Section 5

No person shall employ in Malaysia any non-citizen referred to in the Schedule unless there has been issued in respect of that non-citizen a valid employment permit.

Subsection (1) shall have effect notwithstanding any other written law or any term or condition of any contract or agreement.

For the purposes of this section, any person found performing any act normally performed by an employee in any place of employment shall be deemed to have been employed under a contract of service by the employer of that place of employment.

Application for employment permits and renewal of employment permits