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Section 5

of Islamic Banking Act 1983

ActRepealedProvision 5 of 61

Section 5

(1)

No company shall be granted a licence under section 3 nor shall any company licensed thereunder carry on business in Malaysia without the written consent of the Minister if its capital funds unimpaired by losses or otherwise is less than the minimum amount.

(2)

For the purposes of this section—

"capital funds" means paid-up capital and reserves and any other sources of capital as may be defined and computed in such manner as may be prescribed by notice in writing from time to time by the Central Bank;

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and reserves defined and prescribed by Central Bank;

"minimum amount" means such amount of capital funds to be maintained by an Islamic bank as may be prescribed by the Minister on the recommendation of the Central Bank by notification in the Gazette.

(3)

The prescription of the minimum amount to be maintained under subsection (2) shall be complied with within such uniform period of grace being not less than three months as may be specified in the notification.