Whistleblower Protection Act 2010

Police force customs immigration malaysian anti corruption commission etc including ministries and departments under federal and state.

Whistleblower protection act 2010. This act is to be implemented by all enforcement agencies eg. 2 this act comes into operation on a date to be appointed by the minister by notification in the gazette. Co operation with other agencies p art iii. Act 711 is implemented by all agencies that have powers of investigation and enforcement.

Act 711 whistleblower protection act 2010 arrangement of sections p art i preliminary section 1. Whistleblower protection act 2010 act 711 has been passed in parliament on may 6 2010. Section 7 1 b whistleblowers protection act 2010 whistleblowers are protected from any act prejudicial to the outcome of the reaction disclosures have been made. Short title and commencement 2.

Act 6 whistleblowers protection act 2010 d maintains the confidentiality of his or her identity as whistleblower and takes reasonable steps to avoid its discovery. 101 12 as amended is a united states federal law that protects federal whistleblowers who work for the government and report the possible existence of an activity constituting a violation of law rules or regulations or mismanagement gross waste of funds abuse of authority or a substantial and specific danger to. The whistleblower protection act of 1989 5 u s c. Description of the act.

An act to provide for the procedures by which individuals in both the private and public sector may in the public interest disclose information that relates to irregular illegal or corrupt. As an initiative to fight corruption the whistleblower protection act 2010 act 711 has been duly approved in parliament on 6 th may 2010 and came into force on wednesday 15 th december 2010. General powers of enforcement agency 4. Interpretation p art ii administration 3.

Alternatively the whistleblower may write directly to the relevant regulatory authorities as prescribed by the whistleblower protection act 2010 including but not limited to bank negara malaysia bnm securities commission sc and malaysian anti corruption commission macc. In this act unless the context otherwise requires enforcement agency means a any ministry department agency or other body set up. Prevention is an integral part of the macc s three pronged strategy as stipulated under section 7 c d and e of the macc act 2009 to detect the risks in corruption in practices systems and work procedures and to advise on the likelihood of occurrences of corruption. And e maintains the confidentiality of the information contained in the disclosure.

3 the protection afforded to a whistleblower under this act shall. Act 711 is intended to curb abuses in the public and private sector particularly misconducts which are corruption related. Power of minister to issue directions 5.