Interpretation and General Clauses Act · s 33

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s 33Delegation not to preclude exercise of powers by officer delegating same

Whenever, by this Act or any other written law, His Majesty the

Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan in

Council, or any public officer, public body or person is empowered to delegate the exercise of any of the powers, or the performance of any of the duties, vested in him under such written law —

(a)

no delegation made thereunder shall preclude His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, His Majesty the Sultan and Yang

Di-Pertuan in Council or such public officer, public body or person, as the case may be, from exercising or performing at any time any of the powers or duties so delegated; and

(b)

delegation may be conditional, qualified or limited in such manner as the person or body, with whose approval the delegation is required to be made, may approve, and, if there is no such person or body, in such manner as the person or body delegating may think fit.