Care Centres Act 1993 s 2

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s 2

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— Interpretation. "authorised officer" means a social welfare officer or an officer appointed under section 12; "care" includes protection, supervision, rehabilitation and training; "care centre" means a residential care centre and a day care centre within the meaning of the Act; "day care centre" means, subject to section 3, any premises at which four or more persons are received for care for a continuous period exceeding three hours between the hours of sunrise and sunset in a day, and for at least three days in a week, whether for reward or Exompiod promises. oIc. Act1 43.. otherwise; but in the case of premises operated or managed by a natural person, a person who is a relative of that person shall not be reckoned in determining the number of persons received at the premises for the purposes of this definition; "Director General" means the Director General of Social Welfare, Malaysia; "operator", in relation to a registered care centre, means the person on whose application it was registered; "register" means the register of residential care centres or the register of day care centres, as the case may be, required to be kept under section 8; "registered care centre" means a care centre registored under section 6; "relative" means a legal guardian of the persom concerned, or a person who, whether by consanguimity, affinity, or legal adoption, is to the parson concerned, or stands in relation to the person concerned as, a parent, child, brother, sister, grandparent, grandchild, uncle, aunt, nephew, or niece; "resident", in relation to a residential care centre, means a person who has been received for care as a resident at the residential care centre; "residential care centre" means, subject to section 3, any premises at which four or more persons are received for care as residents therein, whether for reward or otherwise; but in the case of premises operated or managed by a natural person, a person who is a relative of that person shall not be reckoned in determining the number of persons received at the premises for the purposes of this definition.

Malay text (authoritative)

Dalam Akta ini, melainkan jika konteksnya Tafsiran. menghendaki makna yang lain— "daftar" ertinya daftar pusat jagaan berkediaman atau daftar pusat jagaan harian, mengikut mana-mana yang berkenaan, yang dikehendaki disimpan di bawah seksyen 8; "jagaan" termasuk perlindungan, pengawasan, pemulihan dan latihan; "Ketua Pengarah" ertinya Ketua Pengarah Kebajikan Masyarakat, Malaysia; "pegawai diberikuasa" ertinya seseorang pegawai kebajikan masyarakat atau seseorang pegawai yang dilantik di bawah seksyen 12; "pengendali", berhubungan dengan sesuatu pusat jagaan berdaftar, ertinya orang yang atas permohonannya pusat itu didaftarkan; "penghuni" ", berhubungan dengan sesuatu pusat jagaan berkediaman, ertinya seseorang yang telah diterima untuk jagaan sebagai penghuni di pusat jagaan berkediaman itu; "pusat jagaan" ertinya pusat jagaan berkediaman dan pusat jagaan harian mengikut pengertian Akta ini; "pusat jagaan berdaftar" ertinya sesuatu pusat jagaan yang didaftarkan di bawah seksyen 6; "pusat jagaan berkediaman" ertinya, tertakluk kepada seksyen 3, mana-mana premis di mana empat orang atau lebih diterima untuk jagaan sebagai penghuni-penghuni di dalamnya, sama ada untuk upah atau selainnya; tetapi dalam hal premis yang dikendalikan atau diuruskan oleh orang sebenar, seseorang yang merupakan saudara kepada orang itu tidak boleh dikira dalam menentukan bilangan orang yang diterima di premis itu bagi maksudmaksud takrif ini; "pusat jagaan harian" ertinya, tertakluk kepada seksyen 3, mana-mana premis di mana empat orang atau lebih diterima untuk jagaan selama suatu tempoh berterusan yang melebihi tiga jam sehari di antara matahari terbit hingga matahari terbenam, dan relama sekurang-kurangnya tiga hari seminggu, sama aua untuk upah atau selainnya; tetapi dalam hal premis yang dikendalikan atau diuruskan oleh orang sebenar, seseorang yang merupakan saudara kepada orang itu tidak boleh dikira dalam menentukan bilangan orang yang diterima di premis itu bagi maksud-maksud takrif ini; "saudara" ertinya penjaga di sisi undang-undang bagi orang yang berkenaan, atau seseorang yang, sama ada melalui pertalian darah, persemendaan, atau pengangkatan di sisi undang-undang, adalah menjadi kepada orang yang berkenaan, atau berkedudukan berhubungan dengan orang yang berkenaan seperti, bapa, ibu, anak, adik, abang, kakak, datuk, nenek, cucu, bapa saudara, ibu saudara, atau anak saudara.

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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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