Malaysia legislation
Section 3
Section 3
(2)
The Board shall consist of the following members who shall be Malaysian citizens and who are appointed by the Minister:
(a)
a President who shall be a Professional Engineer or a
Professional Engineer with Practising Certificate;
(b)
not more than fourteen members who shall be
Professional Engineers and Professional Engineers with
Practising Certificates, five of whom shall be from a nomination list submitted by the Council of the
Institution of Engineers (Malaysia);
(c)
one member on the nomination of the Board of
Architects from among members of that Board established under the Architects Act 1967; and
(d)
one member on the nomination of the Board of Quantity
Surveyors from among members of that Board established under the Quantity Surveyors Act 1967.
(2A)
(Deleted by Act A1158).
(3)
The members of the Board referred to in paragraph (2)(b)
shall consist the following:
(a)
three Professional Engineers and two Professional
Engineers with Practising Certificates who are in the public service of the Federation;
(b)
not more than two Professional Engineers who are in the service of any local authority or statutory authority;
(c)
not more than five Professional Engineers with
Practising Certificates who are employees, sole proprietors, partners or directors of an engineering consultancy practice; and
(d)
a Professional Engineer and a Professional Engineer with Practising Certificate who are employees of any person or body of persons, not being in the public
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service of the Federation or in the service of any local authority or statutory authority.
(3A)
Where the Council of the Institution of Engineers
(Malaysia) referred to in paragraph (2)(b) does not submit a nomination list within thirty days before the expiry of the term of office of the five members of the Board nominated by the Council of the Institution of Engineers (Malaysia), the Minister shall appoint any person qualified as a member of the Board.
(4)
A member of the Board, including the President shall, unless he sooner resigns or his appointment is revoked, hold office for a term not exceeding three years and subject to subsection (5)
shall be eligible for reappointment.
(5)
A member of the Board, including the President, shall not be appointed for more than five consecutive years.
(6)
If any member of the Board dies or resigns or his appointment is revoked, a new member shall as soon as practicable be appointed in his place and the member so appointed shall hold office for the remainder of the term for which his predecessor was appointed.
(7)
The provisions of the Schedule shall have effect with respect to the Board.
(8)
The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, amend the Schedule.
Functions of the Board