s 27C Committee to determine whether prospective candidate is Malay or other racial minority
27C.—(1) For the purposes of section 27A, there is established —(a) a Malay Community Committee whose function is to determine whether a person desiring to be a candidate for any election in any constituency designated under section 8A(1)(b)(i) belongs to the Malay community; and (b) an Indian and Other Minority Communities Committee whose function is to determine whether a person desiring to be a candidate for any election in any constituency designated under section 8A(1)(b)(ii) belongs to the Indian or other minority communities. (2) The Malay Community Committee is to consist of a chairperson and 4 other members, all of whom must be persons belonging to the Malay community and must be appointed by the President on the nomination of the Presidential Council for Minority Rights established under Article 69 of the Constitution after consulting such organisation of the Malay community as the Council thinks fit. (3) The Indian and Other Minority Communities Committee is to consist of a chairperson and 4 other members, who must be persons belonging to the Indian or other minority communities and must be appointed by the President on the nomination of the Presidential Council for Minority Rights established under Article 69 of the Constitution after consulting such organisations of the Indian and other minority communities as the Council thinks fit. (4) A decision of any such Committee requires a simple majority of the members present and voting, except that in the case of an equality of votes, the chairperson or the member presiding has a casting vote in addition to his or her original vote. (4A) The Committee may act despite the absence of any member. (5) Subject to this section, any such Committee may regulate its own procedure. (6) The validity of any proceedings of any such Committee is not affected by any defect in the appointment of any member of the Committee. (7) Any Committee established under this section is to be guided by the merits of each case without regard to legal forms and technicalities, or to whether the evidence before it is in accordance with the law of evidence or not. (8) Any decision of a Committee established under this section is final and conclusive and is not to be appealed against or called in question in any court. (9) Regulations may be made to provide for regulating and facilitating the performance by any Committee of its function under this Act.