SCOUTS ASSOCIATION OF MALAYSIA (INCORPORATION) ACT 1968

This Act applies throughout Malaysia.

Interpretation

the Boy Scouts Ordinance 1953 of the Federation of

Malaya [F.M. Ord. No. 60 of 1953];

the Boy Scouts Association Ordinance of Sabah

[Sabah Cap. 17]; or

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the Boy Scouts Association Ordinance of Sarawak [Sarawak

Cap. 99];

“Scouts” includes Scout, Junior Scout, Senior Scout, Rover

Scout, Scouter, Lay Member of the Association or Member of

Baden-Powell Guild recognized by the Ordinance;

“Corporation” means the Persekutuan Pengakap-Pengakap

Malaysia or in English, the “Scouts Association of Malaysia”

incorporated by this Act;

“Association” means the Boy Scouts Association of Malaysia referred to under the Ordinance.

Incorporation of Scouts Association of Malaysia

The Corporation may sue and be sued in its name and may do all other matters and things incidental or appertaining to a body corporate.

The Corporation may—

enter into contracts;

acquire, purchase, take, hold and enjoy movable and immovable property of every description; and

convey, transfer, assign, surrender and yield up, charge, mortgage, demise, reassign or otherwise dispose of, or deal with, any movable or immovable property vested in the Corporation, upon such terms as the Corporation thinks fit.

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Objects of Corporation

to provide an organization which shall be open to all

Scouts in Malaysia to enable them to give effect to the aim and purposes of the Corporation set out in section 5; and

to do all other things as the Corporation or its Council may deem incidental and conducive to the attainment of such objects.

Aim and purposes of the Corporation

training them in habits of observation, obedience and self-reliance;

including loyalty and thoughtfulness for others;

teaching them services useful to the public and handicrafts useful to themselves; and

promoting their physical, mental, and spiritual development.

The principles and practice of the Corporation shall be based on the Scout Promise and Scout Law and such other principles and practice as shall be provided in the rules of the Corporation.

Council

All deeds, documents and other instruments requiring the seal of the Corporation shall be sealed with the seal of the Corporation pursuant to a resolution of the Council to the effect, in the presence of the persons discharging the duties of the National Chief Commissioner or an Assistant National Chief

Commissioner and one other person authorized by the Council who shall sign every such deed, document or other instrument to which such seal is affixed.

The signing shall be sufficient evidence that the seal was duly and properly affixed and that the seal is the lawful seal of the Corporation.

Register of members

the name of every Scout who immediately before the commencement of this Act was a member of the

Association; or

the name of every Scout who may thereafter become a duly admitted member of the Corporation; and

any other matters as may be determined by the Council.

The register may be kept in such manner as the Council may decide and the duty of keeping parts of the register may be delegated to any member or official of the Corporation.

Rules and by-laws

All property mentioned in subsection (1) together with all after-acquired property, movable or immovable, and all subscriptions, contributions, donations, fines, amounts of loans and advances received or to be received shall be held by the

Corporation for the purposes of this Act and subject to the rules of the Corporation.

All debts and liabilities of the Association existing immediately before the commencement of this Act shall be paid by the Corporation.

All debts due to and subscriptions and contributions payable to the Association immediately before the commencement of this

Act shall be paid to the Corporation.

Application of income and property

No portion of the income and property of the Corporation shall be paid or transferred directly or indirectly, by way of dividend, bonus or otherwise by way of profit to the members of the Corporation.

Nothing in this section shall prevent the payment made in good faith of remuneration to any officers or servants of the

Corporation or to any person in return for any services actually rendered to the Corporation.

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Restriction on sale of badges, etc., of the Association

No person shall, without lawful authority or excuse, have in his possession—

any device which so closely resembles any badge, token or emblem specifically adopted for use by a Scout under the rules of the Corporation as to lead to the belief that the device in question is such badge, token or emblem;

any badge, token or emblem containing any words or characters so closely resembling any words or characters ordinarily used to describe any Scout as to be calculated to deceive or mislead; or

any badge, token or emblem bearing the word “Scout”

or “Scouts”.

Penalty

the Boy Scouts Ordinance 1953 of the Federation of

Malaya;

the Boy Scouts Association Ordinance of Sabah; and

the Boy Scouts Association Ordinance of Sarawak in so far as the Ordinance apply to Boy Scouts.

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Act 784

(Revised—2016)

Particulars under paragraphs 7(ii) and (iii) of the Revision of

Laws Act 1968 [Act 1]

LIST OF AMENDMENTS

Amending law

Short title

In force from

Act 143

Scouts Association of Malaysia Act 1974 23-08-1974

LIST OF LAWS OR PARTS THEREOF SUPERSEDED

No.

Title

Act 409

Scouts Association of Malaysia

(Incorporation) Act 1968

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LIST OF SECTIONS AMENDED

Section

Amending authority

In force from

Long title

Act 143 23-08-1974 1

Act 143 23-08-1974 2

Act 143 23-08-1974 3

Act 143 23-08-1974 13a

Act 143 23-08-1974

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LIST OF AMENDMENTS MADE BY THE COMMISSIONER OF

LAW REVISION UNDER SECTION 6 OF THE REVISION OF

LAWS ACT 1968 [ACT 1]

Provision

Particulars of amendments

Authority for amendment

Table of contents

Arrangement of sections altered paragraph 6(1)(vii)

Throughout the

Act

Word “rules” substituted for

“Rules”

paragraph 6(1)(xv)

Enacting clause

Omitted subparagraph 6(1)(i)(f)

subsection 1(2)

Word “applies” substituted for

“shall apply”

paragraph 6(1)(iii)

section 2

and paragraph 6(1)

Interpretation of

“Council”

subsection 3(2)

Words “shall have perpetual s u c c e s s i o n ” t r a n s p o s e d into subsection 3(1) with consequential alterations made paragraphs 6(1)(xiii)

and (xxiv)

subsections 3(2)

and (3)

Divided into subsection 3(2) and paragraphs 3(3)(a), (b) and (c)

with consequential alterations made paragraphs 6(1)(iii),

and (xxiv)

section 4

and (xxiv)

section 5

In the shoulder note, word “Aim”

substituted for “The aim”

paragraph 6(1)(iii)

subsection 6(1)

subsection 7(1)

, (xxi) and (xxiv)

subsection 8(1)

Divided into paragraphs 8(1)(a),

and (c) with consequential alterations made paragraphs 6(1)(xiii),

and (xxiv)

subsection 8(2)

Words “from time to time”

omitted paragraph 6(1)(xxi)

section 9

and (xxa)

, (xxi) and (xxiv)

subsection 10(2)

Renumbered and divided into subsections (3) and (4) with consequential alterations made paragraphs 6(1)(xiii),

, (xxi) and (xxiv)

section 11

Divided into subsections 11(1),

and (3) with consequential alterations made paragraphs 6(1)(xiii),

, (xxi) and (xxiv)

section 12

Comma inserted after the words

“so to do by the Corporation”

paragraph 6(1)(xvi)

subsection 13(2)

Commas inserted after the words

“No person shall” and “without lawful authority or excuse”

paragraph 6(1)(xvi)

paragraph 13(2)(a)

Word “or” at the end of paragraph omitted paragraph 6(1)(xxi)

paragraph 13(2)(c)

Word “Boy” in the paragraph omitted paragraph 6(1)(xxi)

section 13a