Online Safety Act 2025 · Updated to 22 May 2025 · Part I · Preliminary
3. Territorial and extra-territorial application
Feedback & supportThis Act shall apply within and outside Malaysia.
Notwithstanding subsection (1), this Act shall apply to any person beyond the geographical limits of Malaysia and the territorial waters of Malaysia if such person provides any applications service, content applications service or network service in a place within Malaysia and is a licensee under the
applications service
“applications service” has the meaning assigned to it in the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998;
Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 [Act 588].
For the purposes of this section, “place” means a point of any nature or description whether on land, in the atmosphere, in outer space, underground, underwater, at sea or anywhere else.
For the purposes of this section, a place that is—
in or below the stratosphere; and
above the geographical limits of Malaysia and her territorial waters, is taken to be a place within the geographical limits of Malaysia and her territorial waters.
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