The Private Higher Educational Institutions (Advertisement)
Regulations 1997 [P.U.(A) 543/1997], which came into force in 1997 were
recently amended. The amendments to the regulations followed the amendments that
were made to the principal Act by the Private Higher Educational Institutions (Amendment)
Act 2017.
The amendments to the Advertisement Regulations came into
effect on 15 March 2019. The original regulation 2 has been substituted with a
new version which reads as follows;
"2. Particulars of
advertisement.
(1) Every advertisement issued by a
private higher educational institution shall contain the following particulars:
(a) the registered name of
the private higher educational institution;
(b) the registered address
of the premises of the private higher educational institution;
(c) the telephone number,
electronic mail address, website address and social media link of the private
higher educational institution, if any; and
(d) any other particulars
as may be determined by the Registrar General.
(2) A private higher educational
institution which contravenes subregulation (1) commits an offence and shall,
on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit or to imprisonment
for a term not exceeding one month or to both."
The original regulation 3 has been substituted with the
following:
"3. Advertisement on course of
study or training programme.
(1) Without prejudice to the
generality of regulation 2, every advertisement on an approved course of study
or training programme issued by a private higher educational institution shall
contain the following particulars:
(a) the full name, course
code and date of expiry of the course of study or training programme;
(b) the accreditation
status of the course of study and the reference code of the accreditation
status;
(c) the registered name of
the branch at which the course of study or training programme is conducted; and
(d) any other particulars
as may be determined by the Registrar General.
(2) A private higher educational
institution which contravenes subregulation (1) commits an offence and shall,
on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit or to imprisonment
for a term not exceeding one month or to both."
