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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.

188 matching statutes

  • Malaysia

    655 - WATER SERVICES INDUSTRY ACT 2006

    5 provisions

    This Act requires licences for owning or operating public or private water and sewerage systems and for providing related services, and sets conditions, exemptions, offences, penalties, and regulator powers.

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  • Malaysia

    427 - *PINEAPPLE INDUSTRY ACT 1957

    1 provisions

    This Act sets up the Pineapple Industry Board and a registration system, and it restricts who may prepare, buy, sell, label, make, or export pineapple products.

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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

    812 - *FINANCE ACT 2018

    2 provisions

    This Act amends several Malaysian tax and stamp-duty laws, including rules on income tax, investment incentives, stamp duty, real property gains tax, and sales/service tax.

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  • Malaysia

    147 - *AKTA DOKTOR VETERINAR 1974

    2 provisions

    This Act sets up the Malaysian Veterinary Council and a register for veterinary surgeons, requires annual practising certificates for practice, and creates offences and disciplinary powers for non-compliance.

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  • Malaysia

    NO. 26 OF 1963 - MALAYSIA ACT

    5 provisions

    This Act says it starts on 16 September 1963 and amends the Constitution to create the Malaysia framework, including citizenship rules and the federal court structure.

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  • Malaysia

    360 - INSOLVENCY ACT 1967

    6 provisions

    This provision gives the Act’s title and scope, defines key insolvency terms, and sets out early rules on voluntary arrangements, bankruptcy petitions, nominee registration, and related court powers.

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  • Malaysia

    53 - *INCOME TAX ACT 1967

    28 provisions

    Income tax is charged on income for each year of assessment, and the provision lists the main income categories and the calculation sequence for chargeable income.

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  • Malaysia

    458 - *LICENSED LAND SURVEYORS ACT 1958

    1 provisions

    This Act sets up the Land Surveyors Board, requires registration and licensing for licensed land surveyors, and regulates title surveys, discipline, and illegal practice.

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  • Malaysia

    177 - *INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 1967

    3 provisions

    This provision defines key industrial-relations terms and sets rules on union activity, recognition, collective bargaining, conciliation, dismissals, and related procedures.

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  • Malaysia

    813 - *DEPARTURE LEVY ACT 2019

    2 provisions

    This Act imposes a departure levy on people leaving Malaysia and sets registration, recordkeeping, return, payment, refund, and offence rules.

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  • Malaysia

    166 - *LEGAL PROFESSION ACT 1976

    6 provisions

    Advocates and solicitors must file an annual declaration, any Sijil Annual, and the prescribed fee with the Registrar before acting each year, and the Registrar issues a practising certificate when the paperwork is in order.

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  • Malaysia

    400 - *MONEYLENDERS ACT 1951

    3 provisions

    This provision regulates moneylending business in Malaysia: a person generally must be licensed to operate, licensed moneylenders must follow licence conditions and display the licence, and the Registrar has powers over applications, renewals, conditions, suspension, and revocation.

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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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