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(a) take any book, paper, document, picture or other things, except those authorized by
the examiner, into or out of an examination room, or receive any book, paper,
document, picture or other things from any other person while in the examination
room except that a candidate may, while he is in the examination room, receive from
the invigilator such books, papers, documents, pictures or other things which have
been recommended by the examiner or Committee of Examiners, and authorized by
the Vice-Chancellor;

(b) write or have it written by another person, any information or diagram which may be
relevant to the examination he is sitting for, on his hand or any other part of his
anatomy, or on his apparel or clothing;

(c) communicate with any other candidate during an examination by whatever means; or

(d) cheat or attempt to cheat or conduct himself in a manner which can be construed as
cheating or attempting to cheat in an examination while the examination is being
conducted.

(6) No person is permitted to smoke in any examination room during an examination.

(7) The chief invigilators and the invigilators shall be appointed from full-time teachers in the
number and for the period of the examination as required by the Vice-Chancellor or by an
officer authorized by the Vice-Chancellor. A full-time teacher who is appointed as chief
invigilator or invigilator shall carry out the invigilation duties as prescribed:

(a) A chief invigilator or invigilator shall report to the Vice-Chancellor if in the opinion of
the chief invigilator or the invigilator, a situation has arisen during an examination for
a course that—

(i) requires the cancellation or postponement of the examination;

(ii) has caused the examination to be conducted in an improper manner; or

(iii) has caused the examination to be unfair to any candidate.

(b) Where an incident such as mentioned in subparagraph (i) has been reported to the
Vice-Chancellor, the Vice-Chancellor can take any action deemed appropriate
including directing that a new examination be held for the course concerned and
where necessary, report his decision to the Senate.

(8) Where the Vice-Chancellor has reason to believe that the contents of any examination paper
or any information relating thereto or work done in relation to an examination may have
become known before the date and time of the examination to any person other than the
examiners or the Committee of Examiners or any person given authority by the Registrar, he
can direct a suspension or cancellation of the examination paper or examination and replace
it with a new examination paper or examination.

(9) A candidate who is found to have plagiarized his assignments or any written work that is part
of the assessment for a course may be subject to disciplinary action under the University of
Malaya (Discipline of Students) Rules 1999.

Examination results

35. (1) The report of the Committee of Examiners for any final examination that qualifies the
candidate concerned to the award of a Degree shall be tabled before the Senate for its
approval.

(2) The registration number and identity of the candidate concerned for any course shall not be
revealed to the examiner except in a meeting of the Committee of Examiners that is held to
determine the results of the examination of the candidate concerned.

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