9/18/2019 DRAFT OF THE MEDIA COUNCIL ACT MARCH 2019 a. The members of the Council in category (a) of section 6(2) shall elect 12 Exco members of which at least 3 shall we from members in Sabah and Sarawak b. The members of the Council in category (b) of section 6(2) shall elect 4 Exco members of whom at least 1 shall be a member of a trade union of journalists c. The members of the Council in category (c) of section 6(2) shall elect 4 Exco members from amongst working journalists, of which at least 1 shall we from members in Sabah and Sarawak, provided that no working journalist who owns, or carries on the business of management of any media company shall be eligible for election under this clause d. The 20 Exco members elected via clauses (a), (b) and (c) above shall invite organisations and institutions that are deemed to reflect public interest to nominate a further 4 individuals to the Exco. (2) For the purposes of the elections in sub-section (1), a. each category should elect Exco members to ensure a fair representation of media organizations from the different languages in which media is published in Malaysia, and b. the persons elected under each sub-section shall be such that not more than one person having an interest in or employed by any media organization, media association or group of media organizations shall be elected to the Exco. 10. Tenure of office (1) The Chairperson and other members of the Executive Committee shall hold office for a period of three years. Provided that the Chairperson shall continue to hold such office until the Executive Committee is reconstituted in accordance with the provisions of Section 9 for a period of six months whichever is earlier. (2) Where a person elected as a member of the Exco is censured under the provisions of subsection (1) of section …., he shall cease to be a member of the Council. (3) A member shall be deemed to have vacated his seat if he is absent without excuse, sufficient in the opinion of the Council, from three consecutive meetings of the Council (4) The Chairperson may resign his office by giving notice in writing to the Federal Government, and any other member may resign his office by giving notice to the Chairperson, and upon such resignation being accepted by the Federal Government or as the case may be, the Chairperson, the Chairperson or the member shall be deemed to have vacated his office. (5) Any vacancy arising under sub-section (2), sub-section (3), sub-section (4), or sub-section (5) or otherwise shall be filled, as soon as may be, by nomination in the same manner in which the member vacating office was nominated and the member so nominated shall hold office for the remaining period in which the member in whose place he is nominated would have held office. https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vTQHOj6esm_LYu7fWu5A2JoJPEPe0REt-QLDK-zoiy4iDweb0JuVmKtMOGuT_JsQ85h_icuE4KlH6Xb/pub 7/13