Cross-Border Insolvency Act 2026 · Updated to 30 Jan 2026 · Part IV · Cooperation with Foreign Courts and Foreign Representatives
26. Cooperation and direct communication between Malaysian insolvency office-holder and foreign courts or foreign representatives
Feedback & supportFor the purposes of this Act, a Malaysian insolvency office-holder shall, in the exercise of his functions under the laws of Malaysia, and subject to the supervision of the Court, cooperate to the maximum extent possible with foreign courts or foreign representatives.
Malaysian insolvency office-holder
“Malaysian insolvency office-holder” means— (a) the Official Receiver as defined in section 2 of the Companies Act 2016; (b) a person appointed under the Companies Act 2016 to act in any of the following capacities: (i) liquidator or interim liquidator, whether in a compulsory or voluntary winding up; (ii) judicial manager or interim judicial manager in judicial management; (iii) nominee or supervisor of a corporate voluntary arrangement; or (iv) representative of a scheme of compromise or arrangement; (c) a person approved under the Labuan Companies Act 1990 as an approved liquidator; (d) any other person appointed by the Court under subsection 6(2) to act in a foreign State on behalf of any proceedings; or (e) any other such person or body recognized under any written law in Malaysia in a collective judicial or administrative proceedings in Malaysia, including interim proceedings, under the law relating to insolvency in which proceedings the property and affairs of the debtor are subject to control or supervision by the Court, for the purposes of reorganization or liquidation;
The Malaysian insolvency office-holder is entitled, in the exercise of his functions under the laws of Malaysia, and subject to the supervision of the Court, to communicate directly with foreign courts or foreign representatives.