Powers of police officers under this Act
70. Nothing contained in this Act shall derogate from the powers of a police officer to investigate into any offence under this Act and to prosecute any person in respect of any such offence, so long as the provisions of this Act are complied with.
Minister’s power to make orders, regulations and rules and amend Schedule
71. (1) The Minister may, from time to time, by order published in the Gazette, prescribe any society, union, organization or body to be a public body.
(2) The Minister may make regulations or rules for the further, better and more convenient carrying out of the provisions of this Act, and without prejudice to the generality of this provision, the Minister may make regulations or rules—
- (a) relating to any board or committee established under this Act;
- (b) providing for the form of any notice, order, declaration or other matter under this Act; and
- (c) providing for the service or delivery of any notice, order, direction, instruction, requirement or other thing lawfully done under this Act.
(3) The Minister may, from time to time, by order published in the Gazette, amend the Schedule.
Immunity
72. No action, suit, prosecution or other proceedings whatsoever shall lie or be brought, instituted, or maintained in any court or before any other authority against—
- (a) the Government of Malaysia;
- (b) any officer or employee of the Government of Malaysia or of the Commission;
- (c) any member of the Advisory Board or the Special Committee or any other committee established under or for the purposes of this Act; or
