s 7 Appointment of Controller, Deputy Controllers, etc.
(1) The Minister may appoint, from among public officers, a Controller of Consumer Affairs and such number of Deputy Controllers of Consumer Affairs, Assistant Controllers of Consumer Affairs and other officers as may be necessary for the purposes of this Act.
(2) The Controller shall, subject to the general direction and control of the Minister, perform the functions and duties imposed and exercise the powers conferred upon him under this Act.
(3) The Deputy Controllers, Assistant Controllers and other officers appointed under subsection (1) shall be under the direction and control of the Controller.
(4) A Deputy Controller may perform all the functions and duties imposed and exercise all the powers conferred upon the Controller under this Act.
(5) All officers appointed under this section shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of the Penal Code [Act 574].
Malay text (authoritative)
Pelantikan Pengawal, Timbalan Pengawal, dsb.
(1) Menteri boleh melantik daripada kalangan pegawai awam, seorang Pengawal Hal Ehwal Pengguna dan apa-apa bilangan Timbalan Pengawal Hal Ehwal Pengguna, Penolong Pengawal Hal
Ehwal Pengguna dan pegawai lain sebagaimana yang perlu bagi maksud Akta ini.
(2) Pengawal hendaklah, tertakluk kepada arahan dan kawalan am Menteri, melaksanakan fungsi dan kewajipan yang dikenakan dan menjalankan kuasa yang diberikan kepadanya di bawah Akta ini.
(3) Timbalan Pengawal, Penolong Pengawal dan pegawai lain yang dilantik di bawah subseksyen (1) hendaklah di bawah arahan dan kawalan Pengawal.
(4) Seseorang Timbalan Pengawal boleh melaksanakan segala fungsi dan kewajipan yang dikenakan dan menjalankan segala kuasa yang diberikan kepada Pengawal di bawah Akta ini.
(5) Semua pegawai yang dilantik di bawah seksyen ini hendaklah disifatkan sebagai pekhidmat awam mengikut pengertian Kanun Keseksaan [Akta 574].
Text as at 1 November 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).
