s 2 Interpretation
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— “Council” means the Malaysian Medical Council established under section 3; “Director General” means the Director General of Health, Malaysia; “fully registered” means fully registered under section 14; “member” means a member of the Malaysian Medical Council established under section 3; “practising certificate” means the annual practising certificate referred to in section 20; “practitioner” means a medical practitioner; “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made under this Act; “President” means the President of the Malaysian Medical Council appointed by subparagraph 1(1) of the First Schedule; “provisionally registered” means provisionally registered under section 12; “public services” has the meaning assigned to it in Article 132 of the Constitution and, in addition, it also means the service of any local authority or the service of any statutory authority exercising powers vested in it by federal or State law, and the expression “public service” shall be construed accordingly; “qualification” means any diploma, degree, fellowship, membership, licence, authority to practise, letters, testimonial, certificate, or other status or document granted by any university, corporation, college, or other body, or by any department of, or persons acting under the authority of, the government of any country or place in or outside Malaysia; “Register” means the Malaysian Medical Register required to be maintained under section 11; “registered” means provisionally registered under section 12 or fully registered under section 14, as the case may be; “Registrar” means the Registrar of Medical Practitioners referred to in section 10; “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Council appointed under paragraph 4 of the First Schedule.