(1) The Board may, if it considers fit, suspend the practicing certificate of a registered counsellor for a period not exceeding six months pending the completion of an investigation by the Investigation Committee and inquiry by the Disciplinary Committee.
(2) No registered counsellor shall practise as a counselor during the period of suspension under subsection (1).
(3) Any person who contravenes subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence.
Malay text (authoritative)
Penggantungan amalan sementara menanti penyiasatan selesai
(1) Lembaga boleh, jika difikirkannya patut, menggantung perakuan amalan seseorang kaunselor berdaftar selama suatu tempoh yang tidak melebihi enam bulan sementara menanti selesainya penyiasatan oleh Jawatankuasa Penyiasatan dan siasatan oleh Jawatankuasa Tatatertib.
(2) Tiada kaunselor berdaftar boleh menjalankan amalan sebagai kaunselor dalam tempoh penggantungan di bawah subseksyen (1).
(3) Mana-mana orang yang melanggar subseksyen (2) melakukan suatu kesalahan.
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).