Esheria Regulatory Atlas

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

  639 - AKTA KEWANGAN 2004

  1 provisions

  This Act amends several Malaysian tax laws, including rules for unit trusts, tax refunds, petroleum income tax, capital gains on property disposals, and stamp duty exemptions.

  Act or statute Open & Chat

• Malaysia

  406 - DEVELOPMENT FUNDS ACT 1966

  1 provisions

  This Act sets rules for paying money into development funds, how those funds may be spent, and how annual estimates, approvals, virement, contingencies, and lapsing appropriations work.

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• Malaysia

  451 - FINANCE ACT 1991

  1 provisions

  This Act amends several Malaysian tax and customs laws, changing tax rates, deductions, taxable periods, and some customs/excise provisions, with different commencement dates for different chapters.

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• Malaysia

  378 - *STAMP ACT 1949

  4 provisions

  This Act sets out stamp duty rules, the Collector’s powers, how duty is paid and stamped, and penalties for non-compliance.

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• Malaysia

  821 - PENANG AND PROVINCE WELLESLEY JUBILEE FUND ACT 1965 (REVISED - 2019)

  1 provisions

  This Act creates the Trustees of the Fund as a corporation and sets out how they manage the Fund, handle money, keep accounts, and run meetings.

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• Malaysia

  323 - *AKTA KEWANGAN (NO. 2) 1985

  1 provisions

  This Act amends several Malaysian tax statutes, including rules on interest, takaful, capital gains tax, land-based company share transfers, and petroleum income tax.

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• Malaysia

  88 - AKTA RAHSIA RASMI 1972

  2 provisions

  This Act restricts spying, disclosure, and handling of official secrets, and gives authorities powers to search, seize, and require information or documents.

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• Malaysia

  485 - *INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS (PRIVILEGES AND IMMUNITIES) ACT 1992

  3 provisions

  This Act lets the Minister declare certain organizations, grant privileges and immunities by regulation, and withdraw or limit them in some cases. It also protects international organization names and emblems, allows land holdings for organizations, and gives the United Nations and Specialized Agencies specified legal

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• Malaysia

  766 - AKTA PENGHASILAN BERSIH PERJANJIAN KEWANGAN 2015

  1 provisions

  This Act makes netting provisions in qualified financial agreements enforceable and lets the Minister prescribe additional agreements, mechanisms, transactions, suspension periods, and schedule amendments.

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• Malaysia

  204 - AKTA BIL PERTUKARAN 1949

  2 provisions

  This provision defines bills of exchange and related terms, and sets rules for acceptance, negotiation, presentment, dishonour, and notice.

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• Malaysia

  767 - PUBLIC SECTOR HOME FINANCING BOARD ACT 2015

  2 provisions

  This Act creates the Public Sector Home Financing Board, sets up the home financing fund, and gives the Board and Minister powers and duties over the scheme.

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• Malaysia

  785 - AKTA KEWANGAN 2017

  2 provisions

  This Act amends several tax laws, including new tax offences, relief procedures, deductions, and updated definitions.

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• Malaysia

  A1528 - AKTA ORDINAN PEGUAM BELA (SABAH) (PINDAAN) 2017

  3 provisions

  This amendment act changes the Sabah advocates ordinance by creating the Sabah Law Society, adding registration and certificate rules, and expanding disciplinary procedures and penalties.

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• Malaysia

  574 - PENAL CODE

  11 provisions

  This provision sets out the Penal Code’s short title, its basic territorial reach, and some key definitions used throughout the Code.

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• Malaysia

  591 - AKTA KEWANGAN (NO. 2) 1998

  1 provisions

  This Act amends several Malaysian tax laws, including rules on tax relief, exemptions, deductions, and offshore business activity.

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• Malaysia

  832 - AKTA PERTUBUHAN 1966 (DISEMAK - 2021)

  8 provisions

  This Act sets rules for society registration, Registrar oversight, and penalties for illegal or non-compliant societies.

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• Malaysia

  452 - *EMPLOYEES PROVIDENT FUND ACT 1991

  6 provisions

  This Act sets up the Employees Provident Fund, its Board, and key rules on employer duties, fund investment, dividends, Shariah-related accounts, and offences.

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• Malaysia

  665 - *MALAYSIA CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES COMMISSION ACT 2007

  2 provisions

  This Act establishes the Malaysia Co-operative Societies Commission and sets out its governance, powers, funding, reporting, and investigation framework.

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• Malaysia

  A1405 - AKTA ORGANISASI ANTARABANGSA (KEISTIMEWAAN DAN KEKEBALAN) (PINDAAN) 2011

  3 provisions

  The Minister may make regulations giving the UN and specialized agencies legal personality and specified privileges and immunities, subject to conditions.

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• Malaysia

  424 - *POWERS OF ATTORNEY ACT 1949

  1 provisions

  This Act sets formal requirements for powers of attorney in Peninsular Malaysia, including authentication and deposit of documents, and provides rules for revocation, irrevocable powers, office copies, searches, and registry records.

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