Malaysia legislation

Section 2

of MALAYSIAN ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION (AMENDMENT) ACT 2018

Section 2

The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009

[Act 694], which is referred to as the “principal Act” in this Act, is amended in section 3—

(a)

by deleting the definition of “bank”;

(b)

by substituting for the definition of “financial institution”

the following definition:

‘ “financial institution” means—

(a)

a licensed bank, licensed insurer and investment bank under the Financial Services Act 2013

[Act 758];

(b)

a licensed international Islamic bank, licensed international takaful operator, licensed Islamic bank and licensed takaful operator under the Islamic Financial Services Act 2013

[Act 759];

(c)

a prescribed institution under the Development

Financial Institutions Act 2002 [Act 618];

(d)

a licensee under the Money Services Business

Act 2011 [Act 731];

(e)

a person licensed or registered under the

Capital Markets and Services Act 2007

[Act 671];

(f)

the central depository established under the

Securities Industry (Central Depositories)

Act 1991 [Act 453];

(g)

a bank licensee, an insurance licensee, a securities licensee and any entity licensed or registered under the Labuan Financial

Services and Securities Act 2010 [Act 704];

(h)

an Islamic bank licensee, a takaful licensee, an Islamic securities licensee and any entity licensed or registered under the Labuan Islamic

Financial Services and Securities Act 2010

[Act 705]; and

(i)

any other financial institution established or licensed under any other written law or any co-operative society registered or deemed to have been registered under the Co-operative

Societies Act 1993 [Act 502];’.

Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (Amendment)

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Amendment of section 17