9/18/2019 2. DRAFT OF THE MEDIA COUNCIL ACT MARCH 2019 Interpretation In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires- “Council” means the Media Council of Malaysia established under Section 4; “Chairperson” means the Chairperson of the Council and includes the Vice-chairperson when acting as the Chairperson; “Exco” or “Executive Committee” means the Executive Committee of the Council elected pursuant to section … “Member” means a member of the Council, and includes Chairperson or an alternate member when substituting for a non-alternate member; “public member” means a member of the public with no link (direct or indirect) to the media; “editor” means a journalist who holds a position as editor in a news organisation and exercises primarily editorial functions as such, and includes a chief editor or editor in chief; “media” and “media industry” includes the following; a) “newspaper” means a news organisation that publishes reading materials on a daily or periodically; b) “online media” means a news organisation that publishes reading materials on a daily basis periodically through the medium of computer network or internet; c) “news agencies” means domestically incorporated and owned news organisations for the purpose of collating and dissemination of news, information, photographs and videos; d) “working journalist” is a person who works in the media industry as defined here, on a permanent basis, receives his remuneration on a regular basis and who’s employment is primarily related to editorial functions. e) “producer” means the person holding the position in a broadcast station and functions as such. f) “broadcast station” means radio or television station that broadcast for public hearing or viewing. https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTQHOj6esm_LYu7fWu5A2JoJPEPe0REt-QLDK-zoiy4iDweb0JuVmKtMOGuT_JsQ85h_icuE4KlH6Xb/pub 3/13