Malaysia legislation

Section 12

of PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION (AMENDMENT) ACT 2024

Section 12

Section 129 of the principal Act is amended—

(a)

by deleting subsection (1);

(b)

in subsection (2)—

(i)

by substituting for the words “For the purposes of subsection (1), the Minister may specify”

the words “A data controller may transfer any personal data of a data subject to”; and

(ii)

in paragraph (a), by deleting the words

“, or that serves the same purposes as this Act”;

(c)

in subsection (3)—

(i)

by substituting for the words “subsection (1)”

the words “subsection (2)”;

(ii)

in paragraph (f), by inserting the word “or”

at the end of the paragraph;

(iii)

in paragraph (g), by substituting for the words

“; or” at the end of the paragraph a full stop;

and

(iv)

by deleting paragraph (h);

(d)

by deleting subsection (4); and

(e)

in subsection (5), by substituting for the words

“subsection (1)” the words “this section”.

Amendment of section 136