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Banking and finance in Malaysia

Financial services, banking, payments, credit, securities, and regulated finance. These records come from release legal-2026.07.26-907 and link directly to stored legal text.

459 matching statutes

  • Malaysia

    102 - BANKING ACT 1973

    1 provisions

    This document identifies the Banking Act 1973 and says it was repealed by the Banking and Financial Institutions Act 1989 [Act 372].

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  • Malaysia

    684 - *BANK PERTANIAN MALAYSIA BERHAD ACT 2008

    1 provisions

    This Act creates Bank Pertanian Malaysia Berhad, transfers the old bank’s property, rights, and liabilities to it, and sets out staff, governance, powers, reporting, and ministerial direction rules.

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  • Malaysia

    571 - BANK SIMPANAN NASIONAL BERHAD ACT 1997

    4 provisions

    This Act creates Bank Simpanan Nasional Berhad, lets the Minister vest the old bank’s property and liabilities into it, and sets rules for consent, staffing, reserves, assets, auditors, and reporting.

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  • Malaysia

    701 - *CENTRAL BANK OF MALAYSIA ACT 2009

    4 provisions

    This Act sets up Bank Negara Malaysia as Malaysia’s central bank and gives it powers and duties over monetary policy, financial stability, reserves, currency, reporting, and governance.

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  • Malaysia

    462 - *ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK ACT 1966

    1 provisions

    This Act lets Malaysia give effect to the Asian Development Bank agreement, authorize the Minister to subscribe for Bank shares, charge related sums on the Consolidated Fund, and let the Yang di-Pertuan Agong make orders for the agreement’s immunities and privileges.

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  • Malaysia

    146 - *BANK SIMPANAN NASIONAL ACT 1974

    1 provisions

    This Act establishes Bank Simpanan Nasional, sets out how it is run, and gives the Bank powers over deposits, lending, investment, staff discipline, and related banking business.

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  • Malaysia

    786 - AKTA BANK PELABURAN INFRASTRUKTUR ASIA 2017

    1 provisions

    This Act gives legal effect in Malaysia to specified parts of the Agreement establishing the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, allows the Minister to make related orders and regulations, and sets out funding, payment, and tax/immunity rules for the Bank.

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  • Malaysia

    827 - CURRENCY ACT 2020

    2 provisions

    This Act gives the Bank control over issuing currency, sets rules for cash limits and currency processing businesses, and creates offences for unauthorized currency-related conduct.

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  • Malaysia

    153 - AKTA BANK PEMBANGUNAN ISLAM 1975

    1 provisions

    This Act gives effect in Malaysia to the agreement establishing the Islamic Development Bank and sets rules for government share purchases, payments, and related orders.

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  • Malaysia

    759 - *ISLAMIC FINANCIAL SERVICES ACT 2013

    11 provisions

    This Act sets the framework for regulating Islamic financial institutions, payment systems, and related market activities, and gives the Minister power to set commencement dates by Gazette notice.

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  • Malaysia

    618 - *DEVELOPMENT FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS ACT 2002

    6 provisions

    This Act lets the Minister prescribe development financial institutions, gives the Bank supervisory powers, and sets governance, approval, disclosure, ownership, and transfer rules for prescribed institutions.

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  • Malaysia

    519 - CENTRAL BANK OF MALAYSIA ACT 1958

    1 provisions

    This document identifies Malaysia Act 519, Bank Negara Malaysia Act 1958 (Revised 1994), and states that it was repealed by the Bank Negara Malaysia Act 2009 (Act 701).

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  • Malaysia

    A1616 - AKTA BANK NEGARA MALAYSIA (PINDAAN) 2020

    1 provisions

    This amendment Act starts on a date set by the Minister in the Gazette, and it changes the Bank Negara Malaysia Act 2009 by deleting sections 62, 63, and 64, adding new section 66a, and updating section 76.

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  • Malaysia

    411 - LOANS (INTERNATIONAL BANK) ACT 1958

    1 provisions

    This Act lets the Government of Malaysia and certain statutory authorities borrow from the International Bank, issue related instruments, and gives rules for guarantees, repayment, enforcement, and arbitration.

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  • Malaysia

    275 - *GOVERNMENT FUNDING ACT 1983

    1 provisions

    This Act lets the Minister and the Bank manage government investments and related instruments, with rules for transfers, recordkeeping, secrecy, and repayment.

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  • Malaysia

    187 - AKTA PINJAMAN (BANK PEMBANGUNAN ISLAM) 1977

    1 provisions

    This Act lets the Federal Government borrow from the Islamic Development Bank, issue related instruments, and sets rules for agreements, arbitration, tax remission, and limits on creating liens over assets.

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