Malaysia legislation

Section 6

of EMPLOYMENT (AMENDMENT) ACT 2022

Section 6

Amendment of section 25

(a)

in the shoulder note, by substituting for the word “bank”

the words “financial institution”;

(b)

in subsection (1), by substituting for the words “at a bank, finance company, financial institution or other institutions licensed or established under the Banking and Financial Institutions Act 1989 [Act 372] or any other written law, in any part of Malaysia” the words

“opened by a financial institution,”; and

(c)

by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsections:

“(3)  For the purposes of this Part, “financial institution” includes—

(a)

a licensed bank and an approved issuer of a designated payment instrument under the Financial Services Act 2013 [Act 758];

(b)

a licensed Islamic bank and an approved issuer of a designated Islamic payment instrument under the Islamic Financial

Services Act 2013 [Act 759]; and

(c)

a p r e s c r i b e d i n s t i t u t i o n u n d e r the Development Financial Institutions

Act 2002 [Act 618].

(4)

The Minister may, by order, specify any approved issuer of a designated payment instrument or any approved issuer of a designated Islamic payment instrument under paragraphs 3(a) and (b)

to be a recognized approved issuer of a designated payment instrument or approved issuer of a designated

Islamic payment instrument for the purpose of payment of wages under this Part.”.

Amendment of section 25a