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Offences relating to Awards Act 2017 s 2

Offences relating to Awards Act 2017 s 2

s 2 Interpretation

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— “foreign award” means a valid Order, Decoration and Medal awarded by a Head of State in the First Schedule; “unrecognized foreign award” means a foreign award other than those awarded by a Head of State in the First Schedule; “unrecognized award” means an award purporting to be a Yang di-Pertuan Agong award conferred by any person other than the Yang di-Pertuan Agong; “Yang di-Pertuan Agong award” means a valid Order, Decoration and Medal instituted by the statutes of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong for the purposes of the Federation and the Federal Territories; “investiture” means the conferment of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong award on a particular person by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong; “insignia” means― (a) the collar, riband, badge of the order, badge of the collar, star of the order and badge of the neck; (b) the ribbon, badge and emblem of the decoration; or (c) the ribbon and medal; “Ruler” and “Yang di-Pertua Negeri” have the meanings assigned to them in Clause (2) of Article 160 of the Federal Constitution; “gratification” has the meaning assigned to it in section 3 of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act [Act 694].

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Text as at 26 June 2024 (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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