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Youth Societies and Youth Development (Amendment) Act 2019 is Malaysia Amendment Act, cited as Amendment Act A1602 2019, currently marked in force and first recorded in 2019.
Opening note
This Act comes into operation on a date to be appointed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette and the Minister may appoint different dates for the coming into operation of different provisions of this Act.
Amendment of section 2
The Youth Societies and Youth Development Act 2007
[Act 668], which is referred to as the “principal Act” in this Act, is amended in section 2—
in the definition of “youth”, by substituting for the word
“forty” the word “thirty”;
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in the definition of “office-bearers”, by substituting for the words “means any person who is” the words “means any person who, on the date of his appointment, is a person of not less than eighteen years old and not more than thirty years old, and is”; and
in the definition of “youth society”, by substituting for the word “forty” wherever appearing the word “thirty”.
Amendment of section 12
Section 12 of the principal Act is amended by substituting for the words “at the national level shall hold office for a period not exceeding six years continuously” the words “, on the date of his appointment shall not be less than eighteen years old and not more than thirty years old, and shall hold office for a period not exceeding four years continuously”.
Amendment of section 15
Section 15 of the principal Act is amended by substituting for the word “forty” the word “thirty”.
Amendment of section 20
Subsection 20(6) of the principal Act is amended by deleting the words “and such cancellation shall be published in the Gazette”.
Saving
Any member appointed or elected as an office-bearer in a youth society who has attained the age of thirty years or has exceeded the age of thirty years before the date of coming into operation of this Act shall, on or after the date of coming into operation of this Act, be permitted to hold office until the end of his term.
Any procedure relating to the cancellation of registration of any registered youth society which is pending or commenced before the date of coming into operation of this Act shall, after
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the date of coming into operation of this Act, be continued and concluded as if the principal Act had not been amended by this
Act.