s 20 Conditions of service, conduct and discipline
(1) The Board may determine the conditions of service of its employees.
(2) The Board shall have disciplinary authority over all its employees and shall exercise disciplinary control over the employees.
(3) The Board may prescribe regulations to provide for the conduct and discipline of its employees.
(4) The regulations prescribed under this section may include—
(a) provisions for the establishment of an appropriate disciplinary committee and the procedures to be complied with;
(b) provisions for the establishment of a disciplinary appeal committee to hear appeals against the decision of a disciplinary committee and the procedures to be complied with; and
(c) provisions for—
(i) the interdiction with reduction in salary or other remuneration; or
(ii) t h e s u s p e n s i o n w i t h o u t s a l a r y o r o t h e r remuneration,
of an employee of the Board during the pendency of the disciplinary proceedings.
(5) The regulations prescribed under this section may create such disciplinary offences and provide for such disciplinary punishments as the Board deems appropriate, and the punishments so provided may extend to dismissal and reduction in rank.
(6) The regulations prescribed under this section shall, in prescribing the procedure for disciplinary proceedings, provide for an opportunity for representations to be made by the employee of the Board against whom the disciplinary proceedings are taken before a decision is arrived at by the disciplinary committee on such disciplinary charge laid against such employee.
Malay text (authoritative)
Syarat-syarat perkhidmatan, kelakuan dan tatatertib
(1) Lembaga boleh menentukan syarat perkhidmatan pekerjanya.
(2) Lembaga hendaklah mempunyai kuasa tatatertib terhadap semua pekerjanya dan hendaklah menjalankan kawalan tatatertib terhadap pekerja itu.
(3) Lembaga boleh menetapkan peraturan-peraturan untuk mengadakan peruntukan mengenai kelakuan dan tatatertib pekerjanya.
(4) Peraturan-peraturan yang ditetapkan di bawah seksyen ini boleh termasuk—
(a) peruntukan bagi penubuhan jawatankuasa tatatertib yang sesuai dan tatacara yang perlu dipatuhi;
(b) peruntukan bagi penubuhan jawatankuasa rayuan tatatertib untuk mendengar rayuan terhadap keputusan jawatankuasa tatatertib dan tatacara yang perlu dipatuhi; dan
(c) peruntukan bagi—
(i) penahanan kerja dengan pengurangan gaji atau saraan lain; atau
(ii) penggantungan kerja tanpa gaji atau saraan lain, seseorang pekerja Lembaga sementara menunggu prosiding tatatertib selesai.
(5) Peraturan-peraturan yang ditetapkan di bawah seksyen ini boleh mewujudkan apa-apa kesalahan tatatertib dan mengadakan peruntukan mengenai apa-apa hukuman tatatertib yang difikirkan sesuai oleh Lembaga, dan hukuman yang diperuntukkan sedemikian boleh meliputi pembuangan kerja dan penurunan pangkat.
(6) Peraturan-peraturan yang ditetapkan di bawah seksyen ini hendaklah, dalam menetapkan tatacara untuk prosiding tatatertib, memberi pekerja Lembaga yang prosiding tatatertib diambil terhadapnya peluang untuk membuat representasi sebelum suatu keputusan dibuat oleh jawatankuasa tatatertib mengenai pertuduhan tatatertib yang dibuat terhadap pekerja itu.
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).
