KUALA LUMPUR: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) has suggested a new act that gives them more authority, especially in terms of enforcement relating to the misuse of language as well as to provide accreditation of the standard of language at various levels.
DBP board of directors chairman Prof Datuk Seri Dr Awang Sariyan said the draft of the bill, which is now with the Education Ministry, needs to be brought before the Cabinet for approval before it can be presented in Parliament.
Awang, who is also a Senator, said that they had prepared a suggested amendment to the DBP Act 1959 last year to empower the functions of DBP, but it was still being reviewed by the Education Ministry after taking the views of the Attorney-General's Chambers into consideration, which suggested that a new act should be drafted as the suggested amendments covered many issues.
"DBP will not penalise or issue fines as its priority but there needs to be provisions for legal enforcement for the use of the country's language to build a stronger country. With the suggested rating function, he said DBP would become an authoritative body for rating the level of language implementation and quality in ministries, departments, agencies and other public authorities.
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