*MALAYSIA VOLUNTEERS CORPS ACT 2012

This Act comes into operation on 22 June 2012.

Interpretation

The Minister may appoint, from among the members of the public service, such number of Deputies Director General of RELA and such other officers as may be necessary for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Act.

All officers appointed under subsection (2) and members of

RELA enrolled under this Act shall be subject to the command, control and direction of the Director General.

The Director General may in writing, subject to such conditions, limitations or restrictions as he thinks fit to impose, delegate all or any of his powers or functions under this Act to a Deputy Director General of RELA or to an officer of RELA.

to assist any security force or authority established under written law upon request of the force or authority;

to give assistance to the relevant authority in controlling and diverting motor vehicle;

to take part in community service;

to assist in protecting building, installation or other property belonging to the Federal or State Government or any other statutory body or such private property upon request of the owner of the building, installation or property; and

to carry out any orders and directions issued by the Director

General not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act.

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Every officer and member of RELA shall perform the duties and exercise the powers as are by law imposed and shall obey all lawful directions which he may receive from his superior officer authorized by the Director General.

For the purpose of exercising the duty under paragraph (1)(a), the officer and member of RELA shall be under the command of an officer of the security force or authority, as the case may be, who is present at the place.

Power to control and divert motor vehicle

In exercising the powers under subsection (1), the officer and member of RELA shall be under the command of the police officer or traffic warden, as the case may be, who is present at the place.

Upon such application, the Director General or an officer authorized by him may enrol or refuse to enrol the person as a member of RELA.

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A person shall be deemed to have been enrolled as a member of

RELA upon service of a notice to him by the Director General or an officer authorized by the Director General that he has been selected for enrolment.

A member of RELA who is below the age of eighteen on the coming into operation of this Act shall cease to be a member of RELA.

Certificate of appointment

A member whose period of enrolment is not extended shall have his name placed on a reserve list.

Training

The period of training shall not exceed ten days at any one time.

No employer shall—

An employer who is within the definition of the Employment

Act 1955 [Act 265], the Labour Ordinance [Sabah Cap. 67] or the

Labour Ordinance [Sarawak Cap. 76] may deduct the pay or other remuneration of such person who undergoes the training under subsection (1).

An employer who—

The court by which an employer is convicted of an offence under subsection (5) for the contravention of subsection (3) may order the employer to pay to the person referred to in subsection (3) the pay and other remuneration to which that person is entitled during the period of training.

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Prohibition of dismissal of employees by reason of training

The officer or member of RELA, upon receipt of the notice under subsection (1), shall serve a notice on the member resigning informing him that he has been discharged from membership of RELA and thereupon such person shall cease to be a member of RELA.

A person who has ceased to be a member of RELA under subsection (2) shall, within fourteen days after he ceases to be a member, surrender the certificate of appointment issued to him under this Act.

Termination of membership

Any person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding three thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both.

Offence of obstruction

pretends to be an officer or a member of RELA knowing that he is not;

falsely personates an officer or a member of RELA; or

in such assumed character does or attempts to do any act under colour of being an officer or a member of RELA,

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commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both.

Every member of RELA who is eligible for uniform and equipment shall be issued with such uniform and equipment and wear such badges of rank as the Director General may determine.

The officer and member of RELA referred to in subsections (1)

and (2) shall retain in his possession and maintain in good order such uniform and equipment.

Uniform and equipment to be delivered up on ceasing to be member

An officer or a member of RELA who, having ceased to be a member of RELA, without good cause fails to comply with subsection (1) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both, and, in addition, shall be liable to pay the value of the property not delivered up, and such value

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may be ascertained by the court in a summary manner and shall be recoverable as a fine.

RELA areas

The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, amend the

Schedule.

Honorary and associates ranks

Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the

Minister may make regulations relating to all or any of the following matters:

Subject to subsection 7(4), the persons who were enrolled as members of the Ikatan Relawan Rakyat under the Essential

(Ikatan Relawan Rakyat) Regulations 1966 shall continue to be members under this Act as if those persons had been enrolled under subsection 7(2) of this Act.