Monday, 15 February 2021

Private Higher Educational Institutions - Changes to Advertisement Regulations 1997

 

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."

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