"Director General"  means the Director General of National Registration appointed under section 3;

  "registration officer"  means-

(a) the Director General of National Registration and Deputy Director General of National Registration appointed under section 3;

(b) the Director of the Identity Card Division appointed under section 3A;

(c) the Director of National Registration of each State appointed under section 3A;

(d) any registration officer appointed under paragraph 3B(1) (a) ;

(e) any registration agent appointed under paragraph 3B(1) (b) .

[Subs. Act A1114 - Prior text read - ""registration officer" means the Director General, the Deputy Director General of Na

3 -3. Appointment of Director General and Deputy Director General.

(1) The Yang di-Pertuan Agong may appoint a Director General and a Deputy Director General of National Registration for the purposes of the Act.

(2) Subject to the general direction and control of the Minister, the Director General may exercise the powers conferred, and shall perform the duties imposed, upon him by this Act.

(3) For the purposes of this Act, and subject to the general direction and control of the Minister, the Deputy Director General of National Registration may exercise all the powers and shall perform all the duties of the Director General and, in the absence of the Director General, may act in his behalf.

[Subs. Act A1114 - Prior text read - " 3. Appointment of Officers. (1) For the purposes of this Act, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong may appoint - (a) a Director General of National Registration; (b) a Deputy Director General of National Registration; (c) a Director of National Registrati

3A -3A. Appointment of Directors.

(1) The Minister may appoint a Director of the Identity Card Division at the Headquarters of the National Registration Department and a Director of National Registration for each State for the purposes of this Act.

(2) Subject to the direction and control of the Director General, the Director of the Identity Card Division at the Headquarters of the National Registration Department and the Director of National Registration for each State shall have and may exercise all the powers and perform all the duties of the Director General.

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3B -3B. Appointment of registration officers and registration agents.

(1) The Director General may appoint-

(a) such number of registration officers; and

(b) such number of persons who are not public officers as registration agents,

as he deems necessary and expedient.

(2) The Director General may, in relation to any matter or class of matters, appoint any road transport officer or, immigration officer or any officer of any Government department to be a registration officer for the purposes of this Act, and a person so appointed shall exercise his powers and perform his duties subject to the direction and control of the Director General.

(3) A person who is in the employment of the State Government of Sabah or the State Government of Sarawak may not be appointed as a registration officer without the prior written consent of the State Government.

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3C -3C. Public servants.

All registration officers shall be deemed to be public servants for the purposes of the Penal Code [Act 574] .

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4 -4. Establishment of register.

(1) The Director General shall cause to be kept and maintained a register of all persons in Malaysia who are required to register under this Act.

(2) The register shall be in such form and shall contain such particulars as may be prescribed by regulations made under section 6.

5 -5. Registration.

Subject to any exemption which may be granted by regulations made under section 6, every person within Malaysia shall be registered under and in accordance with this Act.

6 -6. Regulations.

(1) The Minister may make regulations for the purposes of this Act.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred by subsection (1), the regulations may provide for -

(a) the manner in which and the places at which application for registration of persons shall be made;

(b) the establishment of a central registry;

(c) the information and documents to be furnished for the purposes of registration;

(d) the taking and recording of photographs and finger and thumb prints of persons required to be registered;

(e) the issue and form of identity cards and the particulars to be entered thereon;

(f) the inspection of identity cards by persons in charge of hotels and lodging houses and other classes or descriptions of persons;

(g) the issue of replacement of identity cards;

(h) requiring per

7 -7. [Deleted].

[Deleted by Act A1114 - Prior text read -" 7. Authority of Registration Officer to Prosecute. Any registration officer may appear in any court and conduct any prosecution in respect of any offence against this Act." ]

7A -7A. Jurisdiction of a court of the First Class Magistrate.

Notwithstanding the provisions of any written law to the contrary, a First Class Magistrate shall have the jurisdiction to try any offence under this Act or any regulations made under this Act, and to impose the full punishment for any such offence.".

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8 -8. Obligation to be in Possession of Travel Document.

Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to relieve any person of any obligation under any other written law to be in possession of a passport or any other travel document whatsoever.