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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

  275 - *GOVERNMENT FUNDING ACT 1983

  1 provisions

  This Act lets the Minister and the Bank manage government investments and related instruments, with rules for transfers, recordkeeping, secrecy, and repayment.

  Act or statute Open & Chat

• Malaysia

  393 - *SERVICE COMMISSIONS ACT 1957

  1 provisions

  This Act protects certain Commission communications, creates offences for false information, unauthorized disclosure, and improper attempts to influence a Commission, and sets out Commission member remuneration and allowances.

  Act or statute Open & Chat

• Malaysia

  595 - CONSULAR RELATIONS (VIENNA CONVENTION) ACT 1999

  2 provisions

  This Act gives effect in Malaysia to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations and sets rules on consular privileges, immunities, land, taxes, evidence, and related powers.

  Treaty Open & Chat

• Malaysia

  881 - INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS RESULTING FROM MEDIATION ACT 2026

  1 provisions

  This Act lets parties ask the High Court to record certain international settlement agreements made through mediation so they can be enforced, and it also allows such agreements to be used as evidence.

  Act or statute Open & Chat

• 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.

  Act or statute Open & Chat

• Malaysia

  707 - LABUAN LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS AND LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIPS ACT 2010

  3 provisions

  This Act sets up Labuan limited partnerships and Labuan limited liability partnerships, with registration, management, records, and dissolution rules.

  Act or statute Open & Chat

• 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.

  Act or statute Open & Chat

• Malaysia

  447 - ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ACT 1990

  4 provisions

  This Act regulates electricity supply, licensing, enforcement, inspections, and safety requirements in Malaysia.

  Act or statute Open & Chat

• Malaysia

  408 - *MALAYSIA PRODUCTIVITY CORPORATION (INCORPORATION) ACT 1966

  1 provisions

  This Act establishes the Malaysia Productivity Corporation, sets out its membership and ministerial oversight, and gives the Corporation powers to appoint committees, charge fees, manage a fund, and make certain appointments and regulations.

  Act or statute Open & Chat

• Malaysia

  283 - *DRUG DEPENDANTS (TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION) ACT 1983

  1 provisions

  This Act sets up detention, testing, treatment, rehabilitation, supervision, and related offences for suspected and certified drug dependants.

  Act or statute Open & Chat

• Malaysia

  570 - *NATIONAL LAND REHABILITATION AND CONSOLIDATION AUTHORITY (SUCCESSION AND DISSOLUTION) ACT 1997

  1 provisions

  This Act lets the Minister move the Authority’s property, rights, and liabilities to a named successor company, transfer eligible staff to that company, and later dissolve the Authority and repeal the old incorporation Act.

  Act or statute Open & Chat

• Malaysia

  222 - *PERBADANAN KEMAJUAN KRAFTANGAN MALAYSIA ACT 1979

  1 provisions

  This Act establishes the Perbadanan Kemajuan Kraftangan Malaysia, gives it governance and licensing powers, and sets duties, reporting deadlines, secrecy rules, and offences.

  Act or statute Open & Chat

• 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

  155 - IMMIGRATION ACT 1959/63

  3 provisions

  This provision sets Malaysia’s immigration entry controls, defines key terms, creates the Director General’s and Minister’s powers, and requires travelers and vessel/aircraft operators to follow permit, inspection, and arrival procedures.

  Act or statute Open & Chat

• 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.

  Act or statute Open & Chat

• Malaysia

  574 - PENAL CODE

  11 provisions

  This provision sets out the Penal Code’s short title, its basic territorial reach, and some key definitions used throughout the Code.

  Code Open & Chat

• 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.

  Act or statute Open & Chat

• Malaysia

  206 - *ARMS ACT 1960

  2 provisions

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• Malaysia

  340 - *DANGEROUS DRUGS (FORFEITURE OF PROPERTY) ACT 1988

  3 provisions

  This Act creates offences involving property linked to scheduled drug offences and illegal property, and it lets the courts and police seize, forfeit, search, and arrest in support of those cases.

  Act or statute Open & Chat

• Malaysia

  555 - *PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ACT 1996

  3 provisions

  This Act sets up approval, registration, management, and oversight rules for private higher educational institutions.

  Act or statute Open & Chat