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Taxation
Income Tax Act 1962 (FM Act No 20 of 1962)
An Act to make provision for the treatment for income tax purposes of contributions and repayments under the Tin Control (Buffer Stock) Regulations, and to make other amendments of the law relating to income tax.
Finance Act 1965 (Act No 2 of 1965)
An Act to amend the laws relating to income tax, to make provision with respect to payroll tax and to tax forms and to provide for matters connected therewith and ancillary thereto.
Income Tax (Tin Buffer Stock Contributions and Repayments) Act 1967 (Act No 31 of 1967)
An Act to make provision for the treatment for income tax purposes of contributions and repayments under the Tin Control (Buffer Stock) Regulations 1966.
Petroleum (Income Tax) Act 1967 (Act 543)-(Revised 1995)
An Act to impose a tax upon income from the winning of petroleum in Malaysia, to provide for the assessment and collection thereof and for purposes connected therewith.
Income Tax Act 1967 (Act 53)-(Revised 1971)
An Act for the imposition of income tax.
Income Tax (Tin Buffer Stock Contributions and Repayments) Act 1974 (Act 132)
An Act to make provision for the treatment for income tax purposes of contributions and repayments under the Tin Control (Buffer Stock) Regulations 1972.
Real Property Gains Tax Act 1976 (Act 169)
An Act to provide for the imposition, assessment and collection of a tax on gains derived from the disposal of real property and matters incidental thereto.
Labuan Offshore Business Activity Tax Act 1990 (Act 445)
An Act to provide for the imposition, assessment and collection of tax on offshore business activity carried on by an offshore company in or from Labuan and for matters connected therewith.
Telecommunications, Broadcasting and Postal Services
Telecommunications Act 1950 (Act 20)-(Revised 1970)
An Act relating to telecommunications.
Telecommunication Services (Successor Company) Act 1985 (Act 322)
An Act to provide for the vesting of property, rights and liabilities of the Government of Malaysia relating to telecommunication services in a company, to make financial arrangements for that company, to provide for matters relating to staff and for other matters connected therewith.
Broadcasting Act 1988 (Act 338)
An Act to provide for the control of broadcasting services and for matters connected therewith.
Postal Services Act 1991 (Act 465)
An Act to regulate the provision of postal services.
Postal Services (Successor Company) Act 1991 (Act 466)
An Act to provide for the vesting of property, rights and liabilities of the Government of Malaysia relating to postal services in a company, to make financial arrangements for that company, to provide for matters relating to staff and for other matters connected therewith.
Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission Act 1998 (Act 589)
An Act to provide for the establishment of the Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Commission with powers to supervise and regulate the communications and multimedia activities in Malaysia, and to enforce the communications and multimedia laws of Malaysia, and for related matters.
Theatres and Other Places of Entertainment
Films (Censorship) Act 1952 (Act 35)—(Revised 1971)
An Act relating to the censorship of films.
Cinematograph Film-Hire Duty Act 1965 (Act 434)—(Revised 1990) (repealed by Act 556)
An Act to regulate the business of the hiring and renting of cinematograph films and to provide for the imposition of a film-hire duty on the renting of such films and the control of charges of admission to a cinema theatre or other place where such films are exhibited.
Perbadanan Kemajuan Filem Nasional Malaysia Act 1981 (Act 244)
An Act to promote, nurture and facilitate the development of the film industry of Malaysia, to establish the Perbadanan Kemajuan Filem Nasional Malaysia and to provide for matters necessary therefor, connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Film Censorship Act 2002 (Act 620)
An Act relating to censorship of films and matters related thereto.
Tort
Civil Law Act 1956 (Act 67)—(Revised 1972) (also appears under title Civil Law)
An Act relating to the civil law to be administered in Malaysia.
Trade and Industry
Industrial Rehabilitation (Finance) Ordinance 1947 (MU Ord No 20 of 1947)
An Ordinance to provide finance for Industrial Rehabilitation.
Malaysian Industrial Development Authority (Incorporation) Act 1965 (Act 397)—(Revised 1989)
An Act to incorporate the Malaysian Industrial Development Authority to be charged with responsibility for the promotion and co-ordination of industrial development in Malaysia.
Statistics Act 1965 (Act 415)—(Revised 1989)
An Act relating to statistics.
National Productivity Corporation (Incorporation) Act 1966 (Act 408)—(Revised 1989)
An Act to establish a body corporate to be called the National Productivity Corporation and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Industrial Co-Ordination Act 1975 (Act 156)
An Act to provide for the co-ordination and orderly development of manufacturing activities in Malaysia, for the establishment of an Industrial Advisory Council and for other matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Standards and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia (Incorporation) Act 1975 (Act 157)
An Act to establish the Standards and Industrial Research Institute of Malaysia in place of the Standards Institution of Malaysia and the National Institute for Scientific and Industrial Research; to provide for the promotion and undertaking of industrial research and for the preparation and promotion of standards for commodities, processes, and practices; and to provide for matters incidental to or connected with those purposes.
Exclusive Economic Zone Act 1984 (Act 311)
An Act pertaining to the exclusive economic zone and certain aspects of the continental shelf of Malaysia and to provide for the regulation of activities in the zone and on the continental shelf and for matters connected therewith.
Promotion of Investments Act 1986 (Act 327)
An Act to make provision for promoting by way of relief from income tax the establishment and development in Malaysia of industrial, agricultural and other commercial enterprises, for the promotion of exports and for incidental and related purposes.
Free Zones Act 1990 (Act 438)
An Act to provide for the establishment of free zones in Malaysia for promoting the economic life of the country and for related purposes.
Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation Act 1992 (Act 490)
An Act to provide for the establishment of a body corporate by the name of the Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation, and for other matters connected therewith.
Lembaga Pembangunan Industri Pembinaan Malaysia Act 1994 (Act 520)
An Act to establish the Lembaga Pembangunan Industri Pembinaan Malaysia and to provide for its functions relating to the construction industry and for matters connected therewith.
Perbadanan Putrajaya Act 1995 (Act 536) (also appears under title Local Government)
An Act to incorporate the Perbadanan Putrajaya and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Small and Medium Industries Development Corporation Act 1995 (Act 539)
An Act to provide for the establishment and incorporation of the Small and Medium Industries Development Corporation, and for matters connected therewith.
Standards of Malaysia Act 1996 (Act 549)
An Act to make new provisions in the law relating to standards and for other matters connected therewith.
Perbadanan Kemajuan Kraftangan Malaysia Act 1979 (Act 222)
An Act relating to the Perbadanan Kemajuan Kraftangan Malaysia and the handicraft industry.
Rubber Shipping and Packing Control Act 1949 (Act 526)—(Revised 1994) (repealed by Act 551)
An Act relating to shipping and packing of rubber for export and for matters connected therewith.
Rubber Industry (Replanting) Fund Ordinance 1952 (FM Ord No 8 of 1952)
An Ordinance to provide for the collection of a cess on the production and export of rubber, 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 and to make financial provision from public funds for approved schemes for the replanting of existing rubber, the planting of new rubber and the planting, in the interest of the rubber industry, of other crops, and for purposes incidental thereto.
Malaysian Rubber Research and Development Fund Act 1958 (Act 401)—(Revised 1989) (repealed by Act 551)
An Act to provide for the levy of a cess on rubber grown in Malaysia and for the establishment and administration of a fund for the purpose of financing research, development and publicity for increasing or stimulating the production and consumption of natural rubber and other purposes relating thereto.
Malaysian Rubber Exchange (Incorporation) Act 1962 (Act 402)—(Revised 1989)
An Act to provide for the establishment of a Corporation to be known as the Malaysian Rubber Exchange for the setting-up of a rubber market in Malaysia and the promotion and regulation of the rubber trade and industry and for matters incidental thereto.
Rubber Industry (Anti-Inflationary Cess) Fund (Winding up) Act 1963 (FM Act No 4 of 1963)
An Act to make provisions for the dissolution of the Rubber Industry (Anti-Inflationary Cess) Board, the payment of claims made to the Rubber Industry (Anti-Inflationary Cess) Fund Ordinance 1956 and the disposal of the monies remaining in the Fund after the payments of such claims and for matters connected therewith.
Rubber Research Institute of Malaysia Act 1966 (Act 407)—(Revised 1989) (repealed by Act 551)
An Act relating to the Rubber Research Institute of Malaysia and other matters incidental thereto.
Rubber Export Registration Act 1966 (Act 475)—(Revised 1991) (repealed by Act 551)
An Act to provide for the registration of rubber exported from Malaysia and for matters incidental thereto.
Malaysian Rubber Exchange and Licensing Board Act 1972 (Act 84) (repealed by Act 551)
An Act to make provisions for the establishment and incorporation of the Malaysian Rubber Exchange and Licensing Board and for matters connected therewith.
Rubber Industry Smallholders Development Authority Act 1972 (Act 85)
An Act to make provision for the establishment and incorporation of the Rubber Industry Smallholders Development Authority and for connected purposes.
Rubber Price Stabilisation Act 1975 (Act 161)
An Act to provide for the co-ordination, implementation and control of activities necessary for the stabilization of the price of rubber, for these purposes to establish an advisory council and to enable the establishment of a rubber stock and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Rubber Statutory Bodies Act 1985 (Act 321)
An Act to amend the Malayan Rubber Fund (Research and Development) Ordinance 1958 and the Rubber Research Institute of Malaysia Act 1966 and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Malaysian Rubber Board (Incorporation) Act 1996
An Act to repeal the Malaysian Rubber Research and Development Fund Act 1958, the Rubber Research Institute of Malaysia Act 1966, the Malaysian Rubber Exchange and licensing Board Act 1972, the Rubber Shipping and Packaging Control Act 1949 and the Rubber Export Registration Act 1966; to dissolve the Malaysian Rubber Research and Development Board, the Rubber Research Institute of Malaysia and the Board of the Rubber Research Institute of malaysia and the Malaysian Rubber Exchange and Licensing Board; to establish the Malaysian Rubber Board and to provide for matters connected therewith and to make better provision in respect of the rubber industry of Malaysia.
Tourism Industry
Innkeepers Act 1952 (Act 248)—(Revised 1981)
An Act to provide for the relief of innkeepers.
Registration of Guests Act 1965 (Act 381)—(Revised 1989)
An Act to make provision regarding the obligation of keepers of residential accommodation in respect of the registration of their guests, and for matters connected therewith and ancillary thereto.
Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board Act 1992 (Act 481)
An Act to establish the Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board and to provide for matters connected therewith.
Tourism Industry Act 1992 (Act 482)
An Act to provide for the licensing and regulation of tourism enterprises and for matters incidental thereto or connected therewith.
Transport
Road Transport Act 1987 (Act 333)
An Act to make provision for the regulation of motor vehicles and of traffic on roads and other matters with respect to roads and vehicles thereon; to make provision for the protection of third parties against risks arising out of the use of motor vehicles; to make provision for the co-ordination and control of means of and facilities for transport; to make provision for the co-ordination and control of means of and facilities for construction and adaptation of motor vehicles; and to make provision for connected purposes.
Commercial Vehicles Licensing Board Act 1987 (Act 334)
An Act to provide for the licensing and regulating of commercial vehicles and for matters connected therewith.
Railways Act 1991 (Act 463)
An Act to make new provisions in the law relating to railways and for other matters connected therewith.
Railways (Successor Company) Act 1991 (Act 464)
An Act to provide for the vesting of property, rights and liabilities of the Railway Assets Corporation in a company, to make financial arrangements for that company, to provide for matters relating to staff and for other matters connected therewith.
Tourism Vehicles Licensing Act 1999 (Act 594)
An Act to provide for the licensing and regulation of tourism vehicles and for matters connected therewith.
Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1950 (Act 527)—(Revised 1994)
An Act relating to the Carriage of Goods by Sea.
Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1952 (FM Ord No 70 of 1952)
An Ordinance to consolidate and amend the law with respect to Merchant Shipping.
Port Authorities Act 1963 (Act 488)—(Revised 1992)
An Act to provide for the establishment of port authorities, for the functions of such authorities and for matters connected therewith.
Sabah Ports Authority (Consequential Provisions) Act 1968 (Act No 25 of 1968)
An Act to make provision for enabling the Sabah Ports Authority to carry out its statutory functions of providing, maintaining and managing efficient port services and facilities in Sabah, and for that purpose to confer upon the Authority all necessary protection and powers in relation to matters about which Parliament, but not the Legislature of the State of Sabah, has power to make laws.
Declaration of an Area in the Bintulu District to be a Federal Port Act 1979 (Act 217)
An Act to provide for the declaration of an area in the Bintulu District in the Fourth Division of the State of Sarawak to be a federal port, for the transfer to and vesting in the Federal Government of responsibility for the development, control and administration of such port and for all other matters and things necessary therefor, incidental thereto or connected therewith.
Bintulu Port Authority Act 1981 (Act 243)
An Act to provide for the establishment of the Bintulu Port Authority, for the transfer to and vesting in the Authority of responsibility for the development, control and administration of Bintulu Port and for all other matters and things necessary therefor, incidental thereto or connected therewith.
Ports (Privatisation) Act 1990 (Act 422)
An Act to facilitate privatization of the port undertakings of any port authority and for matters connected therewith.
Civil Aviation Act 1969 (Act 3)
An Act to make better provision in the law relating to Civil Aviation and for matters connected therewith and ancillary thereto.
Carriage by Air Act 1974 (Act 148)
An Act to give effect to certain Conventions relating to carriage by air and to provide for matters connected therewith and ancillary thereto.
Aviation Offences Act 1984 (Act 307)
An Act to give effect to the Convention on Offences and Certain other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft, signed at Tokyo on 14 September 1963, the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft, signed at The Hague on 16 December 1970, and the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts against the Safety of Civil Aviation, singed at Montreal on 23 September 1971, and for purposes connected therewith.
Airport and Aviation Services (Operating Company) Act 1991 (Act 467)
An Act to provide for the vesting of property, rights and liabilities of the Government of Malaysia relating to civil aviation in a company, to make financial arrangements for that company, to provide for matters relating to staff and for other matters connected therewith.
Trusts and Settlements
Trust Companies Act 1949 (Act 100)—(Revised 1973)
An Act to provide for the registration and regulation of trust companies in Malaysia.
Trusts (State Legislatures Competency) Act 1949 (Act 196)—(Revised 1977)
An Act to confer upon State Legislatures authority to pass laws providing for the establishment of trusts.
Trustee Act 1949 (Act 208)—(Revised 1978)
An Act relating to Trustees.
Public Trustee Act 1950 (Act 247)—(Revised 1981)
An Act to provide for the appointment of a Public Trustee.
Trustees (Incorporation) Act 1952 (Act 258)—(Revised 1981)
An Act to provide for the incorporation of the trustees of certain bodies or association of persons.
National Trust Fund Act 1988 (Act 339)
An Act to establish the National Trust Fund and to provide for the management of that Fund and other matters incidental thereto.
Labuan Trust Companies Act 1990 (Act 442)
An Act to provide for the registration of companies as trust companies in Labuan, for the prescription of their powers and duties and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Public Trust Corporation Act 1995 (Act 532)
An Act to amend the laws relating to the Public Trustee and Official Administrator, to provide for the vesting of property, rights and liabilities of the Public Trustee and Official Administrator in a company, to regulate the exercise of function and powers by the company and to provide for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto.
Labuan Offshore Trusts Act 1996 (Act 554)
An Act to provide for the creation and recognition of offshore trust; and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto.
