Malaysia legislation

Section 4

of ONLINE SAFETY ACT 2025

Section 4

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

“this Act” includes any subsidiary legislation made under this Act;

“communications data” has the meaning assigned to it in the

Communications and Multimedia Act 1998;

“prescribed” means prescribed by the Minister by regulations made under this Act;

“Committee” means the Online Safety Committee established under section 5;

“child” means a person who is under the age of eighteen years;

“content” has the meaning assigned to it in the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998;

“harmful content” means any of the contents as specified in the First Schedule;

“priority harmful content” means the harmful content as specified in the Second Schedule;

“code” means a code issued by the Commission under section 80;

“Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for communications;

“authorized officer” means any police officer, or any public officer or officer of the Commission authorized in writing by the Minister under section 52;

“licensed applications service provider” means an applications service provider licensed under the Communications and Multimedia

Act 1998;

Act 866

“licensed content applications service provider” means a content applications service provider licensed under the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998;

“licensed network service provider” means a network service provider licensed under the Communications and Multimedia

Act 1998;

“user” means—

(a)

a user of the applications service provided by a licensed applications service provider; or

(b)

a user of the content applications service provided by a licensed content applications service provider;

“applications service” has the meaning assigned to it in the

Communications and Multimedia Act 1998;

“content applications service” has the meaning assigned to it in the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998;

“network service” has the meaning assigned to it in the

Communications and Multimedia Act 1998;

“communications system” has the meaning assigned to it in the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998;

“Commission” means the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission established under section 4 of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission

Act 1998 [Act 589].