Director General and Deputy Director General
The Director General, who shall be appointed by the Minister, shall be responsible for the preparation of programmes, schemes or projects for the consideration of the Majlis, for the issue of policy guidance or of elucidation of decisions of the Majlis and for the supervision and control over the implementation of such decisions and he shall be assisted by one or more Deputy Director Generals to be appointed by the Majlis with the approval of the Minister.
Organization of Majlis into divisions, appointment of directors and their responsibility
(1) The Majlis may set up such divisions as it may think desirable, and each division shall be under the control and charge of an executive officer designated as “the director”.
(2) The director of each division shall be appointed by the Majlis with the approval of the Minister and shall be responsible to Director General.
(3) It shall be the responsibility of the director of an appropriate division subject to the direction of the Director General to implement and execute the decision of the Majlis on matters pertaining to his division, to submit policy recommendations for consideration by the Majlis, to participate, without the right to vote, in any meeting of the Majlis whenever matters pertaining to his division are being considered in that meeting and also to exercise all powers that may be delegated to him by the Majlis.
Appointment of committees
(1) The Majlis may appoint such committees as it may think desirable to exercise such functions as may be delegated to them by the Majlis and to examine and report to the Majlis on any matter whatsoever arising out of or connected with any of its powers and duties under this Act.
(2) Any committee appointed under subsection (1) may include as its members and invite to any of its meetings, persons other than members officers or servants of the Majlis; and where such persons are so included or invited, the Majlis may by resolution declare the remuneration or allowances of such persons; and such remuneration or allowances shall be paid out of the Fund.
(3) Any committee appointed under this section may appoint one or more than one subcommittee.
Appointment of other officers
(1) Subject to any rules that may be made under section 12, the Majlis may appoint on such terms and conditions as the Majlis may think desirable such other officers and servants as may be necessary for carrying out the purpose of this Act.
(2) An officer or servant of the Majlis appointed under subsection
(1) shall subject to the direction of the Director General be under the administrative control of the director to whose division such officer or servant is appointed, transferred or assigned.
Power of Majlis to delegate
(1) The Majlis may delegate to any of the members of the Majlis or to any director or any committee the power and authority to carry out on its behalf such duties, powers or functions as the Majlis may determine, and may authorize any such person or committee to delegate to any person or subcommittee thereof any duties, powers or functions delegated to such person or committee.
(2) The Majlis may at the time of delegating any power or authority under subsection (1) to any of the members of the Majlis, director or committee or at any time thereafter give directions as to the manner in which such delegated power or authority is to be exercised and may at any time revoke, modify or increase such delegation.
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) and subject to subsection (2), the Majlis may delegate to any of the members of the Majlis, director, committee or any person, whether an officer or servant of the Majlis or not, authority to sanction expenditure from the Fund or any other money under the control of the Majlis up to such limit as the Majlis shall in each case prescribe.
Power to make rules relating to salaries, provident fund scheme, etc.
(1) The Majlis may with the approval of the Minister make rules for or in respect of the salaries, allowances and conditions of service of its officers and servants generally.
(2) Schedule II shall apply to the rules made under this section.
Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).
