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Bintulu Port Authority Act 1981 s 4

Bintulu Port Authority Act 1981 s 4

s 4 Constitution of Authority

(1) The Authority shall consist of— (a) a Chairman who shall be appointed by the Minister; (b) the General Manager; and (c) not less than five nor more than nine members to be appointed by the Minister: Provided that it shall be lawful for the Minister to appoint the General Manager to be the Chairman. (2) Where the Chairman is a person other than the General Manager, then unless the Minister appoints any of the members appointed under paragraph (1)(c) to be the Deputy Chairman of the Authority, the General Manager shall be the Deputy Chairman. (3) A temporary Chairman or temporary member may be appointed as provided in subsection (1) during the temporary incapacity through illness, or during the temporary absence from the State of Sarawak or from Malaysia, of the Chairman or member, and the provisions of this Act which apply in relation to the Chairman or member (including a person to be so appointed) shall mutatis mutandis apply in relation to a temporary Chairman or temporary member (including the person to be so appointed). (4) The Authority may act notwithstanding a vacancy in its membership, and no act of the Authority shall be invalid by reason only of some defect in the appointment of any of its members or on the ground that any person acting as a member thereof has ceased to be such member. (5) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Act or any other written law, the Minister may remove from office the Chairman or any of the members of the Authority without assigning any reason therefor. (6) The provisions of the Schedule shall have effect with respect to the Authority and its members.

Malay text (authoritative)

Keanggotaan Lembaga

(1) Lembaga hendaklah terdiri daripada— (a) seorang Pengerusi yang hendaklah dilantik oleh Menteri; (b) Pengurus Besar; dan (c) tidak kurang daripada lima orang tetapi tidak lebih daripada sembilan orang ahli yang dilantik oleh Menteri; Dengan syarat bahawa adalah sah bagi Menteri melantik Pengurus Besar menjadi Pengerusi. (2) Jika Pengerusi ialah orang yang lain daripada Pengurus Besar maka Pengurus Besar hendaklah menjadi Timbalan Pengerusi, melainkan jika Menteri melantik mana-mana ahli yang dilantik di bawah perenggan (1)(c) menjadi Timbalan Pengerusi Lembaga. (3) Seorang Pengerusi sementara atau ahli sementara boleh dilantik sebagaimana yang diperuntukkan dalam subseksyen (1) dalam masa Pengerusi atau ahli itu tidak berupaya sementara kerana sakit atau dalam masa tidak ada sementara dalam Negeri Sarawak atau Malaysia, dan peruntukan Akta ini yang terpakai bagi Pengerusi atau ahli (termasuk orang yang hendak dilantik sedemikian itu) hendaklah dipakai mutatis mutandis bagi Pengerusi sementara atau ahli sementara (termasuk orang yang hendak dilantik sedemikian itu). (4) Lembaga boleh bertindak walaupun ada kekosongan dalam keanggotaannya, dan tiada apa-apa perbuatan Lembaga boleh menjadi tidak sah semata-mata oleh sebab sesuatu kecacatan dalam perlantikan mana-mana ahlinya atau atas alasan bahawa mana-mana orang yang bertindak sebagai ahlinya telah berhenti menjadi ahli yang sedemikian itu. (5) Walau apa pun yang berlawanan dalam Akta ini atau manamana undang-undang bertulis lain, Menteri boleh memecat daripada jawatan Pengerusi atau mana-mana ahli Lembaga tanpa memberi apaapa sebab. (6) Peruntukan Jadual hendaklah dipakai bagi Lembaga dan ahlinya.

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Find Act 243 on lom.agc.gov.my ↗

Text as at 1 July 2015 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.

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).

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