554 - *AKTA AMANAH PESISIR LABUAN 1996 — Malaysia law | Esheria

554 - *AKTA AMANAH PESISIR LABUAN 1996

This Act sets rules for creating, registering, administering, and keeping Labuan trusts confidential, and it creates offences and penalties for breaching confidentiality rules.

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Jurisdiction
Malaysia
Instrument
Act or statute
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Language
en
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About this statute

This Act sets rules for creating, registering, administering, and keeping Labuan trusts confidential, and it creates offences and penalties for breaching confidentiality rules. The court may order a Labuan trust to be ended and its assets distributed if all beneficiaries are identified and none is a minor or legally incapable; trustees must then distribute the trust property within a reasonable time and follow the trust terms. This part sets special rules for a Labuan Special Trust: trustees must hold designated shares, avoid interfering in company management, and follow limits and procedures for intervention, disposal, and director-related rules. Some older trust provisions do not apply to validly created, enforced, or registered Labuan trusts, and where this Act conflicts with the Labuan Financial Services Authority Act 1996, that Act applies.