Section 235. Requirement for a secretary

(1) A company shall have at least one secretary who shall be—

(a) a natural person;

(b) eighteen years of age and above; and

(c) a citizen or permanent resident of Malaysia,

who shall ordinarily reside in Malaysia by having a principal place of residence in Malaysia.

(2) A secretary shall be—

(a) a member of a body as set out in the Fourth Schedule; or

(b) a person licensed by the Commission under section 20G of the Companies Commission of Malaysia Act 2001.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(a), the Minister may prescribe any professional body or any other body by notification in the Gazette and may impose any terms and conditions as he thinks fit.

(4) The company and every director who contravene this section commit an offence.