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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

    122 - *CONTROL OF SUPPLIES ACT 1961

    1 provisions

    This Act lets the Minister and Controller regulate controlled and rationed supplies, including licensing, exemptions, information requests, inspections, seizure, and enforcement.

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  • Malaysia

    136 - CONTRACTS ACT 1950

    4 provisions

    Parties to a contract must perform, or offer to perform, their promises unless performance is excused or dispensed with by this Act or another law.

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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

    831 - FINANCE ACT 2020

    2 provisions

    This Act amends several Malaysian tax and stamp duty laws, including new rules on incentives, rebates, transfer pricing documentation, digital stamping, and certain filing and reporting deadlines.

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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

    608 - AKTA KEWANGAN (NO. 2) 2000

    1 provisions

    This Act amends Malaysia’s income tax, petroleum income tax, real property gains tax, and stamp duty laws, including new deductions, rebates, penalties, and commencement rules.

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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

    A1593 - AKTA KASTAM (PINDAAN) 2019

    3 provisions

    This amendment Act changes customs rules, including definitions, transit and transhipment procedures, the Director General’s powers, refunds, and penalties for non-compliance.

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  • Malaysia

    94 - *ACCOUNTANTS ACT 1967

    2 provisions

    This Act sets up the Malaysian Institute of Accountants and its Council, provides for registration and membership of accountants, and restricts who may hold out as an accountant or related professional.

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  • Malaysia

    313 - NATIONAL FORESTRY ACT 1984

    3 provisions

    This Act sets up forestry administration in Malaysia, gives the State Authority and Director powers over reserved forests and permits, and prohibits taking, occupying, removing, or entering forest areas without the required authority.

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  • Malaysia

    463 - *RAILWAYS ACT 1991

    3 provisions

    This Act regulates railways in Sabah, Sarawak, and Labuan by requiring approval, licensing, safety oversight, notices, reporting, and passenger fare compliance.

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