Malaysia legislation
Section 5
Section 5
Constitution of the Commission
(a)
a Chairman, who shall be appointed by and shall hold office during the pleasure of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong;
(b)
the General Manager; and
(c)
not less than five or more than nine members, who shall be appointed by the Minister:
Provided that if the Chairman be also the General Manager—
(i)
the maximum number of members under paragraph (c)
shall be ten; and
(ii)
the Chairman shall have no vote in his capacity as General
Manager.
(2)
Subject to this Act the member of the Commission other than the Chairman and the General Manager shall hold office for such term and subject to such conditions as the Minister shall determine.
(3)
The Minister may appoint any person to be a temporary member of the Commission during the temporary incapacity through illness or during the temporary absence from Malaysia of any member.
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(4)
The Yang di-Pertuan Agong may appoint a person whether a member of the Commission or not to be temporary Chairman of the Commission, during the temporary incapacity through illness or during the temporary absence from Malaysia of the Chairman, and the person so appointed may perform all the duties and exercise all the powers of the Chairman.
(5)
If at any time it appears to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong that removal from office of all or any of the members of the Commission is necessary in the interests of the effective and economical performance of the functions of the Commission under this Act, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong may remove from office, without assigning any reason therefor, all or so many of the members of the Commission as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong considers necessary in the interests aforesaid.
(6)
The Minister may, at any time, accept the resignation of any member of the Commission.
(7)
The Chairman may, by instrument in writing, authorize any person to exercise any power or perform any function conferred upon the Chairman by or under this Act.
Disqualification of members