The Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 () is an Act of the

Parliament of Malaysia The Parliament of Malaysia (; Jawi script, Jawi: ) is the national legislature of Malaysia, based on the Westminster system. The bicameral parliament consists of the Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives, Literal translation, lit. "People's As ...

. It was enacted to provide for and to regulate the converging communications and multimedia industries, and for incidental matters.

Structure

The Communications and Multimedia Act 1998, in its current form (1 January 2006), consists of 11 Parts containing 282 sections and 1 schedule (including 1 amendment). * Part I: Preliminary * Part II: Ministerial Powers and Procedures ** Chapter 1: Ministerial Direction ** Chapter 2: Ministerial Determination ** Chapter 3: Ministerial Declaration ** Chapter 4: Ministerial Regulations * Part III: Appeal Tribunal * Part IV: Licences ** Chapter 1: Individual Licence ** Chapter 2: Class Licence * Part V: Powers and Procedures of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission ** Chapter 1: Directions ** Chapter 2: Determination ** Chapter 3: Inquiry ** Chapter 4: Investigation for Purposes of Administration, Inquiry, etc. ** Chapter 5: Information-gathering Powers ** Chapter 6: Register ** Chapter 7: Notification and Resolution of Disputes ** Chapter 8: Registration of Agreements ** Chapter 9: Voluntary Industry Codes ** Chapter 10: Mandatory Standards ** Chapter 11: Undertakings ** Chapter 12: Regulatory Forbearance ** Chapter 13: Review of Decisions ** Chapter 14: Regulatory Review ** Chapter 15: Monitoring and Reporting * Part VI: Economic Regulation ** Chapter 1: Licensing ** Chapter 2: General Competition Practices ** Chapter 3: Access to Services * Part VII: Technical Regulation ** Chapter 1: Spectrum Assignment ** Chapter 2: Numbering and Electronic Addressing ** Chapter 3: Technical Standards * Part VIII: Consumer Protection ** Chapter 1: Quality of Service ** Chapter 2: Required Applications Services ** Chapter 3: Resolution of Consumer Disputes ** Chapter 4: Rate Regulation ** Chapter 5: Universal Service Provision * Part IX: Social Regulation ** Chapter 1: Licensing ** Chapter 2: Content Requirements * Part X: General ** Chapter 1: Installation of Network Facilities, Access to Network Facilities, etc. ** Chapter 2: Additional Offences and Penalties ** Chapter 3: Powers of Entry, Investigation into Offences and Prosecution ** Chapter 4: National Interest Matters ** Chapter 5: Miscellaneous * Part XI: Transitional Provisions ** Chapter 1: Repeal and Savings ** Chapter 2: Transitional Provisions for Licences * Schedule

References

*Safinaz Mohd. Hussein, "The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 - Its Implications on the Information Technology (IT) Industry" (2000) 9 Information & Communications Technology Law 7
Taylor & Francis
*Zakaria, Ghani, Razali, Sulaiman and Nawi, "Liability of Internet Service Provider in Cyber Defamation: An Analysis on Communication and Multimedia Act 1998" (2019) 4 International Journal of Law, Government and Communication 6
IJGLC
*Allan Brown, Moazzem Hossain and Duc-Tho Nguyen (eds). "The Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 and the Communications and Multimedia Commission". Telecommunications Reform in the Asia-Pacific Region. Edward Elgar. 2004. Chapters 2.2 and 2.3. p
128
to 130. See also pp 131 to 135.

External links

Communications and Multimedia Act 1998
{{PD-notice 1998 in Malaysian law Malaysian federal legislation