Section 2
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
of Sports Development Act 1997
“certificate” means the certificate of registration issued under section 18;
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Sports appointed under section 10 and includes a Regional, Deputy or Assistant
Commissioner of Sports;
“company” has the same meaning as is assigned to that expression in the Companies Act 2016 [Act 777] and includes a “corporation”
as defined in that Act;
“licence” means the licence issued by the Commissioner under section 36;
“Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for sports;
“National Sports Council” means the National Sports Council of
Malaysia established under the National Sports Council of Malaysia
Act 1971 [Act 29];
“office bearer”, in relation to a sports body, includes—
(a)
a member of any subcommittee or other body established or formed by the governing body of a sports body, or by the governing body of a branch of such sports body;
(b)
any person who is responsible to any extent for the management of any of the affairs, or the conduct of any of the activities, of a sports body or of any branch of such sports body; and
(c)
any person who is appointed or authorized to represent, or act on behalf of, a sports body or any branch of such sports body, in any matter, other than a person who is
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engaged by the sports body to represent, or to act on behalf of, the sports body or any branch of such sports body in his professional capacity or by contractual arrangement;
“sport” means any of the activities listed in the First Schedule;
“sporting activity”, in relation to a sport, includes—
(a)
the organization of competitions, seminars, clinics or courses for a sport;
(b)
the sending of participants to sporting competitions or events; and
(c)
any other activity ancillary or related to a sport;
“sports body” means an association, club or society which acts as the governing or representative body of a sport in Malaysia whether at district, State or national level, whether or not such association, club, or society is only an affiliate of another association, club, or society;
“Sports Dispute Committee” means the Sports Dispute Committee established under Part VI;
“sportsperson” means the participant of a sport, including an athlete;
“State” includes the Federal Territories of Malaysia.