(1) The Yang di-Pertuan Agong shall, on the advice of the Prime Minister, appoint a Chief Commissioner of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission for such period and on such terms and conditions as may be specified in the instrument of appointment.
(2) Where the Chief Commissioner is appointed from among members of the public services, the period of appointment of the Chief Commissioner shall not extend beyond the date of his compulsory retirement from the public service, but where he so attains the age of compulsory retirement he may be reappointed as Chief Commissioner by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, on the advice of the Prime Minister, on contract for such period and on such terms and conditions as may be specified in the instrument of appointment.
(3) The Chief Commissioner shall, during the period of his appointment as set out in the instrument of appointment, hold office at the pleasure of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, subject to the advice of the Prime Minister.
(4) The Chief Commissioner shall, during his term of office as such, be deemed to be a member of the general public service of the Federation for purposes of discipline.
(5) The Chief Commissioner shall be responsible for the direction, control and supervision of all matters relating to the Commission.
(6) The Chief Commissioner shall have all the powers of an officer of the Commission and shall have such powers of a Deputy Public Prosecutor as authorized by the Public Prosecutor for the purposes of this Act.
(7) The Chief Commissioner shall, before assuming the duties and responsibilities of his office, make in such manner as he may declare to be most binding on his conscience before the Yang di-Pertuan Agong such declaration as may be prescribed by the Minister by rules made under section 71.
(8) There shall be issued to the Chief Commissioner a certificate of appointment in the form of an authority card as evidence of his appointment.
(9) The person holding office as the Director General of the Anti- Corruption Agency appointed under subsection 3(2) of the Anti- Corruption Act 1997 [Act 575] immediately before the commencement of this Act shall, upon the commencement of this Act, be deemed to have been appointed Chief Commissioner under subsection (1) for the remainder of the period of his appointment under the 1997 Act, and the requirements of subsection (7) shall be deemed to have been satisfied.
Malay text (authoritative)
Ketua Pesuruhjaya
(1) Yang di-Pertuan Agong hendaklah, atas nasihat Perdana Menteri, melantik seorang Ketua Pesuruhjaya bagi Suruhanjaya Pencegahan Rasuah Malaysia, untuk selama apa-apa tempoh dan atas apa-apa terma dan syarat sebagaimana yang dinyatakan dalam surat cara pelantikannya.
(2) Jika Ketua Pesuruhjaya dilantik daripada kalangan anggota perkhidmatan awam, tempoh pelantikan Ketua Pesuruhjaya tidak boleh melewati tarikh persaraan wajibnya daripada perkhidmatan awam, tetapi jika dia mencapai umur persaraan wajib itu dia boleh dilantik semula sebagai Ketua Pesuruhjaya oleh Yang di-Pertuan Agong, atas nasihat Perdana Menteri, secara kontrak selama apa-apa tempoh dan atas apa-apa terma dan syarat sebagaimana yang dinyatakan dalam surat cara pelantikannya.
(3) Ketua Pesuruhjaya hendaklah, dalam tempoh pelantikannya sebagaimana yang dinyatakan dalam surat cara pelantikannya, memegang jawatan selama diperkenankan oleh Yang di-Pertuan Agong, tertakluk kepada nasihat Perdana Menteri.
(4) Ketua Pesuruhjaya hendaklah, selama tempoh jawatannya sebagai Ketua Pesuruhjaya, disifatkan sebagai anggota perkhidmatan awam am Persekutuan bagi maksud tatatertib.
(5) Ketua Pesuruhjaya hendaklah bertanggungjawab bagi arahan, kawalan dan pengawasan segala perkara yang berhubungan dengan Suruhanjaya.
(6) Ketua Pesuruhjaya hendaklah mempunyai segala kuasa pegawai Suruhanjaya dan hendaklah mempunyai apa-apa kuasa Timbalan Pendakwa Raya sebagaimana yang diberi kuasa oleh Pendakwa Raya bagi maksud Akta ini.
(7) Ketua Pesuruhjaya hendaklah, sebelum mula menjalankan tugas dan tanggungjawab jawatannya, membuat di hadapan Yang di- Pertuan Agong, dengan cara yang diakuinya sebagai yang paling mengikat perasaan hati nuraninya, suatu akuan sebagaimana yang ditetapkan oleh Menteri melalui kaedah-kaedah yang dibuat di bawah seksyen 71.
(8) Maka hendaklah dikeluarkan kepada Ketua Pesuruhjaya suatu perakuan pelantikan dalam bentuk kad kuasa sebagai keterangan tentang pelantikannya.
(9) Orang yang sebaik sebelum permulaan kuat kuasa Akta ini memegang jawatan sebagai Ketua Pengarah Badan Pencegah Rasuah yang dilantik di bawah subseksyen 3(2) Akta Pencegahan Rasuah 1997 [Akta 575] hendaklah, apabila Akta ini mula berkuat kuasa, disifatkan telah dilantik sebagai Ketua Pesuruhjaya di bawah subseksyen (1) untuk selama baki tempoh pelantikannya di bawah Akta 1997 itu, dan kehendak subseksyen (7) hendaklah disifatkan telah dipenuhi.
Text as at 1 June 2020 (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).
