731 - *AKTA PERNIAGAAN PERKHIDMATAN WANG 2011 — Malaysia law | Esheria

731 - *AKTA PERNIAGAAN PERKHIDMATAN WANG 2011

This provision set out licensing, conduct, disclosure, recordkeeping, capital, and publication rules for money services business operators, and gave the Bank supervisory powers.

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Jurisdiction
Malaysia
Instrument
Act or statute
Version
Undated source snapshot
Language
en
Official source
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Bank powers agent appointment audit capital maintenance customer funds segregation document production investigation investigations licence applications licensee conduct licensing conditions money services business money services business licensing offences and penalties payment system approval records and disclosures remittance business reporting service of notices shareholding changes travel document surrender wholesale currency business

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This provision set out licensing, conduct, disclosure, recordkeeping, capital, and publication rules for money services business operators, and gave the Bank supervisory powers. Licensees must notify the Bank of certain director/CEO/manager changes and criminal proceedings, appoint and pay an auditor each year, file the signed audit report on time, keep remittance customer funds in a separate trust account, and get Bank approval before using remittance systems or appointing agents. This provision lets investigators serve notices, compel attendance and documents, seize relevant items, restrict travel documents, and imposes secrecy and compliance rules, with offences and penalties for non-compliance. Certain people are treated as licensed or approved on the appointed date, but they must meet Bank-set conditions and deadlines, and breaches can lead to an offence and penalties.