Malaysia legislation

Section 24

of *UNIVERSITIES AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGES ACT 1971

Section 24

(2)

No higher educational institution or person shall issue to or confer on any person any degree or diploma purporting to be degree or diploma issued or conferred by a University or University College unless the issue or conferment is in accordance with the provisions of this Act or the Private Higher Educational Institutions Act 1996.

(3)

Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine of five thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term of three years or to both.

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