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Degrees and Diplomas Act 1962 (Revised 1989)

LAWS OF MALAYSIA

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DEGREES AND DIPLOMAS

ACT 1962

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THE COMMISSIONER OF LAW REVISION, MALAYSIA

UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE REVISION OF LAWS ACT 1968 IN COLLABORATION WITH

PERCETAKAN NASIONAL MALAYSIA BHD

2006

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DEGREES AND DIPLOMAS ACT 1962

First enacted ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1962 (Act No. 25 of 1962)

Revised ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1989 (Act 379 w.e.f. 21 September 1989)

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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

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2. Corresponding degrees and diplomas 4 Laws of Malaysia ACT 379

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DEGREES AND DIPLOMAS ACT 1962

An Act to make degrees or diplomas of the University of Malaya or the University of Singapore equivalent, for the purposes of existing written law, to the corresponding degrees or diplomas of the former University of Malaya.

[1 January 1962]

BE IT ENACTED by the Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong with the advice and consent of the Dewan Negara and Dewan Rakyat in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Degrees and Diplomas Act 1962. Corresponding degrees and diplomas

2. (1) Where the possession of any degree or diploma of the former University of Malaya confers any qualification or right under any written law passed or made before the year 1962, the like qualification or right under that law shall be conferred by possession of the corresponding degree or diploma of the present University of Malaya or of the University of Singapore. (2) In this Act "the former University of Malaya" means the University established and incorporated under the University of Malaya Ordinance 1949 [Ord. 17 of 1949], and the "present University of Malaya" means the University of Malaya established and incorporated under the University of Malaya Act 1961 [Act 44 of 1961].

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