A1743 - AKTA KOMUNIKASI DAN MULTIMEDIA (PINDAAN) 2025 — Malaysia law | Esheria

A1743 - AKTA KOMUNIKASI DAN MULTIMEDIA (PINDAAN) 2025

This amendment Act updates the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 by changing definitions, increasing some penalties, adding audit and network security powers, and revising rules for licences, content services, and compliance orders.

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Jurisdiction
Malaysia
Instrument
Act or statute
Version
Undated source snapshot
Language
en
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application services audits content regulation electronic communications investigations licensing network security network services penalties seizure and disclosure

Statute overview

About this statute

This amendment Act updates the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 by changing definitions, increasing some penalties, adding audit and network security powers, and revising rules for licences, content services, and compliance orders. This segment adds and changes rules on obscene commercial messages, network-facility damage, communication-data preservation/disclosure, compounding, seizure procedures, and related penalties.