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Employment law in Malaysia

Employer duties, worker rights, contracts, workplace standards, and labour relations. Every result links to its stored legal text and available official source evidence.

367 matching statutes

• 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.

  Act or statute Open & Chat

• 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

  Act or statute Open & Chat

• 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

• Malaysia

  562 - DIGITAL SIGNATURE ACT 1997

  2 provisions

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

  Act or statute Open & Chat

• Malaysia

  216 - EMERGENCY (ESSENTIAL POWERS) ACT 1979

  1 provisions

  This Act lets the Yang di-Pertuan Agong make emergency regulations for public safety, defence, public order, and essential supplies, and it sets penalties and review powers tied to those regulations.

  Act or statute Open & Chat

• Malaysia

  610 - *ENERGY COMMISSION ACT 2001

  1 provisions

  This Act sets up the Energy Commission, gives it regulatory and enforcement powers over energy supply activities, and restricts misuse of the Commission’s symbol and confidential information.

  Act or statute Open & Chat

• Malaysia

  637 - *LOAN (LOCAL) ACT 1959

  1 provisions

  This Act lets the Minister raise loans in Malaysia for the Development Fund, and sets rules for stock issuance, transfer, redemption, secrecy, and penalties.

  Act or statute Open & Chat