Pg. P.U. 12/2001 MAJLIS AGAMA ISLAM NEGERI PULAU PINANG OFFICERS (CONDUCT AND DISCIPLINE) REGULATIONS 2001
PART III - ABSENCE WITHOUT LEAVE
Regulation 26. Procedure where officer is absent without leave and cannot traced.
(1) Where an officer is absent from duty without leave or without prior permission or without reasonable cause for seven consecutive working days and cannot be traced, his Head of Department shall cause a letter to be delivered personally or sent by A.R. registered post to the officer at his last-known address, directing the officer to immediately report for duty.
(2) If, after the letter is delivered—
(a) the officer reports for duty; or
(b) the officer fails to report for duty or no news is heard from him,
his Head of Department shall submit a report to the appropriate Disciplinary Committee and the Disciplinary Committee shall institute disciplinary action against the officer.
(3) If the letter cannot be delivered in person to the officer by reason of the fact that he is no longer residing at his last-known address or if the A.R. registered letter is returned undelivered, the Head of Department shall report the matter to the Disciplinary Committee having the jurisdiction to impose a punishment of dismissal or reduction in rank upon the officer.
(4) The appropriate Disciplinary Committee shall, upon receiving the report referred to in subregulation (3), take steps to publish a notice in at least one daily newspaper published in the national language and having national circulation as determined by the Disciplinary Committee—
(a) of the fact that the officer has been absent from duty and cannot be traced; and
(b) requiring the officer to report for duty within seven days from the date of such publication.
(5) If the officer reports for duty within seven days from the date of publication of the notice referred to in subregulation (4), his Head of Department shall report the matter to the appropriate Disciplinary Committee and the Disciplinary Committee shall institute disciplinary against the officer.
(6) If the officer fails to report for duty within seven days from the date of the publication of the notice referred to in subregulation (4), the officer shall be deemed to have been dismissed from the service of the Majlis with effect from the date he was absent from duty.
(7) The dismissal of an officer by virtue of subregulation (6) shall be notified in the Gazette.