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Employment law in Malaysia

Employer duties, worker rights, contracts, workplace standards, and labour relations. These records come from release legal-2026.07.26-907 and link directly to stored legal text.

367 matching statutes

• 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

  566 - *PERBADANAN TABUNG PENDIDIKAN TINGGI NASIONAL ACT 1997

  2 provisions

  This Act sets up the national higher-education fund and corporation, lets the corporation give and recover student loans, and requires employers to help collect repayments after notice.

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• Malaysia

  804 - DENTAL ACT 2018

  3 provisions

  This Act sets up the Malaysian Dental Council and Board, requires registration for dental practitioners and therapists, and says anyone practising dentistry must have a valid practising certificate.

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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

  244 - *PERBADANAN KEMAJUAN FILEM NASIONAL MALAYSIA ACT 1981

  2 provisions

  This Act sets up the Perbadanan Kemajuan Filem Nasional Malaysia, gives it functions over the film industry, and requires licences for film production, distribution, and exhibition activities.

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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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• 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

  873 - CONSUMER CREDIT ACT 2025

  5 provisions

  This Act sets up the Consumer Credit Commission and gives it broad powers to regulate consumer credit, while applying to persons carrying on credit business or credit service business involving a credit consumer, subject to listed exceptions.

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• Malaysia

  803 - ANTI-FAKE NEWS ACT 2018

  1 provisions

  This Act creates offences for malicious fake news activity and sets out court removal orders and compliance duties.

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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

  651 - AKTA LEMBAGA PROMOSI KESIHATAN MALAYSIA 2006

  1 provisions

  This Act establishes the Malaysian Health Promotion Board and the Health Promotion Fund, sets out the Board’s powers and duties, and creates offences for false information, misleading benefit claims, conflict-of-interest failures, and secrecy breaches.

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• Malaysia

  636 - DIPLOMATIC PRIVILEGES (VIENNA CONVENTION) ACT 1966

  1 provisions

  This Act gives Vienna Convention diplomatic privileges and immunities legal effect in Malaysia and lets the Yang di-Pertuan Agong make orders, withdraw some privileges, grant remissions, and make rules for land-related matters.

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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

  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

  641 - *CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION ACT 2005

  2 provisions

  This Act bans chemical weapons and limits certain toxic-chemical activities unless they are authorized and meet stated conditions.

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• Malaysia

  500 - DIRECT SALES AND ANTI-PYRAMID SCHEME ACT 1993

  2 provisions

  This Act requires licences for direct sales businesses, sets rules for door-to-door, mail order, and electronic sales, gives purchasers a cooling-off right, and prohibits pyramid schemes.

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• Malaysia

  600 - FINANCE ACT 2000

  1 provisions

  This Act amends the Income Tax Act 1967, the Petroleum (Income Tax) Act 1967, and the Stamp Act 1949.

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• Malaysia

  882 - GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT ACT 2026

  3 provisions

  This Act sets the rules for Malaysian government procurement, including who it applies to, registration, approvals, conduct, oversight, appeals, and enforcement.

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• Malaysia

  742 - FINANCE ACT 2012

  1 provisions

  This Act amends several Malaysian tax and stamp-duty laws, including new reporting duties for companies and changes to deductions, exemptions, and stamp-duty administration.

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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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