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Chapter 4

16. Minister’s power to make regulations

(1)

The Minister may, on the recommendation of the

Commission or otherwise, make regulations, to be published in the Gazette, for all or any of the following purposes:

(a)

the procedures for the Commission and the Appeal Tribunal in the exercise of their powers and functions under this

Act;

(b)

the form of, and requirements for, written authorizations, assignments and licences granted or issued under this

Act;

(c)

the procedures for the assignment of rights to the spectrum or numbers under Part VII, including mechanisms for rate-based assignment;

(d)

any fees, charges or rates to be imposed;

(e)

the procedures for the implementation of a system of universal service provision under Part VIII, including but not limited to the quality of service standards;

(f)

the procedures for the use of network facilities, network services, applications services and content applications services in emergency or distress situations;

(g)

the compounding of offences;

(h)

any redress, including compensation or penalties in respect of a breach of or offence against any subsidiary legislation;

(i)

any matter for which this Act makes express provision;

and

(j)

such other matters as are necessary for giving full effect to the provisions of this Act and for their due administration.

(2)

The regulations made under subsection (1), or any other subsidiary legislation made under this Act, may prescribe any act in contravention of the regulations, or other subsidiary legislation, to

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Communications and Multimedia be an offence and may prescribe penalties of a fine not exceeding three hundred thousand ringgit or a term of imprisonment not exceeding three years or both for such offence and, in the case of a continuing offence, may prescribe, in addition to such penalties, a fine of one thousand ringgit for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.

Report

Part III

Appeal Tribunal

Part IV

Licences

Part V

Powers and Procedures of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Part VI

Economic Regulation

Part VII

Technical Regulation

Part VIII

Consumer Protection

Part IX

Social Regulation

Part X

General

Part V

Part V.

Part XI

Transitional Provisions

Schedules