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*TEMPORARY MEASURES FOR GOVERNMENT FINANCING (CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19)) ACT 2020

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Type
Act
Status
In force
Enacted
2019
Last amended
2021
Sections
10
Languages
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*TEMPORARY MEASURES FOR GOVERNMENT FINANCING (CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19)) ACT 2020 is Malaysia Act, cited as Act 830 2019, currently marked in force and first recorded in 2019.

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Preamble

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  1. An Act to provide for temporary measures relating to government financing to reduce the impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) by increasing the ceiling amount for the total amount of the sums that may be raised under the Loan (Local) Act 1959 [Act 637] and the total amount of moneys that may be received under the Government Funding Act 1983 [Act 275], to establish a COVID-19 Fund, to allow the sums raised under the Loan (Local) Act 1959 and the moneys received under the Government Funding Act 1983 to be paid into the COVID-19 Fund, to allow the moneys in the COVID-19 Fund to be applied and appropriated for the purposes of the programmes under the economic stimulus packages and economic recovery plans, and to provide for related matters. [27 February 2020 except section 3; 26 October 2020 for subsection 3(1)] ENACTED by the Parliament of Malaysia as follows: Short title and commencement

Section 1

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(2)

Except for section 3, this Act is deemed to have come into operation on 27 February 2020 and shall continue to remain in operation until 31 December 2022.

Interpretation

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Section 2

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In this Act, “Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for finance.

Section 3

Increase of ceiling amount of sums raised and moneys received

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(2)

Subsection (1) shall have effect for the period from the date this Act is published in the Gazzette until 31 December 2022 and during such period the Loan (Local) (Statutory Ceiling for

Borrowing) and Government Funding (Statutory Ceiling of Moneys

Received) Order 2009 is suspended.

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(3)

For the purposes of this section, “Gross Domestic Product of

Malaysia” means the latest Gross Domestic Product of Malaysia confirmed by the Minister.

Establishment of COVID-19 Fund

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Section 4

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(2)

Notwithstanding subsection 5(1) of the Loan (Local) Act 1959

and section 4 of the Government Funding Act 1983, any sum raised under subsection 3(1) of the Loan (Local) Act 1959 and any money received under subsection 3(1) of the Government Funding Act 1983

may be paid into the COVID-19 Fund for the purposes of its application under section 5.

Application of COVID-19 Fund

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Section 5

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(2)

Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Minister may, if he thinks necessary

(a)

limit or suspend the amount to be applied and appropriated for the purposes of any programme; or

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(b)

direct any sum appropriated for a programme to be appropriated in aid of any other programme for which the sum appropriated may be deficient a further amount out of any surplus from the first mentioned programme.

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(3)

The Minister shall ensure that the application and appropriation of the moneys in the COVID-19 Fund are utilised only for the programmes specified in column (1) of the Schedule, taking into account anything done under subsection (2), and does not exceed the total amount allocated for such programmes.

Sums paid, applied and appropriated from 27 February 2020 until date of publication of Act deemed valid

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Section 6

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Any sum raised under subsection 3(1) of the Loan (Local) Act 1959 and money received under subsection 3(1) of the Government

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Funding Act 1983 which is paid into, applied and appropriated for the purposes of, the COVID-19 Fund, for the period from 27

February 2020 until the date this Act is published in the Gazette, shall be deemed to have been validly paid, applied and appropriated as such.

Section 7

Yearly statements of COVID-19 Fund

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The Minister shall, as soon as practicable after the end of every financial year, prepare in respect of that financial year a statement of receipts and expenditure of moneys accounted in the COVID-19 Fund as required under paragraph 16(1)(c) of the Financial Procedure

Act 1957.

Section 8

Dealings with COVID-19 Fund upon the expiry of Act

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(2)

Where there is any balance of moneys in the COVID-19 Fund after all the payments are made under subsection (1), notwithstanding subsection 10(3) of the Financial Procedure Act 1957, such balance of moneys shall be paid by the Minister into the Development Fund specified in the Second Schedule to the Financial Procedure Act 1957.

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(3)

After the balance of moneys in the COVID-19 Fund has been paid in accordance with subsection (2), the COVID-19 Fund shall be deemed dissolved and the Dewan Rakyat may, by a resolution, delete the COVID-19 Fund from the Second Schedule to the Financial

Procedure Act 1957.

Temporary Measures for Government Financing

(Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19))

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Schedule

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[Subsection 5(1)]

PROGRAMMES UNDER ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGES

AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY PLANS

(1)

Programmes

(2)

Amount

(RM)

1.

Wage subsidy, job retention and workers’ hiring incentive, and training assistance programmes

31,000,000,000

2.

Bantuan Prihatin Nasional

41,000,000,000

3.

Small scale projects

6,000,000,000

4.

Skill and upskilling programmes

2,000,000,000

5.

PENJANA SME financing

2,000,000,000

6.

PRIHATIN SME grant

6,000,000,000

7.

Micro credit loans

2,000,000,000

8.

Allocation for COVID-19 related expenses

9,000,000,000

9.

Food security fund

1,000,000,000

10. COVID-19 special allowance for frontliners

600,000,000

11.

PENJANA Nasional Fund

600,000,000

12.

ePENJANA

520,000,000

13.

Electricity bill discounts

500,000,000

14.

Additional RM100 for Bantuan Sara Hidup

(BSH)

300,000,000

15.

Special assistance to students of higher educational institutions

300,000,000

16.

Bumiputera Relief Financing

200,000,000

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(1)

Programmes

(2)

Amount

(RM)

17.

MY30 public transport subsidy

200,000,000

18.

Special assistance to taxi drivers, school bus drivers, tour bus drivers, tour guides, trishaw operators and e-hailing drivers

160,000,000 19.

Social assistance support to vulnerable groups

6,010,000,000

20.

Smart automation grant

100,000,000

21.

Soft loan under MyCreative Venture

100,000,000

22.

Social protection and training for gig economy workers

75,000,000

23.

E-Dagang campaign for SME and micro enterprises

70,000,000

24.

“Shop Malaysia Online” for online consumption

70,000,000

25.

PEKA B40 health care support

50,000,000

26.

Grant for child care centres and kindergartens

50,000,000

27.

Digital content fund

35,000,000

28.

Assistance to non-government organizations

25,000,000

29.

Digitalization of government service delivery

20,000,000

30.

Digitalization marketing and promotion fund under the Cultural Economy Development

Agency (CENDANA)

10,000,000

31.

MyAssist SME One Stop Centre

5,000,000

TOTAL

110,000,000,000

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Act 830

LIST OF AMENDMENTS

Amending law

Short title

In force from

Act A1627

Temporary Measures for Government

Financing (Coronavirus Disease 2019

(COVID-19)) (Amendment) Act 2020

01-01-2021

Act A1635

Temporary Measures for Government

Financing (Coronavirus Disease 2019

(COVID-19)) (Amendment) Act 2021

18-11-2021

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Act 830

LIST OF SECTIONS AMENDED

Section

Amending authority

In force from

3

Act A1635 18-11-2021

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