Private Higher Educational Institutions Act 1996 s 87
s 87 Institution and conduct of prosecution
(1) Subject to subsection (3), the Registrar General, Deputy Registrar General, Registrar, Deputy Registrar, Assistant Registrar or a police officer not below the rank of Inspector shall have the authority to appear in courtβ
(a) for the conduct of any prosecution in respect of an offence under this Act; or
(b) for the purposes of any other legal proceeding under this Act.
(2) In the case of a Deputy Registrar General, a Registrar, a Deputy Registrar or an Assistant Registrar, such authority shall be subject to the approval of the Registrar General.
(3) Prosecution in respect of any offence under this Act shall not be instituted or conducted without the written consent of the Public Prosecutor.
Malay text (authoritative)
Memulakan dan menjalankan pendakwaan
(1) Tertakluk kepada subseksyen (3), Ketua Pendaftar, Timbalan Ketua Pendaftar, Pendaftar, Timbalan Pendaftar, Penolong Pendaftar atau seorang pegawai polis yang berpangkat tidak rendah daripada Inspektor, hendaklah diberi kuasa untuk hadir di dalam mahkamahβ
(a) bagi menjalankan apa-apa pendakwaan berkenaan dengan suatu kesalahan di bawah Akta ini; atau
(b) bagi maksud apa-apa prosiding undang-undang yang lain di bawah Akta ini.
(2) Dalam hal Timbalan Ketua Pendaftar, Pendaftar, Timbalan Pendaftar atau Penolong Pendaftar, pemberikuasaan itu adalah tertakluk kepada kelulusan Ketua Pendaftar.
(3) Pendakwaan berkenaan dengan kesalahan di bawah Akta ini tidak boleh dimulakan atau dijalankan tanpa kebenaran bertulis Pendakwa Raya.
Read this section in the full act β Β· Open Part XIV β
Find Act 555 on lom.agc.gov.my β
Text as at 1 April 2019 (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).
