Malaysian Media Council Act 2025 · Updated to 6 Jun 2025 · Part V · Finance
17. Malaysian Media Council Fund
Feedback & supportA fund to be known as the “Malaysian Media Council
Council
“Council” means the Malaysian Media Council established under section 3 of this Act;
Fund” is established and shall be administered and controlled by the Council.
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The Malaysian Media Council Fund shall consist of—
such sums as may be provided by Parliament from time to time for the purposes of this Act;
all moneys earned by the fees collected, operation of any project or scheme financed from the Malaysian Media
Council Fund;
all moneys earned or arising from any property, mortgage, lease, tenancy, charge or debenture acquired by or vested in the Council;
moneys received by the Council by way of grants or donations that are lawfully received by the Council; and
all other sums and properties which may in any manner become payable to or vested in the Council in respect of any matter incidental to the performance of its functions and the exercise of its powers.
For the purposes of paragraph (2)(a), for any period that the Council received any sums provided by the Parliament for the purposes of this Act, the Statutory Bodies (Accounts and Annual
Reports) Act 1980 [Act 240] shall apply to the Council.
The Council shall not receive any foreign fund.
Notwithstanding subsection (4), the Council may receive foreign fund without any conditions from any individual or foreign organization for the purpose of promoting awareness and providing education in relation to media industry, subject to the approval of the Minister.
media industry
“media industry” means any— (a) news agency, which is a news organization incorporated under any Malaysian law for the purpose of collecting, verifying, and disseminating news, information, images, and videos; (b) newspaper organization, which is a news organization that publishes printed or digital reading materials on a daily or periodic basis; (c) broadcaster, which is a radio or television station that broadcasts for public listening or viewing, including materials available in digital format via the internet; (d) media practitioner; (e) independent media practitioner; (f) foreign media, which is a media company owned or controlled by foreign media organizations, who has media practitioners in Malaysia and publish news and journalism content in Malaysia or particularly about Malaysia; (g) media publisher; (h) media company; and (i) media association, but does not include the advertising industry, online service providers and entities that aggregate or develop news from other sources;