Private Higher Educational Institutions Act 1996 s 89
s 89 Distinction of race and creed prohibited
(1) Subject to the provision of Article 153 of the Federal Constitution, membership of a private higher educational institution,
whether as an officer, teacher or student, shall be open to all persons irrespective of sex, race, religion, nationality or class.
(2) No test of religious belief or profession shall be adopted or imposed in order to entitle any person to be admitted to such membership or to be awarded any degree, diploma or certificate nor shall any fellowship, scholarship, exhibition, bursary, medal, prize, other distinction or award be limited to persons of any particular race, religion, nationality or class.
Malay text (authoritative)
Membezakan antara ras dan kepercayaan dilarang
(1) Tertakluk kepada peruntukan Perkara 153 Perlembagaan Persekutuan, keanggotaan institusi pendidikan tinggi swasta, sama ada sebagai pegawai, guru atau pelajar, hendaklah dibuka kepada semua orang tanpa mengira jantina, ras, agama, bangsa atau kelas.
(2) Tiada ujian mengenai agama yang dianuti atau kepercayaan boleh diadakan atau dipaksakan untuk membolehkan seseorang berhak diterima sebagai anggota sedemikian atau untuk dianugerahkan apa-apa ijazah, diploma atau sijil atau fellowship, biasiswa, bantuan, dermasiswa, pingat, hadiah, atau kepujian atau penganugerahan lain boleh dihadkan bagi orang daripada mana-mana ras, agama, bangsa atau kelas tertentu.
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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).
