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Business registration in Malaysia

Registration, licensing, names, permits, and formal establishment requirements. These records come from release legal-2026.07.26-907 and link directly to stored legal text.

118 matching statutes

  • Malaysia

    197 - AKTA PENDAFTARAN PERNIAGAAN 1956

    1 provisions

    This Act requires certain businesses to register, renew registration, report changes, and notify termination, and it sets offences, penalties, exemptions, and Registrar powers.

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  • Malaysia

    51 - *DENTAL ACT 1971

    2 provisions

    This provision sets up the Dental Act framework for registering dental practitioners, controlling annual practising certificates, regulating dental practice, and creating offences and disciplinary powers.

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  • Malaysia

    815 - *TRADEMARKS ACT 2019

    6 provisions

    This part of the Trademarks Act sets up trademark registration, defines key terms, and gives the Registrar powers to examine applications and refuse marks that fail the statutory tests.

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  • Malaysia

    538 - *TOWN PLANNERS ACT 1995

    1 provisions

    This Act sets up the Board of Town Planners, requires registration for town planners, and controls corporate practice, discipline, appeals, offences, and penalties.

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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

    861 - ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION ACT 2024

    2 provisions

    This Act sets energy-efficiency duties for covered energy consumers, buildings, manufacturers/importers, managers, auditors, and training institutions, with Commission oversight and penalties for non-compliance.

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  • Malaysia

    100 - TRUST COMPANIES ACT 1949

    1 provisions

    This Act regulates trust companies: who may register, what they may do, how they must keep and report trust assets, and the penalties for breaches.

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  • Malaysia

    487 - AKTA JURUUKUR BAHAN 1967

    2 provisions

    This provision sets up the quantity surveyors regulator, controls who may practise, and requires registration, permits, and address-change notices.

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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

    A1551 - AKTA PERKAPALAN SAUDAGAR (PINDAAN) 2017

    2 provisions

    This provision amends the Merchant Shipping Ordinance 1952, sets commencement rules, creates ship registration and licensing powers, and imposes compliance duties and offences for ships, owners, masters, and licensees.

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  • Malaysia

    796 - EMPLOYMENT (RESTRICTION) ACT 1968

    1 provisions

    This Act restricts certain non-citizens from working in Malaysia unless they have a valid employment permit, requires related registration in some cases, and gives officials powers to inspect and enforce.

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  • Malaysia

    737 - *MEDICAL DEVICE ACT 2012

    2 provisions

    This provision sets out the main medical device registration, licensing, permit, reporting, advertising, and enforcement rules.

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  • Malaysia

    333 - *ROAD TRANSPORT ACT 1987

    8 provisions

    This Act regulates motor vehicle use and registration, and it gives the Minister and road transport officials powers to administer the system.

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  • Malaysia

    469 - *OPTICAL ACT 1991

    1 provisions

    This Act sets up the Malaysian Optical Council, requires registration to practise optometry, and regulates annual practising certificates, contact lenses, and optical appliances.

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