purporting to be a
Yang di-Pertuan Agong award conferred by any person other than the Yang di-Pertuan Agong;
“Yang di-Pertuan Agong award” means a valid Order, Decoration and Medal instituted by the statutes of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong for the purposes of the Federation and the Federal Territories;
“investiture” means the conferment of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong award on a particular person by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong;
“insignia” means―
(a)
the collar, riband, badge of the order, badge of the collar, star of the order and badge of the neck;
(b)
the ribbon, badge and emblem of the decoration; or
(c)
the ribbon and medal;
“Ruler” and “Yang di-Pertua Negeri” have the meanings assigned to them in Clause (2) of Article 160 of the Federal Constitution;
“gratification” has the meaning assigned to it in section 3 of the
Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act [Act 694].