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LAWS OF MALAYSIA

ALPHABETICAL TABLE OF LAWS

The following is the alphabetical list of laws in the Laws of Malaysia (LOM) series

up to Act 655. Repealed Acts are in italics.

The LOM series is a compilation and reprint of laws published in volume form

pursuant to Section 14A of the Revision of Laws Act 1968 [Act 1]. It is the only

official and authoritative publication of the laws of Malaysia. The LOM series

incorporates all principal laws of Malaysia enacted after 1969 and pre-1969 laws

which have been revised by the Commissioner of Law Revision. There are 40

volumes in the LOM series comprising the Federal Constitution in volume 1 and

Acts 1 to 655 from volumes 2 to 40. The LOM series incorporates all

amendments up to 1 January 2006 except otherwise indicated in the relevant law.

A

Abattoirs (Privatization) Act 1993

Abduction and Criminal Intimidation of Witnesses

Act 1947 (Revised 1977)

Aboriginal Peoples Act 1954 (Revised 1974)

Academy of Sciences Malaysia Act 1994

Accountants Act 1967 (Revised 1972)

Administration of Islamic Law

(Federal Territories) Act 1993

Adoption Act 1952 (Revised 1981)

Age of Majority Act 1971

Airport and Aviation Services (Operating

Company) Act 1991

Akademi Seni Budaya dan Warisan Kebangsaan

Act 2006

Animals Act 1953 (Revised 2006)

Anti-Corruption Act 1997

Anti-Corruption Agency Act 1982

Anti-Money Laundering Act 2001

Anti-Personnel Mines Convention

Implementation Act 2000

Antiquities Act 1976 ( Repealed by Act 645 )

Arbitration Act 1952 ( Repealed by Act 646 )

Architects Act 1967 (Revised 1973)

Act 507

Act 191

Act 134

Act 524

Act 94

Act 505

Act 257 Act 21

Act 467

Act 653

Act 647

Act 575

Act 271 (Repealed

by Act 575)

Act 613

Act 603

Act 168 Act 93

Act 117

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Arbitration Act 2005

Armed Forces Act 1972

Laws of Malaysia

Act 646

Act 77

Arms Act 1960 (Revised 1978)

Asian Development Bank Act 1966

(Revised 1991)

Assignment of Export Duty (Mineral Ores)


Assignment of Revenue (Export Duty on Iron Ore)


Atomic Energy Licensing Act 1984

Attestation of Registrable Instruments (Mining)


Audit Act 1957 (Revised 1972)

Aviation Offences Act 1984

B

Banishment Act 1959 (Revised 1972)

Bankers’ Books (Evidence) Act 1949

(Revised 1971)

Banking Act 1973

Banking and Financial Institutions

Act 1989

Bank Kerjasama Rakyat Malaysia Berhad

(Special Provisions) Act 1978

Bank Pertanian Malaysia Act 1969

Bank Simpanan Nasional Act 1974

Bank Simpanan Nasional Berhad Act 1997

(Not yet in force)

Bankruptcy Act 1967 (Revised 1988)

Bernama Act 1967 (Revised 1990)

Betting Act 1953 (Revised 1992)

Act 206

Act 462

Act 396

Act 395

Act 304

Act 387

Act 62

Act 307

Act 79

Act 33

Act 102 (Repealed

by Act 372)

Act 372

Act 202

Act 9 Act 146

Act 571

Act 360

Act 449

Act 495

Alphabetical Table of Laws

Betting and Sweepstake Duties Act 1948

(Revised 1978)

Bills of Exchange Act 1949 (Revised 1978)

Bills of Sale Act 1950 (Revised 1982)

Bintulu Port Authority Act 1981

Act 201

Act 204

Act 268

Act 243

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Biro Siasatan Negara Act 1973

Births and Deaths Registration Act 1957

(Revised 1983)

Bretton Woods Agreements Act 1957

(Revised 1991)

Broadcasting Act 1988

C Capitation Grant Act 1993

Capitation Grant Act 2002

Care Centres Act 1993

Carriage by Air Act 1974

Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1950

(Revised 1994)

Census Act 1960 (Revised 1969)

Central Bank of Malaysia Act 1958

(Revised 1994)

Chemicals Weapons Convention Act 2005

Chemists Act 1975

Cheng Hoon Teng Temple (Incorporation)


Child Act 2001

Child Care Centre Act 1984

Child Protection Act 1991

Act 123 (Repealed

by Act 271)

Act 299

Act 472

Act 338 (Repealed

by Act 588)

Act 503

Act 622

Act 506

Act 148

Act 527

Act 16

Act 519

Act 641

Act 158

Act 517

Act 611 Act 308

Act 468 (Repealed

by Act 611)

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Children and Young Persons Act 1947

Children and Young Persons (Employment)


Cinematograph Film-Hire Duty Act 1965

City of Kuala Lumpur Act 1971

City of Kuala Lumpur (Planning) Act 1973

Civil Aviation Act 1969

Civil Defence Act 1951 (Revised 1979)

Civil Law Act 1956 (Revised 1972)

Civil List Act 1982

Coin (Import and Export) Act 1957

(Revised 1990)

Commercial Vehicles Licensing Board

Act 1987

Commissions of Enquiry Act 1950

(Revised 1973)

Commodities Trading Act 1980

Commodities Trading Act 1985

Common Gaming Houses Act 1953

(Revised 1983)

Communications and Multimedia Act 1998

Companies Act 1965 (Revised 1973)

Companies Commission of Malaysia Act 2001

Computer Crimes Act 1997

Consular Relations (Vienna Convention)

Act 1999

Consumer Protection Act 1999

Act 232 (Repealed

by Act 468)

Act 350

Act 434 (Repealed

by Act 557)

Act 59

Act 107 (Repealed

by Act 267)

Act 3

Act 221

Act 67

Act 269

Act 430

Act 334

Act 119

Act 229 (Repealed

by Act 324)

Act 324 (Repealed

by Act A987)

Act 289

Act 588

Act 125

Act 614

Act 563

Act 595

Act 599


Continental Shelf Act 1966 (Revised 1972)

Contracts Act 1950 (Revised 1974)

Control of Imported Publications Act 1958

Control of Padi and Rice Act 1994

Control of Rent Act 1966

Control of Rent (Repeal) Act 1997

Control of Supplies Act 1961

(Revised 1973)

Convention on the Recognition and

Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral

Awards Act 1985 ( Repealed by Act 646 )

Convention on the Settlement of

Investment Disputes Act 1966

(Revised 1989)

Co-operative College (Incorporation)


Co-operative Societies Act 1948

Co-operative Societies Act 1993

Copyright Act 1969

Copyright Act 1987

Corrosive and Explosive Substances and

Offensive Weapons Act 1958

(Revised 1988)

Counsellors Act 1998

Counterfeit Coin Act 1957 (Revised 1990)

Countervailing and Anti-Dumping Duties

Act 1993

Courts of Judicature Act 1964 (Revised 1972)

Act 83

Act 136

Act 63 (Repealed

by Act 301)

Act 522

Act 363 (Repealed

by Act 572)

Act 572

Act 122

Act 320

Act 392

Act 437

Act 287 (Repealed

by Act 502)

Act 502

Act 10 (Repealed

by Act 332)

Act 332

Act 357

Act 580

Act 429

Act 504

Act 91

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Criminal Justice Act 1953 (Revised 1988)

Criminal Procedure Code (Revised 1999)

Customs Act 1967 (Revised 1980)

Customs (Dumping and Subsidies) Act 1959

D Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 (Revised 1980)

Dangerous Drugs (Forfeiture of Property)

Act 1988

Dangerous Drugs (Special Preventive Measures)

Act 1985

Debtors Act 1957 (Revised 1981)

Declaration of an Area in the Bintulu District to

be a Federal Port Act 1979

Defamation Act 1957 (Revised 1983)

Degrees and Diplomas Act 1962

(Revised 1989)

Delegation of Powers Act 1956

(Revised 1988)

Demutualisation (Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange)

Act 2003

Dental Act 1971

Deposit of Library Material Act 1986

Destitute Persons Act 1977

Destruction of Disease-Bearing Insects

Act 1975

Development Financial Institutions Act 2002

Development Funds Act 1966

(Revised 1989)

Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Act 1959

(Revised 1978)

Act 345

Act 593

Act 235

Act 361 (Repealed

by Act 504)

Act 234

Act 340

Act 316

Act 256

Act 217

Act 286

Act 379

Act 358

Act 632

Act 51 Act 331

Act 183

Act 154

Act 618 Act 406

Act 213


Digital Signature Act 1997

Diplomatic and Consular Officers (Oaths and

Fees) Act 1959 (Revised 1988)

Diplomatic Privileges (Vienna Convention) Act 1966

(Revised 2004)

Director General of Social Welfare (Incorporation)


Direct Sales Act 1993

Distress Act 1951 (Revised 1981)

Distribution Act 1958 (Revised 1983)

Domestic Violence Act 1994

Drainage Works Act 1954 (Revised 1988)

Drug Dependants (Treatment and Rehabilitation)

Act 1983

E

Education Act 1996

Educational Institutions (Discipline)

Act 1976

Elections Act 1958 (Revised 1970)

Election Commission Act 1957

(Revised 1970)

Election Offences Act 1954 (Revised 1969)

Act 562

Act 348

Act 636

Act 529

Act 500

Act 255

Act 300

Act 521

Act 354

Act 283

Act 550

Act 174

Act 19 Act 31

Act 5

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Electrical Inspectorate Act 1983

Electricity Act 1949

Electricity Supply Act 1990

Electricity Supply (Successor Company) Act 1990

Emblems and Names (Prevention of Improper Use)


Emergency (Essential Powers) Act 1979

Act 277 (Repealed

by Act 447)

Act 116 (Repealed

by Act 447)

Act 447

Act 448

Act 414

Act 216

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Emergency Powers (Kelantan) Act 1977

Employees Provident Fund Act 1951

Employees Provident Fund Act 1991

Employees’ Social Security Act 1969

Employment Act 1955 (Revised 1981)

Employment Information Act 1953

(Revised 1975)

Employment (Restriction) Act 1968

(Revised 1988)

Energy Commission Act 2001

Entertainment (Federal Territory of

Kuala Lumpur) Act 1992

Entertainments Duty Act 1953

(Revised 1973)

Environmental Quality Act 1974

Estate Hospital Assistants (Registration)


Evidence Act 1950 (Revised 1971)

Exchange Control Act 1953 (Revised 1969)

Excise Act 1976

Exclusive Economic Zone Act 1984

Explosives Act 1957 (Revised 1978)

Extended Credit Act 1966 (Revised 1989)

External Loans Act 1963 (Revised 1989)

Extradition Act 1992

Extra-territorial Offences Act 1976

Act 192 (Repealed

by P.U.(A)46/1978)

Act 272 (Repealed

by Act 452)

Act 452

Act 4

Act 265

Act 159

Act 353

Act 610

Act 493

Act 103

Act 127

Act 435

Act 56

Act 17

Act 176

Act 311

Act 207

Act 405

Act 403

Act 479

Act 163

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Factories and Machinery Act 1967

(Revised 1974)

Farmers’ Organization Act 1973

Farmers’ Organization Authority Act 1973

Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority


Federal Capital Act 1960 (Revised 1977)

Federal Housing Act 1965 (Revised 1989)

Federal Lands Commissioner Act 1957

(Revised 1988)

Federal Roads Act 1959 (Revised 1989)

Federal Roads (Private Management)

Act 1984

Federal Territory (Financial Arrangement)

Act 1982

Federal Territory (Planning) Act 1982

Federation Light Dues Act 1953

(Revised 1981)

Fees Act 1951 (Revised 1978)

Fees (Marine Parks Malaysia) (Validation)

Act 2004

Fees (National Planetarium) (Validation)

Act 1998

Film Censorship Act 2002

Films (Censorship) Act 1952

Finance Act 1981

Finance Act 1982

Finance (No. 2) Act 1982

Finance Act 1983

Act 139

Act 109

Act 110

Act 141

Act 190

Act 391

Act 349

Act 376

Act 306

Act 266

Act 267 Act 250

Act 209 Act 635

Act 583

Act 620 Act 35 (Repealed

by Act 620)

Act 241

Act 264

Act 274

Act 293

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Finance Act 1984

Finance Act 1985


Finance Act 1986


Finance Act 1987

Finance Act 1988

Finance Act 1990

Finance (No. 2) Act 1990 Finance Act 1991

Finance Act 1992

Finance Act 1993

Finance Act 1994

Finance Act 1995

Finance Act 1996

Finance Act 1997

Finance Act 1998

Finance (No. 2) Act 1998 Finance Act 2000 Finance (No. 2) Act 2000 Finance Act 2002 Finance (No. 2) Act 2002 Finance Act 2003

Finance Act 2004

Finance Act 2005

Laws of Malaysia

Act 309

Act 315

Act 323

Act 328

Act 329

Act 337

Act 364

Act 420

Act 421

Act 451

Act 476

Act 497

Act 513

Act 531

Act 544

Act 557

Act 578

Act 591

Act 600

Act 608

Act 619

Act 624

Act 631

Act 639

Act 644

Finance (Banking and Financial Institutions)

Act 1986

Finance Companies Act 1969

Act 330

Act 6 (Repealed

by Act 372)


Finance (Estate Duty) Act 1971

Act 38 (Repealed

by Act 476)

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Financial Procedure Act 1957

(Revised 1972)

Financial Reporting Act 1997

Firearms (Increased Penalties) Act 1971

Fire Services Act 1988

Fisheries Act 1963

Fisheries Act 1985

Fishermen’s Associations Act 1971

Food Act 1983

Foreign Representatives (Privileges and

Immunities) Act 1967 (Revised 1995)

Franchise Act 1998

Free Trade Zone Act 1971

Free Zones Act 1990

Futures Industry Act 1993

G

Gaming Tax Act 1972

Gas Supply Act 1993

Geneva Conventions Act 1962

(Revised 1993)

Geographical Indications Act 2000

Geological Survey Act 1974

Act 219 (Repealed

by Act 476)

Act 224 (Repealed

by Act 476)

Act 61

Act 558

Act 37

Act 341

Act 210 (Repealed

by Act 317)

Act 317

Act 44

Act 281

Act 541

Act 590

Act 24 (Repealed

by Act 438)

Act 438

Act 499

Act 65

Act 501

Act 512

Act 602

Act 129

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Girl Guides Act 1953 (Revised 1991)

Good Shepherd Nuns (Incorporation)

Act 1973

Goods Vehicle Levy Act 1983

Government Contracts Act 1949

(Revised 1973)

Government Investment Act 1983

Government Loans (Notice of Trusts) Act 1947

(Revised 2006)

Government Proceedings Act 1956

(Revised 1988)

Government Trustee Securities Act 1957

(Revised 1990)

Guardianship of Infants Act 1961

(Revised 1988)

H

Highway Authority Malaysia (Incorporation)

Act 1980

Hire-Purchase Act 1967 (Revised 1978)

Holidays Act 1951 (Revised 1989)

Hotels (Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur)

Act 2003

House to House and Street Collections


Houses of Parliament (Privileges and Powers)


Housing Development (Control and Licensing)

Act 1966

Housing Loans Fund Act 1971

Housing Trust Act 1950

Human Resources Development Act 1992

Act 456

Act 108

Act 294

Act 120

Act 275

Act 649

Act 359

Act 426

Act 351

Act 231

Act 212 Act 369

Act 626

Act 200

Act 347

Act 118

Act 42

Act 18 (Repealed

by Act A339)

Act 491 (Repealed

by Act 612)


Human Rights Commission of Malaysia

Act 1999

Human Tissues Act 1974

Hydrogen Cyanide (Fumigation) Act 1953

(Revised 1981)

I

Immigration Act 1959/63 (Revised 1975)

Import Duties (Validation) Act 1992

Income Tax Act 1967 (Revised 1971)

Income Tax (Tin Buffer Stock Contributions

and Repayments) Act 1974

Incorporation (State Legislatures Competency)


Indecent Advertisements Act 1953

(Revised 1981)

Industrial Co-ordination Act 1975

Industrial Designs Act 1996

Industrial Relations Act 1967

(Revised 1976)

Inheritance (Family Provision) Act 1971

Inland Revenue Board of Malaysia Act 1995

Innkeepers Act 1952 (Revised 1981)

Act 597

Act 130

Act 260

Act 155

Act 477

Act 53

Act 132

Act 380

Act 259

Act 156 Act 552

Act 177

Act 39 Act 533

Act 248

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Insurance Act 1963

Insurance Act 1996

Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia

Act 2002

Internal Security Act 1960 (Revised 1972)

International Development Association


Act 89 (Repealed

by Act 553)

Act 553

Act 617

Act 82

Act 431

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International Finance Corporation Act 1957

(Revised 1990)

International Fund for Agricultural Development

Act 1992

International Monetary Fund (Ratification of

Amendments to the Articles of Agreement)

Act 1969

International Monetary Fund (Ratification of

Second Amendment to the Articles of Agreement)

Act 1977

International Organizations (Privileges and

Immunities) 1992

Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967 (Consolidated

and Revised 1989)

Investment Incentives Act 1968

Irrigation Areas Act 1953 (Revised 1989)

Islamic Banking Act 1983

Islamic Development Bank Act 1975

Islamic Family Law (Federal Territories)

Act 1984

Islamic Financial Services Board Act 2002

Istana Negara (Royal Allowances) Act 1982

J

Joint Service (Islamic Affairs Officers) Act 1997

Judges’ Remuneration Act 1971

Judicial Proceedings (Regulation of Reports)


Juvenile Courts Act 1947

Act 428

Act 483

Act 12

Act 184

Act 485

Act 388

Act 199 (Repealed

by Act 327)

Act 386

Act 276

Act 153

Act 303

Act 623 Act 270

Act 573

Act 45

Act 114

Act 90 (Repealed

by Act 611)

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Kedah and Penang (Alteration of Boundary)

Act 1985

Kelantan Land Settlement Act 1955

(Revised 1991)

Kemubu Agricultural Development Authority

Act 1972

Kidnapping Act 1961 (Revised 1989)

Kootu Funds (Prohibition) Act 1971

Kootu Funds (Validation) Act 1974

L

Labuan Offshore Business Activity Tax Act 1990

Labuan Offshore Financial Services Authority

Act 1996

Labuan Offshore Limited Partnerships

Act 1997

Labuan Offshore Securities Industry

Act 1998

Labuan Offshore Trusts Act 1996

Labuan Trust Companies Act 1990

Land Acquisition Act 1960 (Revised 1992)

Land (Group Settlement Areas) Act 1960

(Revised 1994)

Land and Mining Plans and Documents

(Photographic Copies) Act 1950

(Revised 1980)

Land Conservation Act 1960 (Revised 1989)

Land Development Act 1956 (Revised 1991)

Land Speculation Tax Act 1974

Act 325

Act 460

Act 69

Act 365

Act 28

Act 142

Act 445

Act 545

Act 565

Act 579

Act 554 Act 442

Act 486

Act 530

Act 233

Act 385

Act 474

Act 126 (Repealed

by Act 169)

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Langkawi International Yachting Companies

Act 2005 (Not yet in force)

Langkawi International Yacht Registry Act 2003

Law Reform (Eradication of Illicit Samsu)

Act 1976

Law Reform (Marriage and Divorce)

Act 1976

Layout-Designs of Integrated Circuits

Act 2000

Legal Aid Act 1971

Legal Profession Act 1976

Legitimacy Act 1961 (Revised 1971)

Lembaga Akreditasi Negara Act 1996

Lembaga Kemajuan Ikan Malaysia

Act 1971

Lembaga Kemajuan Johor Tenggara

Act 1972

Lembaga Kemajuan Johor Tenggara

(Dissolution) Act 1997 (Not yet in force)

Lembaga Kemajuan Kelantan Selatan

Act 1978

Lembaga Kemajuan Pahang Tenggara

Act 1972

Lembaga Kemajuan Pahang Tenggara

(Dissolution) Act 1997

Lembaga Kemajuan Perusahaan Haiwan Negara

Act 1972

Lembaga Kemajuan Ternakan Negara


Lembaga Kemajuan Terengganu Tengah

Act 1973

Lembaga Kemajuan Wilayah Jengka Act 1983

Lembaga Kemajuan Wilayah Jengka


Act 643

Act 630

Act 165

Act 164

Act 601

Act 26

Act 166

Act 60

Act 556

Act 49

Act 75

Act 568

Act 203

Act 68 (Repealed

by Act 569)

Act 569

Act 73 (Repealed

by Act 292)

Act 292

Act 104

Act 285 (Repealed

by Act 567)

Act 567


Lembaga Kemajuan Wilayah Kedah

Act 1981

Lembaga Kemajuan Wilayah Pulau Pinang

Act 1983

Lembaga Letrik Sabah Act 1983

Act 249

Act 282

Act 278

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Lembaga Padi dan Beras Negara Act 1971

Lembaga Padi dan Beras Negara (Successor

Company) Act 1994

Lembaga Pembangunan Industri Pembinaan

Malaysia Act 1994

Lembaga Pembangunan Labuan Act 1992

Lembaga Pembangunan Langkawi

Act 1990

Lembaga Urusan dan Tabung Haji

Act 1969

Licensed Land Surveyors Act 1958

(Revised 1991)

Limitation Act 1953 (Revised 1981)

Loans (Asian Development Bank) Act 1968

(Revised 1989)

Loans (Central Bank of Malaysia) Act 1960

(Revised 1991)

Loan Guarantee Act 1963 (Revised 1989)

Loan Guarantee Act 1972

Loans Guarantee (Bodies Corporate)


Loans (International Bank) Act 1958

(Revised 1989)

Loans (International Fund for Agricultural

Development) Act 1992

Loan (International Tin Buffer Stock) Act 1971

Loan (Local) Act 1957 (Revised 2006)

Act 47 (Repealed

by Act 522)

Act 523

Act 520

Act 480 (Repealed

by Act 609)

Act 423

Act 8 (Repealed

by Act 535)

Act 458

Act 254

Act 410

Act 459

Act 412 Act 66

Act 96

Act 411

Act 484

Act 41

Act 648

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Loans (Islamic Development Bank) Act 1977

Local Government Act 1976

Local Government Elections Act 1960

(Revised 1991)

Local Government (Temporary Provisions)

Act 1973

Lotteries Act 1952 (Revised 1983)

M

Maintenance Orders (Facilities for

Enforcement) Act 1949 (Revised 1971)

Majlis Amanah Rakyat Act 1966

(Revised 1992)

Malaria Eradication Act 1971

Malayan Railway Provident Fund


Malaysia Deposit Insurance Corporation Act 2005

Malaysia External Trade Development

Corporation Act 1992

Malaysia-Thailand Joint Authority

Act 1990

Malaysia Tourism Promotion Board

Act 1992

Malaysian Agricultural Research and

Development Institute Act 1969

Malaysian Chamber of Mines Incorporation


Malaysian Cocoa Board (Incorporation)

Act 1988

Malaysian Combined Cadet Force


Malaysian Communications and

Multimedia Commission Act 1998

Act 637

Act 650

Act 187

Act 171

Act 473

Act 124 (Repealed

by Act 171)

Act 288

Act 34

Act 489

Act 52 (Repealed

by Act 342)

Act 534

Act 642

Act 490

Act 440

Act 481

Act 11

Act 367

Act 343

Act 417

Act 589


Malaysian Currency (Ringgit) Act 1975

Malaysian Examinations Council Act 1980

Malaysian Forestry Research and

Development Board Act 1985

Malaysian Health Promotion Board Act 2006

Malaysian Industrial Developmen

Authority (Incorporation) Act 1965

(Revised 1989)

Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency Act 2004

Malaysian Palm Oil Board Act 1998

Malaysian Red Crescent Society

(Incorporation) Act 1965

(Revised 1995)

Malaysian Red Cross Society (Change of

Name) Act 1975

Malaysian Rubber Board (Incorporation)

Act 1996

Malaysian Rubber Exchange (Incorporation)


Act 160

Act 225

Act 319

Act 651

Act 397

Act 633 Act 582

Act 540

Act 162

Act 551

Act 402

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Malaysian Rubber Exchange and Licensing Board

Act 1972

Malaysian Rubber Research and Development

Fund Act 1958

Malaysian Standard Time Act 1981

Malaysian Timber Industry Board


Married Women Act 1957 (Revised 1990)

Married Women and Children (Enforcement of

Maintenance) Act 1968 (Revised 1988)

Married Women and Children (Maintenance)


Martial Arts Societies Act 1976

Act 84 (Repealed

by Act 551)

Act 401 (Repealed

by Act 551)

Act 261

Act 105

Act 450

Act 356

Act 263

Act 170

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Medical Act 1971

Laws of Malaysia

Act 50

Medical Assistants (Registration) Act 1977

Medicines (Advertisement and Sale)


Members of Parliament (Remuneration)

Act 1980

Members of the Administration and Members of

Parliament (Pensions and Gratuities) Act 1971

Mental Health Act 2001 (Not yet in force)

Merchant Shipping (Oil Pollution) Act 1994

Merdeka Stadium Corporation Act 1963

(Revised 1990)

Methodist Church in Malaysia Act 1955

(Revised 1991)

Metric Weights and Measures Act 1971

Midwives Act 1966 (Revised 1990)

Military Manoeuvres Act 1983

Mineral Development Act 1994

Minister of Finance (Incorporation) Act 1957

(Revised 1989)

Ministerial Functions Act 1969

Minor Offences Act 1955 (Revised 1987)

Money-Changing Act 1998

Moneylenders Act 1951 (Revised 1989)

Muda Agricultural Development Authority

Act 1972

Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters Act 2002

N

National Anti-Drugs Agency Act 2004 (Not yet in force)

National Anthem Act 1968 (Revised 1989)

National Archives Act 1966

Act 180

Act 290

Act 237

Act 23 (Repealed

by Act 237)

Act 615

Act 515

Act 433

Act 457

Act 40 (Repealed

by Act 71)

Act 436

Act 295

Act 525

Act 375

Act 2

Act 336

Act 577

Act 400

Act 70

Act 621

Act 638

Act 390

Act 511 (Repealed

by Act 629)


National Archives Act 2003

National Art Gallery Act 1959

(Revised 1994)

National Association of Women’s Institutes

of Malaysia Incorporation Act 1958

(Revised 1993)

National Council on Higher Education

Act 1996

National Defence Fund (Dissolution and

Transfer) Act 1984

National Emblems (Control of Display)


National Forestry Act 1984

National Heritage Act 2005

Act 629

Act 516

Act 510

Act 546

Act 305

Act 193

Act 313

Act 645

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National Institute for Scientific and Industrial

Research (Incorporation) Act 1971

National Land Code (Penang and Malacca Titles)


National Land Code (Validation) Act 2003

National Land Rehabilitation and Consolidation

Authority (Incorporation) Act 1966

National Land Rehabilitation and Consolidation

Authority (Succession and Dissolution) Act 1997

National Language Act 1963/67

(Revised 1971)

National Library Act 1972

National Parks Act 1980

National Productivity Corporation (Incorporation)


National Registration Act 1959

(Revised 1972)

National Service Act 1952 (Revised 1990)

National Service Training Act 2003

National Skills Development Act 2006

Act 48 (Repealed

by Act 157)

Act 518


by Act 570)

Act 570

Act 32

Act 80 Act 226

Act 408

Act 78

Act 425

Act 628

Act 652

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National Sports Council of Malaysia

Act 1971

National Tobacco Board (Incorporation) Act 1973

National Trust Fund Act 1988

Native Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction)

Act 1991

Notaries Public Act 1959 (Revised 1973)

Nurses Act 1950 (Revised 1969)

O

Oaths and Affirmations Act 1949

(Revised 1977)

Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994

Offenders Compulsory Attendance Act 1954

(Revised 1991)

Official Secrets Act 1972

Offshore Banking Act 1990

Offshore Companies Act 1990

Offshore Insurance Act 1990

Optical Act 1991

Optical Discs Act 2000

P

Padi Cultivators (Control of Rent and Security

of Tenure) Act 1967 (Revised 1994)

Palm Oil Registration and Licensing Authority


Palm Oil Research and Development

Act 1979

Panglima Gagah Berani (Remembrance

Allowance) Act 2001

Act 29

Act 111

Act 339

Act 471

Act 115

Act 14

Act 194

Act 514

Act 461

Act 88

Act 443

Act 441

Act 444

Act 469

Act 606

Act 528

Act 179 (Repealed

by Act 582)

Act 218 (Repealed

by Act 582)

Act 616


Parliamentary Service Act 1963

Partnership Act 1961 (Revised 1974)

Passports Act 1966 (Revised 1974)

Patents Act 1983

Pawnbrokers Act 1972

Payment Systems Act 2003

Pembangunan Sumber Manusia Berhad

Act 2001

Penal Code (Revised 1997)

Penang Port Commission Act 1955

(Revised 1974)

Pengurusan Danaharta Nasional Berhad

Act 1998

Pensions Act 1980

Pensions Adjustment Act 1980

Pensions Re-computation Act 1980

Pensions Trust Fund Act 1991

Perbadanan Kemajuan Filem Nasional

Malaysia Act 1981

Perbadanan Kemajuan Kraftangan Malaysia

Act 1979

Perbadanan Labuan Act 2001

Perbadanan Pembangunan Bandar Act 1971

Perbadanan Pembangunan Bandar (Dissolution)

Act 1996

Perbadanan Pembangunan Bandar (Successor

Company) Act 1996

Perbadanan Pembekalan Letrik Sarawak

Act 1983 (Not yet in force)

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Act 394 (Repealed

by Act A837)

Act 135

Act 150

Act 291

Act 81

Act 627

Act 612

Act 574

Act 140

Act 587

Act 227

Act 238

Act 228

Act 454

Act 244

Act 222


by Act 547)

Act 547

Act 548

Act 279

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Laws of Malaysia

Perbadanan Putrajaya Act 1995

Perbadanan Tabung Pendidikan Tinggi Nasional

Act 1997

Pesticides Act 1974

Petroleum Development Act 1974

Petroleum and Electricity (Control of Supplies)

Act 1974

Petroleum (Income Tax) Act 1967

(Revised 1995)

Petroleum Mining Act 1966 (Revised 1972)

Petroleum (Safety Measures) Act 1984

Pineapple Industry Act 1957 (Revised 1990)

Planters’ Loans Fund (Dissolution) Act 1981

Plant Quarantine Act 1976

Poisons Act 1952 (Revised 1989)

Police Act 1967 (Revised 1988)

Politeknik Ungku Omar Act 1974

Pool Betting Act 1967 (Revised 1989)

Population and Family Development Act 1966

(Revised 1988)

Port Authorities Act 1963 (Revised 1992)

Port Workers (Regulation of Employment)

Act 1965

Port Workers (Regulation of Employment)


Ports (Privatization) Act 1990

Postal Services Act 1991

Postal Services (Successor Company)

Act 1991

Post Office Act 1947

Act 536

Act 566

Act 149

Act 144

Act 128

Act 543

Act 95

Act 302

Act 427

Act 251 Act 167

Act 366

Act 344

Act 145

Act 384

Act 352

Act 488

Act 419 (Repealed

by Act 607)

Act 607

Act 422 Act 465

Act 466

Act 211 (Repealed

by Act 465)


Post Office Savings Bank Act 1948

Powers of Attorney Act 1949 (Revised 1990)

Presumption of Survivorship Act 1950

(Revised 1978)

Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases

Act 1988

Prevention of Corruption Act 1961

Prevention of Crime Act 1959

(Revised 1983)

Price Control Act 1946 (Revised 1973)

Printing of Qur’anic Texts Act 1986

Printing Presses Act 1948

Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984

Prison Act 1995

Private Agencies Act 1971

Private Employment Agencies Act 1981

Private Healthcare Facilities and Services Act 1998

Private Higher Educational Institutions Act 1996

Private Hospitals Act 1971 ( Repealed by Act 586 )

Probate and Administration Act 1959

(Revised 1972)

Promotion of Investments Act 1986

Protected Areas and Protected Places Act 1959

(Revised 1983)

Protection of New Plant Varieties Act 2004

(Not yet in force)

Protection of Wild Life Act 1972

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Act 113 (Repealed

by Act 146)

Act 424

Act 205

Act 342

Act 57 (Repealed

by Act 575)

Act 297

Act 121

Act 326

Act 58 (Repealed

by Act 301)

Act 301

Act 537

Act 27

Act 246

Act 586

Act 555

Act 43

Act 97

Act 327

Act 298

Act 634

Act 76

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Laws of Malaysia

Public Authorities (Control of Borrowing Powers)


Public Authorities Protection Act 1948

(Revised 1978)

Public Order (Preservation) Act 1958

(Revised 1983)

Public Service Tribunal Act 1977

Public Service Tribunal (Dissolution) Act 2000

Public Trust Corporation Act 1995

Public Trustee Act 1950

Q Quantity Surveyors Act 1967 (Revised 1992)

R

Racing Club (Public Sweepstakes) Act 1965

(Revised 1989)

Racing (Totalizator Board) Act 1961

(Revised 1992)

Railways Act 1991

Railways (Successor Company) Act 1991

Raja-Raja and the Yang di-Pertua-Yang di-Pertua

Negeri Higher Studies Scholarship Fund Act 1983

Real Property Gains Tax Act 1976

Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments


Registration of Adoptions Act 1952

(Revised 1981)

Registration of Births and Deaths (Special

Provisions) Act 1975

Act 383

Act 198

Act 296

Act 186 (Repealed

by Act 604)

Act 604

Act 532

Act 247 (Repealed

by Act 532)

Act 487

Act 404

Act 494

Act 463 Act 464

Act 284

Act 169 Act 99

Act 253

Act 152


Registration of Businesses Act 1956

(Revised 1978)

Registration of Criminals and Undesirable

Persons Act 1969

Registration of Engineers Act 1967

(Revised 1974)

Registration of Guests Act 1965

(Revised 1989)

Registration of Pharmacists Act 1951

(Revised 1989)

Act 197

Act 7

Act 138

Act 381

Act 371

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Registration of United Kingdom Patents Act 1951

Restricted Residence Act 1933

(Revised 1989)

Revenue Growth Grants Act 1977

Revision of Laws Act 1968

Revocation of Exemption from Payment of

Stamp Duties Act 1992

Road Transport Act 1987

Roman Catholic Bishops (Change of Name

and Incorporation) Act 1974

Roman Catholic Bishops (Incorporation)


Rubber Export Registration Act 1966

Rubber Industry Smallholders Development

Authority Act 1972

Rubber Price Stabilization Act 1975

Rubber Research Institute of Malaysia

Act 1966

Rubber Shipping and Packing Control

Act 1949

Rubber Statutory Bodies Act 1985

Act 215 (Repealed

by Act 291)

Act 377

Act 181

Act 1

Act 478

Act 333 Act 131 (Superseded

by Act 492)

Act 492

Act 475 (Repealed

by Act 551)

Act 85

Act 161

Act 407 (Repealed

by Act 551)

Act 526 (Repealed

by Act 551)

Act 321

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Laws of Malaysia

Sale of Drugs Act 1952 (Revised 1989)

Sale of Drugs Act 1952 (Revised 1989)

Sale of Goods Act 1957 (Revised 1989)

Sales Tax Act 1972

Scouts Association of Malaysia Act 1974

Scouts Association of Malaysia (Incorporation)


Second-Hand Dealers Act 1946

(Revised 1977)

Securities Commission Act 1993

Securities Industry Act 1973

Securities Industry Act 1983

Securities Industry (Central Depositories)

Act 1991

Sedition Act 1948 (Revised 1969)

Seri Pahlawan Gagah Perkasa (Remembrance

Allowance) Act 1990

Service Commissions Act 1957

(Revised 1989)

Service Lands Act 1963 (Revised 1989)

Service Tax Act 1975

Sewerage Services Act 1993

Share (Land Based Company) Transfer Tax

Act 1984

Skills Development Fund Act 2004

Small and Medium Industries Development

Corporation Act 1995

Small Estates (Distribution) Act 1955

(Revised 1972)

Act 368

Act 368

Act 382

Act 64

Act 143

Act 409

Act 189

Act 498

Act 112 (Repealed

by Act 280)

Act 280

Act 453

Act 15

Act 439

Act 393

Act 413 Act 151

Act 508

Act 310 (Repealed

by Act 364

Act 640

Act 539

Act 98


Social and Welfare Services Lotteries Board

Act 1950–1962

Social and Welfare Services Lotteries Board


Societies Act 1966 (Revised 1987)

South Indian Labour Fund Act 1958

South Indian Labour Fund (Dissolution)

Act 1999

Special Pensions (Raja Permaisuri Agong)

Act 1979

Specific Relief Act 1950 (Revised 1974)

Sports Development Act 1997

St. John Ambulance of Malaysia (Incorporation)

Act 1972

Stamp Act 1949 (Consolidated and

Revised 1989)

Standards and Industrial Research Institute of

Malaysia (Incorporation) Act 1975

Standards of Malaysia Act 1996

State Grants (Maintenance of Local Authorities)

Act 1981

State Water Supply Fund (Financial and

Accounting Procedure) Act 1980

Statistics Act 1965 (Revised 1989)

Statutory and Local Authorities Pensions

Act 1980

Statutory and Local Authorities Superannuation

Fund Act 1977

Statutory Bodies (Accounts and Annual Reports)

Act 1980

Statutory Bodies (Discipline and Surcharge)

Act 2000

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Act 252 (Repealed

by Act 470)

Act 470

Act 335

Act 496 (Repealed

by Act 596)

Act 596

Act 223 (Repealed

by Act 270)

Act 137

Act 576

Act 74

Act 378

Act 157 (Repealed

by Act 549)

Act 549

Act 245

Act 230

Act 415

Act 239

Act 185

Act 240

Act 605

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Laws of Malaysia

Statutory Bodies (Power to Borrow)

Act 1999

Statutory Declarations Act 1960

(Revised 1969)

Strata Titles Act 1985

Street, Drainage and Building Act 1974

Subang Golf Course Corporation Act 1968

(Revised 1993)

Subordinate Courts Act 1948 (Revised 1972)

Subordinate Courts Rules Act 1955

(Revised 1971)

Summonses and Warrants (Special Provisions)

Act 1971

Superior of the Institute of the Congregation

of the Brothers of Mercy (Incorporation)

Act 1972

Supplementary Income Tax Act 1967

Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Air Negara Act 2006 (Not yet in force)

Syariah Court Civil Procedure (Federal Territories)

Act 1998

Syariah Courts (Criminal Jurisdiction) Act 1965

(Revised 1988)

Syariah Court Evidence (Federal Territories)

Act 1997

Syariah Criminal Offences (Federal Territories)

Act 1997

Syariah Criminal Procedure (Federal Territories)

Act 1997

Synod of the Diocese of West Malaysia


T

Tabung Angkatan Tentera Act 1973

Tabung Haji Act 1995

Act 598

Act 13

Act 318

Act 133

Act 509

Act 92

Act 55

Act 25

Act 86

Act 54 (Repealed

by Act 497)

Act 654

Act 585

Act 355

Act 561

Act 559

Act 560

Act 36

Act 101

Act 535

Takaful Act 1984


Act 312

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Teachers’ Superannuation Fund (Sabah)


Telecommunications Act 1950

Telecommunication Services (Successor Company)

Act 1985

Telemedicine Act 1997 (Not yet in force)

Theatres and Places of Public Amusement

(Federal Territory) Act 1977

Timbalan Yang di-Pertuan Agong (Remuneration)


Tin Control Act 1954 (Revised 1988)

Tin Industry (Research and Development) Fund


Titles of Office Act 1949 (Revised 1989)

Tolls (Roads and Bridges) Act 1965

(Revised 1989)

Tourism Industry Act 1992

Tourism Vehicles Licensing Act 1999

Tourist Development Corporation of Malaysia

Act 1972

Town and Country Planning Act 1976

Town Planners Act 1995

Trade Descriptions Act 1972

Trade Marks Act 1976

Trade Unions Act 1959 (Revised 1981)

Treasure Trove Act 1957 (Revised 1995)

Treasury Bills (Local) Act 1946

(Revised 1977)

Treasury Deposit Receipts Act 1952

(Revised 1980)

Act 584

Act 20 (Repealed

by Act 588)

Act 322

Act 564

Act 182 (Repealed

by Act 493)

Act 374

Act 362

Act 455

Act 399

Act 416

Act 482

Act 594

Act 72 (Repealed

by Act 481)

Act 172

Act 538

Act 87

Act 175

Act 262

Act 542

Act 188

Act 236

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Laws of Malaysia

Trust Companies Act 1949 (Revised 1973)

Trustee Act 1949 (Revised 1978)

Trustees (Incorporation) Act 1952

(Revised 1981)

Trusts (State Legislatures Competency)


Tun Razak Foundation Act 1976

Tunku Abdul Rahman Foundation Fund


Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj Pension

Act 1971

U

Unclaimed Moneys Act 1965 (Revised 1989)

United Kingdom Designs (Protection) Act 1949

Universiti Teknologi MARA Act 1976

Universities and University Colleges Act 1971

V

Valuers, Appraisers and Estate Agents Act 1981

Veterinary Surgeons Act 1974

Visiting Forces Act 1960 (Revised 1990)

W

Wages Councils Act 1947 (Revised 1977)

Waters Act 1920 (Revised 1989)

Water Services Industry Act 2006 (Not yet in force)

Water Supply (Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur)

Act 1998

Weekly Holidays Act 1950 (Revised 1979)

Weights and Measures Act 1972

Act 100

Act 208

Act 258

Act 196

Act 178

Act 389

Act 22

Act 370

Act 214 (Repealed

by Act 552)

Act 173

Act 30

Act 242

Act 147

Act 432

Act 195

Act 418

Act 655

Act 581

Act 220 Act 71


Wills Act 1959 (Revised 1988)

Windfall Profit Levy Act 1998

Act 346

Act 592

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Women and Girls Protection Act 1973

Wood-based Industries (State Legislatures

Competency) Act 1984

Workers’ Minimum Standards of Housing and

Amenities Act 1990

Workmen’s Compensation Act 1952

(Revised 1982)

Y

Yang di-Pertuan Agong (Exercise of Functions)


Act 106 (Repealed

by Act 611)

Act 314

Act 446

Act 273

Act 373