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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

    701 - *CENTRAL BANK OF MALAYSIA ACT 2009

    4 provisions

    This Act sets up Bank Negara Malaysia as Malaysia’s central bank and gives it powers and duties over monetary policy, financial stability, reserves, currency, reporting, and governance.

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  • Malaysia

    582 - MALAYSIAN PALM OIL BOARD ACT 1998

    2 provisions

    This Act establishes the Malaysian Palm Oil Board, gives it powers to regulate the oil palm industry, and sets rules on funding, enforcement, cess, and offences.

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  • Malaysia

    256 - *DEBTORS ACT 1957

    1 provisions

    This Act sets out how judgment debts may be enforced against a debtor’s property and, in some cases, through arrest, examination, security, imprisonment, attachment, or discharge by the court.

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  • Malaysia

    799 - MALAYSIAN BORDER SECURITY AGENCY ACT 2017

    1 provisions

    This Act establishes the Malaysian Border Security Agency and related committees, gives officers enforcement powers, requires secrecy for protected information, and creates offences and penalties for impersonation, non-return of equipment, and unlawful disclosure.

  • 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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  • Malaysia

    258 - *TRUSTEES (INCORPORATION) ACT 1952

    1 provisions

    This Act lets certain trustees apply to the Minister to become a body corporate, and it sets rules for accounts, returns, disqualification, revocation, and dissolution.

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  • Malaysia

    840 - ANTI-SEXUAL HARASSMENT ACT 2022

    1 provisions

    This Act creates a tribunal for sexual harassment complaints, lets any person file a complaint, and sets out the tribunal’s procedure, awards, and penalties for non-compliance.

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  • Malaysia

    647 - *ANIMALS ACT 1953

    3 provisions

    This Act sets rules for importing and exporting animals and birds, controlling disease spread, licensing dogs, and enforcing rabies and cruelty measures.

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  • Malaysia

    234 - *DANGEROUS DRUGS ACT 1952

    3 provisions

    This provision sets out drug-control rules on import, export, possession, cultivation, manufacture, transit, and enforcement powers, with offences and penalties for unauthorized conduct.

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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

    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

    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

    317 - *FISHERIES ACT 1985

    2 provisions

    This Act sets out who administers fisheries law, when licences and permits are needed, and what activities are prohibited or punishable.

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