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← Communications and Multimedia Act 1998

Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 s 17

Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 s 17

s 17 Establishment of the Appeal Tribunal

(1) The Minister may establish an Appeal Tribunal, which shall convene on an ad hoc basis, as the Minister considers necessary or expedient for good cause and in the interest of justice, or to assist in the performance of the Commission’s functions, or in the public interest. (2) The Minister shall appoint, by order to be published in the Gazette— (a) a Chairman of the Appeal Tribunal; and (b) at least two other members, or such greater number of members, of the Appeal Tribunal, to review a particular matter under a licence, this Act or its subsidiary legislation. (3) The Minister shall appoint a person who is currently a Judge of the High Court to be the Chairman of the Appeal Tribunal. (4) The appointment of any member of the Appeal Tribunal may be renewed upon the expiry of his term as a member. (5) No member of the Appeal Tribunal shall be appointed for a term exceeding three years. (6) Notwithstanding subsection (5), a member of the Appeal Tribunal may be reappointed for a further term.

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Find Act 588 on lom.agc.gov.my ↗

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).

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