Medicine and Pharmacy
Poisons Act 1952 (Act 366)-(Revised 1989)
An Act to regulate the importation, possession, manufacture, compounding, storage, transport, sale and use of poisons.
Sale of Drugs Act 1952 (Act 368)-(Revised 1989)
An Act relating to the sale of drugs.
Medicines (Advertisement and Sale) Act 1956 (Act 290)(Revised 1983)
An Act to prohibit certain advertisements relating to medical matters and to regulate the sale of substances
recommended as a medicine.
Human Tissues Act 1974 (Act 130)
An Act to make provision with respect to the use of parts of human bodies of deceased persons for therapeutic
purposes and for purposes of medical education and research.
Mental Health
Mental Disorders Ordinance 1952 (FM Ord No 31 of 1952)
An Ordinance to consolidate the law to regulate proceedings in cases of mental disorder, and to provide for the reception and detention of persons of unsound mind in mental hospitals.
Mental Health Act 2001 (Act 615)
An Act to consolidate the laws relating to mental disorder and to provide for the admission, detention, lodging, care, treatment, rehabilitation, control and protection of persons who are mentally disordered and for related matters.
Mines, Minerals and Quarries
Malaysian Chamber of Mines Incorporation Act 1914 (Act 367)-(Revised 1989)
An Act to incorporate the Malaysian Chamber of Mines.
Mineral Ores Enactment (FMS Cap 148)
An Enactment to amend and consolidate the law relating to the purchase and smelting of mineral ores.
Gold Buyers Enactment (FMS Cap 149)
An Enactment to regulate the purchase of raw gold.
Chinese Tin Mines (Rehabilitation Loans) Ordinance 1947 (MU Ord No 9 of 1947)
An Ordinance to provide for loans to Chinese tin miners for the purpose of rehabilitating their tin mining
undertakings and to provide for security for such loans.
Tin Industry (Research and Development) Fund Act 1953 (Act 455)-(Revised 1991)
An Act to provide for the collection of a cess or cesses on the export of tin, for the establishment of a Fund into
which money collected as cess is to be paid; and for the constitution of a Board to administer the Fund.
Tin Control Act 1954 (Act 362)-(Revised 1988)
An Act to provide for the control and regulation of the production, possession, sale, purchase, movement, delivery
and export of tin and tin concentrates and for the purpose of implementing in Malaysia the International Tin
Agreement 1953 and for purposes ancillary thereto.
Attestation of Registrable Instruments (Mining) Act 1960 (Act 387)-(Revised 1989)
An Act relating to the attestation of instruments required to be registered under any written law relating to mining.
Chinese Tin Mines (Rehabilitation Loans) Act 1962 (FM Act No 35 of 1962)
An Act to provide for the control and management of the Chinese Tin Mines Rehabilitation Fund, to prohibit the
making of further loans from that fund, and to provide for matters incidental thereto.
Continental Shelf Act 1966 (Act 83)-(Revised 1972)
An Act relating to the continental shelf of Malaysia, the exploration thereof and the exploitation of its natural
resources and for matters connected therewith.
Geological Survey Act 1974 (Act 129)
An Act to regulate and control geological surveys, to establish geological archives and to provide for matters
incidental thereto.
Malaysia-Thailand Joint Authority Act 1990 (Act 440)
An Act to give effect to an agreement on the establishment and operation of the Malaysia-Thailand Joint Authority
and to make provisions connected therewith.
Mineral Development Act 1994 (Act 525)
An Act to provide for the inspection and regulation of the exploration and mining of materials and mineral ores and
for other matters connected therewith.
Anti-Personnel Mines Convention Implementation Act 2000 (Act 603)
An Act to implements the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of
Anti-Personnel Mines and on their Destruction; and for related matters connected therewith.
Money
Treasury Bills (Local) Act 1946 (Act 188)-(Revised 1977)
An Act to provide for the borrowing of money by the issue of Treasury Bills in Malaysia.
Treasury Deposit Receipts Act 1952 (Act 236)-(Revised 1980)
An Act to confer on the Minister of Finance power to receive money on deposit for fixed periods and to pay interest
thereon and for purposes connected therewith.
Financial Procedure Act 1957 (Act 61)-(Revised 1972)
An Act to provide for the control and management of the public finances of Malaysia, and for financial and
accounting procedure, including procedure for the collection, custody and payment of the public moneys of the Federation and of the States, and the purchase, custody and disposal of public property, other than land, of the Federation and of the States and for matters connected therewith.
Audit Act 1957 (Act 62)-(Revised 1972)
An Act to make provision for the audit of the accounts of the Federation, of the States and of certain other
authorities and specified bodies.
Loans Guarantee (Bodies Corporate) Act 1965 (Act 96)(Revised 1972)
An Act to authorize the Government to guarantee loans raised by certain bodies corporate and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Unclaimed Moneys Act 1965 (Act 370)(Revised 1989)
An Act relating to the payment of unclaimed moneys into the Federal Consolidated Fund.
Development Funds Act 1966 (Act 406)(Revised 1989)
An Act relating to the Development Fund of the Federation and to make provision relating to financial procedure
with respect to the Development Funds of the States.
Loan Funds (Allocation to RIDA1953 to 1956) Act 1967 (Act No 48 of 1967)
An Act to relieve the Majlis Amanah Rakyat of the liability of repaying certain principal sums and charges thereon.
Government Investment Act 1983 (Act 275)
An Act to confer on the Minister power to receive investments of moneys for a fixed period and to pay dividend
thereon.
Financial Reporting Act 1997 (Act 558)
An Act to establish the Financial Reporting Foundation and the Malaysian Accounting Standards Board; to provide
for their functions and powers; and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Statutory Bodies (Power to Borrow) Act 1999 (Act 598)
An Act to regulate the exercise of the power to borrow by all statutory bodies established by federal law and by all
companies and corporations established by the statutory bodies and for matters connected therewith.
Government Trustee Securities Act 1957 (Act 426)(Revised 1990)
An Act to enable loans of the Government of Malaysia to be treated in the United Kingdom as trustee securities.
International Finance Corporation Act 1957 (Act 428)(Revised 1990)
An Act to enable effect to be given to an international agreement for the establishment and operation of an
International Finance Corporation, and for purposes connected therewith.
Bretton Woods Agreements Act 1957 (Act 472)(Revised 1991)
An Act to enable Malaysia to become a member of the International Monetary Fund and of the International Bank
for Reconstruction and Development by acceptance of the International Agreements for the establishment and
operation of the Fund and Bank.
Loans (International Bank) Act 1958 (Act 411)(Revised 1989)
An Act to provide for the raising of loans from the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development by
Malaysia and by certain statutory authorities and for matters connected therewith.
Currency Act 1960 (FM Act No 27 of 1960)
An Act to implement an Agreement between the Governments of the Federation of Malaya, the States of Singapore
and Brunei and the Colonies of Sarawak and North Borneo relating to currency and for matters incidental thereto.
International Development Association Act 1960 (Act 431)(Revised 1990)
An Act to enable Malaysia to become a member of the International Development Association by acceptance of the
Articles of Agreement for the establishment and operation of the International Development Association.
External Loans Act 1963 (Act 403)(Revised 1989)
An Act to authorize the raising of loans outside Malaysia to provide sums required for the purposes of the Federal
Development Fund or for the repayment or amortisation of external loans, and to make general provision with
respect to external loans.
Loan Guarantee Act 1963 (Act 412)(Revised 1989)
An Act to provide for the application of certain provisions of the Loans (International Bank) Act 1958, to a guarantee by Malaysia of a loan by the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development to Malaysian
Industrial Development Finance Limited and for matters connected therewith.
Extended Credit Act 1966 (Act 405)(Revised 1989)
An Act to authorize the raising of loans outside Malaysia in the form of receiving goods or services and delaying
the payment of the price therefor and the value of services together with interest thereon to some future dates and to provide for matters connected therewith.
International Monetary Fund (Ratification of Amendments to the Articles of Agreement) Act 1969 (Act 12)
An Act to provide for the ratification of the amendments to the Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary
Fund, pursuant to Resolution No 23-5 approved by the Board of Governors of the International Monetary Fund, on
31 May 1968 and other matters connected therewith.
International Monetary Fund (Ratification of Second Amendment to the Articles of
Agreement) Act 1977 (Act 184)
An Act to provide for the ratification of the amendments to the Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary
Fund pursuant to Resolution No 31-4 adopted by the Board of Governors of the International Monetary Fund on 30
April 1976 and other matters connected therewith.
International Fund for Agricultural Development Act 1992 (Act 483)
An Act to enable Malaysia to become a member of the International Fund for Agricultural Development by
acceptance of the Agreement Establishing the International Fund for Agricultural Development.
Loans (International Fund for Agricultural Development) Act 1992 (Act 484)
An Act to provide for the raising of loans from the International Fund for Agricultural Development by Malaysia or by certain statutory authorities and for matters connected therewith.
Asian Development Bank Act 1966 (Act 462)(Revised 1991)
An Act to enable effect to be given to an international agreement for the establishment and operation of the Asian
Development Bank and to enable Malaysia to become a member thereof and to make provisions for matters
connected therewith.
Loans (Asian Development Bank) Act 1968 (Act 410)(Revised 1989)
An Act to provide for the raising of loans from the Asian Development Bank by Malaysia or by certain statutory
authorities and for matters connected therewith.
Loan Guarantee Act 1972 (Act 66)
An Act to provide for the application of certain provisions of the Loans (Asian Development Bank) Act 1968, to a guarantee by the Federation of a loan by the Asian Development Bank to Malaysian Industrial Development
Finance Limited and for matters connected therewith.
Islamic Development Bank Act 1975 (Act 153)
An Act to give effect to an international agreement for the establishment and operation of the Islamic Development
Bank and to enable the Federation to be a member thereof and to make provisions for matters connected therewith.
Loans (Islamic Development Bank) Act 1977 (Act 187)
An Act to provide for the raising of loans from the Islamic Development Bank by the Government of the Federation
and for matters connected therewith.
Counterfeit Coin Act 1957 (Act 429)(Revised 1990)
An Act to provide for the defacement of counterfeit coins.
Coin (Import and Export) Act 1957 (Act 430)(Revised 1990)
An Act to regulate the import and export of coins into and from Malaysia.
Malaysian Currency (Ringgit) Act 1975 (Act 160)
An Act to change the name of the unit of Malaysian currency and to provide for matters incidental thereto
Anti-Money Laundering Act 2001 (Act 613)
An Act to provide for the offence of money laundering, the measures to be taken for the prevention of money
laundering and to provide for forfeiture of property derived from, or involved in, money laundering, and for matters incidental thereto or connected therewith
Exchange Control Act 1953 (Act 17)(Revised 1969)
An Act to confer powers, and impose duties and restrictions in relation to gold, currency, payments, securities,
debts, and the import, export, transfer and settlement of property, and for purposes connected with the matters
aforesaid.
Money-Changing Act 1998 (Act 577)
An Act to provide for the licensing and regulation of money-changing business and for matters related thereto.