(1) Where the Chairman is for any reason unable to perform his functions or during any period of vacancy in the office of the Chairman, the Deputy Chairman shall perform the functions of the Chairman.
(2) Where both the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman are for any reason unable to perform the functions of the Chairman or during any period of vacancy in the offices of the Chairman and Deputy Chairman, the Minister may appoint any member of the Council to perform the functions of the Chairman.
(3) The Deputy Chairman or the member appointed under subsection (2), as the case may be, shall, during the period in which he is performing the functions of the Chairman under this section, be deemed to be the Chairman.
Malay text (authoritative)
Penjalanan sementara fungsi-fungsi Pengerusi
(1) Jika kerana apa-apa sebab Pengerusi tidak dapat melaksanakan fungsi-fungsinya atau semasa apa-apa tempoh kekosongan jawatan Pengerusi, Timbalan Pengerusi hendaklah melaksanakan fungsi-fungsi Pengerusi.
(2) Jika kerana apa-apa sebab Pengerusi dan Timbalan Pengerusi kedua-duanya tidak dapat melaksanakan fungsi-fungsi Pengerusi atau semasa apa-apa tempoh kekosongan jawatan Pengerusi dan Timbalan Pengerusi, Menteri boleh melantik mana-mana anggota Majlis untuk melaksanakan fungsi-fungsi Pengerusi.
(3) Timbalan Pengerusi atau anggota yang dilantik di bawah subseksyen (2), mengikut mana-mana yang berkenaan, hendaklah, dalam tempoh dia melaksanakan fungsi-fungsi Pengerusi di bawah seksyen ini, disifatkan sebagai Pengerusi.
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).
