Esheria Regulatory Atlas

Data protection in Malaysia

Personal data, privacy, cybersecurity duties, processing, and cross-border transfers. These records come from release legal-2026.07.26-907 and link directly to stored legal text.

115 matching statutes

• Malaysia

  716 - *WILDLIFE CONSERVATION ACT 2010

  5 provisions

  This Act sets rules for hunting, keeping, selling, importing, and licensing wildlife, and creates offences and penalties for breaches.

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• Malaysia

  718 - *AGENSI INOVASI MALAYSIA ACT 2010

  1 provisions

  This Act creates the Agensi Inovasi Malaysia, sets up its governance and funds, gives it functions and powers, and creates offences for secrecy breaches, false information, and unauthorized data modification.

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• Malaysia

  A1666 - AKTA RACUN (PINDAAN) 2022

  1 provisions

  This amendment updates the poisons law, adds electronic prescription rules, expands inspection and seizure powers, and creates new offences and penalties.

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• Malaysia

  593 - *CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CODE

  13 provisions

  This part sets out basic criminal procedure rules on courts, public assistance, reporting certain matters, and arrest powers.

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• Malaysia

  332 - *COPYRIGHT ACT 1987

  4 provisions

  This Act sets out Malaysia’s copyright rules, including what works are protected, who administers government copyright, and what rights and exceptions apply to copying, broadcasting, performances, and related uses.

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• Malaysia

  710 - AKTA AGENSI PELAPORAN KREDIT 2010

  3 provisions

  This Act sets up registration and regulation of credit reporting agencies, with rules on registration, capital, management, credit information handling, disclosure, security, and customer notice and access rights.

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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

  127 - *ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT 1974

  3 provisions

  This Act sets up Malaysia’s environmental pollution control system, including licensing, the Director General’s powers, and bans on unlicensed pollution and open burning.

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• Malaysia

  606 - OPTICAL DISCS ACT 2000

  2 provisions

  This Act requires people manufacturing optical discs to be licensed and follow marking, recordkeeping, and conduct rules, with offences and penalties for non-compliance.

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• Malaysia

  758 - *AKTA PERKHIDMATAN KEWANGAN 2013

  11 provisions

  This Act is named the Financial Services Act 2013, and its start dates are set by the Minister by Gazette notice.

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• Malaysia

  562 - DIGITAL SIGNATURE ACT 1997

  2 provisions

  This Act regulates digital signatures and requires certification authorities to be licensed.

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• Malaysia

  90 - JUVENILE COURTS ACT 1947

  5 provisions

  This Act sets up Malaysia’s child protection framework, including the National Council for Children, Child Protection Teams, and Court for Children, and it requires privacy for children in media reports.

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• Malaysia

  611 - CHILD ACT 2001

  5 provisions

  This provision sets out the Child Act 2001’s scope, defines key terms, creates child welfare bodies, gives the Minister and Council appointment powers, limits child identification in media, and states when a child is in need of care and protection.

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• Malaysia

  807 - *SERVICE TAX ACT 2018

  4 provisions

  This Act sets rules for charging service tax, registering taxable persons, issuing invoices, keeping records, and giving the Director General control powers.

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• Malaysia

  438 - *FREE ZONES ACT 1990

  2 provisions

  This Act creates free zones in Malaysia and sets the rules for goods, activities, records, access, and customs enforcement inside them.

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• Malaysia

  852 - CONTROL OF SMOKING PRODUCTS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH ACT 2024

  2 provisions

  This Act sets controls for tobacco products, smoking substances and substitute tobacco products, including registration, advertising, sales, packaging, smoking bans, and enforcement powers.

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• Malaysia

  311 - *EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE ACT 1984

  1 provisions

  This Act regulates activities in Malaysia’s exclusive economic zone and continental shelf, including prohibitions, Government consent, environmental controls, marine scientific research, and enforcement.

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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

  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

  366 - *POISONS ACT 1952

  6 provisions

  This Act controls the import, possession, manufacture, compounding, storage, transport, sale and use of poisons, with licensing and special rules for different poison groups.

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