Country: Malaysia                             
Title:    Laws of Malaysia. Act 308. Child Care Centre Act 1984
Institution:       Ministry of Education
Citations:         Laws of Malaysia. Act 308. Child Care Centre Act
                   1984.  
Descriptors:       Child care centres; Fines (Penalties);
                   Administrative policies.  
Full text: Prosecution of offences

  21. Any prosecution in respect of any offence under this Act may be
  conducted by an authorised officer.

  Appeal

  22. Any person aggrieved by the decision of the Director General
  under this Act shll within thirty days of the notification of such
  decision appeal in writing to the Minister whose decision shall be
  final and shall not be questioned in any court of law on any
  ground.

  Regulations

  23.(1) The Minister may make regulations to carry out the purposes
  of this Act.

  (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the
  foregoing power, such regulations may provide for all or any of the
  following matters-

  (a) the operation, management and supervision of child care
  centres;

  (b) the duties and responsibilities of persons registered in
  respect of child care centres;

  (c) the qualifications, experience, appointment, duties,
  responsibilities and discipline of persons for the purposes of the
  operation, management and supervision of child care centres;

  (d) the health and nutrition care of the children care for in child
  care centres;

  (e) the registration of child minders employed in child care
  centres;

  (f) the keeping and maintenance of such registers pertaining to
  children, in such form as the Minister deems fit;

  (g) the prescribing of the minimum requirements for child centres
  to be used for the reception of children and to provide for the
  minimum sanitary requirements, water supplies and other matters
  pertaining to health in respect of such buildings;

  (h) the prescribing of the minimum equipment;

  (i) the prescribing of forms to be used and the information to be
  furnished for any of the purposes of this Act;

  (j) the granting of certificates and the issue of copies of the
  certificates in the case of the certificates being lost or
  destroyed;

  (k) the fees to be paid under this Act;

  (l) the prescripiton of anything which is required to be or which
  may be prescribed under the Act.

  Provision to allow reception of children above the age of four
  years.

  24. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act the Director
  General may, on the application of the person registered in respect
  of a child care centre, allow that the said child care centre
  receive children above the age of four years, subject to such
  further terms and conditions which the Director General may deem
  necessary.