Delegation of Powers Act 1956 s 18

s 18 Signification of orders, etc., and signing of documents by other persons

(1) Without prejudice to the generality of section 17, where, by any written law, power is given to any of the persons mentioned in the first column of the Schedule to make any regulation or order or give any direction, approval, permission or consent, or where any document is required to be under the hand of, or signed by such person it shall be sufficient, unless it is otherwise expressed, for such regulation, order, direction, approval, permission, consent or document to be signified under the hand of, or signed or countersigned by, the person mentioned in the second column of the said Schedule or such officer as may be designated in that behalf, either generally or specially, by the person mentioned in the first column of the said Schedule by notification in the Gazette. (2) The Yang di-Pertuan Agong may, after reference to the Ruler in Council or Yang di-Pertua Negeri in Council of any State concerned, by order, delete from, vary, or add to the said Schedule.

Malay text (authoritative)

Penandaan perintah, dsb., dan penandatanganan dokumen oleh orang lain

(1) Tanpa menjejaskan keluasan seksyen 17, jika, menurut mana-mana undang-undang bertulis, kuasa diberikan kepada mana-mana orang yang disebut dalam ruang pertama Jadual untuk membuat apa-apa peraturan atau perintah atau memberikan apa-apa arahan, kelulusan, kebenaran atau keizinan, atau jika apa-apa dokumen dikehendaki di bawah tandatangan, atau ditandatangani oleh orang itu ia adalah mencukupi, melainkan jika ia dinyatakan selainnya, bagi peraturan, perintah, arahan, kelulusan, kebenaran, keizinan atau dokumen itu ditandakan di bawah tandatangan, atau ditandatangani atau ditandatangan balas oleh, orang yang disebut dalam ruang kedua Jadual tersebut atau mana-mana pegawai sebagaimana yang ditetapkan bagi maksud itu, sama ada secara am atau khas, oleh orang yang disebut dalam ruang pertama Jadual tersebut melalui pemberitahuan dalam Warta. Perwakilan Kuasa (2) Yang di-Pertuan Agong boleh, selepas rujukan kepada Raja dalam Majlis Mesyuarat atau Yang di-Pertua Negeri dalam Majlis Mesyuarat bagi mana-mana Negeri yang berkaitan, melalui perintah, memotong daripada, mengubah, atau menambah kepada Jadual tersebut.

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Text as at 1 January 2006 (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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