Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing, Anti-Restricted Activity Financing and Proceeeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 · Updated to 1 Mar 2026 · Part VII · Miscellaneous
84. Regulations
Feedback & supportThe Minister of Finance or the Minister of Home Affairs, as the case may be, may make such regulations as are necessary or expedient to give full effect to or for carrying out the provisions of this
Act.
Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), regulations may be made—
to prescribe anything that is required or permitted to be prescribed under this Act;
to provide that any act or omission in contravention of any provision of such regulations shall be an offence;
to provide for the imposition of penalties for such offences which shall not exceed a fine of three million ringgit or imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or both;
and
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to provide for the imposition of an additional penalty for a continuing offence which shall not exceed five thousand ringgit for each day or part thereof during which the offence continues to be committed.