Words starting with L

local aircraft

Defined in Telecommunications Act 1950, s 35

“means any aircraft registered in Malaysia.”

local area

Defined in Local Government Elections Act 1960, s 2

“means the area under the jurisdiction of a local authority”

local authority

Defined in Iskandar Regional Development Authority Act 2007, s 2

“means the local authority for the area or areas within the Iskandar Development Region”

Also defined in 15 other Acts

local authority area

Defined in Strata Management Act 2013, s 2

“means any area in a State that has been declared by the State Authority to be a local authority area in accordance with section 3 of the Local Government Act 1976”

Local Bar Committee

Defined in Akta Profesion Undang-Undang 1976, s 143

“shall have the meanings assigned to these expressions in the Ordinance.”

local community

Defined in Access to Biological Resources and Benefit Sharing Act 2017, s 4

“means a group of individuals who have settled together and continuously inherit production processes and culture or a group of individuals settled together in a village or area and under an eco-cultural system”

Also defined in 1 other Act

Local Council

Defined in Local Government Elections Act 1960, s 2

“means a Local Council established under section 4 of the Local Councils Ordinance 1952 [Ord. 36 of 1952]”

local craft

Defined in Customs Act 1967, s 2

“means any junk, tongkang, perahu, kumpit or other similar type of vessel, and any steam or motor vessel under seventy-five net registered tons”

Also defined in 1 other Act

local federal officer

Defined in Akta Pencen 1980, s 2

“means an officer who is recruited for, or transferred to, service under the Federal Government in Sabah or Sarawak and has not been permanently transferred to service outside Sabah or Sarawak; Pensions 7”

local fishing vessel

Defined in Fisheries Act 1985, s 2

“means any fishing vessel— (a) which is not registered outside Malaysia and which is wholly owned by— (i) a natural person who is a citizen or natural persons who are citizens of Malaysia; (ii) a statutory corporation established under any …”

local force

Defined in Minor Offences Act 1955, s 2

“includes any force raised and maintained in Malaysia under the provisions of any written law”

local jurisdiction

Defined in Courts of Judicature Act 1964, s 3

“means— (a) in the case of the High Court in Malaya, the territory comprised in the States of Malaya, namely, Johore, Kedah, Kelantan, Malacca, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Penang, Perak, Perlis, Selangor, Terengganu, the *Federal Territory of …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

local land development board

Defined in Land Development Act 1956, s 2

“means a local land development board established under section 30”

local plan

Defined in Federal Territory (Planning) Act 1982, s 2

“means the local plan as prepared under section 13”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

local planning authority

Defined in Town and Country Planning Act 1976, s 2

“means the local planning authority, as so construed, for the area in which the land or building is situated”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

local society

Defined in Societies Act 1966, s 2

“means any society organised and established in the Federation or having its headquarters or chief place of business in the Federation, and includes any society deemed to be established in the Federation by virtue of section 4 of this Act”

Also defined in 1 other Act

local stock

Defined in Loan (Local) Act 1957, s 2

“means any stock issued in Malaysia under this Act or under any of the written laws set out in the First Schedule”

Local Tangible Asset

Defined in Akta Kewangan (No. 2) 2023, s 157

“means immovable property located in the same jurisdiction as the Constituent Entity”

local training institution

Defined in Dental Act 2018, s 2

“means an institution of higher education which grants a dental degree and carries out all or part of its training within Malaysia”

local vessel

Defined in Telecommunications Act 1950, s 35

“means any ship registered in a port of Malaysia, or any vessel licensed to be used in the tidal waters of Malaysia, or any unlicensed vessel habitually kept in Malaysia or the territorial waters thereof”

location plan

Defined in Strata Titles Act 1985, s 4

“means a location plan under subsection 8A(3) or 20A(3), as the case may be”

lock-out

Defined in Trade Unions Act 1959, s 2

“means— (a) the closing of a place of employment; (b) the suspension of work; or (c) the refusal by an employer to continue to employ any number of workmen employed by him, in furtherance of a trade dispute, done with a view to compelling …”

lodged

Defined in Akta Syarikat Labuan 1990, s 2

“means lodged in accordance with the provisions of this Act”

Look-back Period

Defined in Akta Kewangan (No. 2) 2023, s 157

“means, in respect of an election under subsections 165(16) to (19), the Election Year and the four prior Financial Years”

Loss Year

Defined in Akta Kewangan (No. 2) 2023, s 157

“means, in respect of jurisdiction for which the Filing Constituent Entity has made an election under subsections 165(16) to (19), a Financial Year in the Look-back Period for which there is a Net Asset Loss for a Constituent Entity located …”

lot

Defined in National Land Code (Revised - 2020), s 5

“means any surveyed piece of land to which a lot number has been assigned by the Director of Survey and Mapping”

Also defined in 1 other Act

lottery

Defined in Lotteries Act 1952, s 2

“means any game, method, scheme or device whereby money or money’s worth is distributed or allotted in any manner depending upon or to be determined by chance or lot; **”

Also defined in 1 other Act

lottery ticket

Defined in Common Gaming Houses Act 1953, s 2

“includes any paper or figure or writing or symbol or other article whatsoever which either expressly or tacitly entitles or purports to entitle the holder or any other person to receive any money or money’s worth on the happening of any …”

low value goods

Defined in Akta Cukai Jualan 2018, s 11A

“means any prescribed goods or class of goods outside Malaysia which are sold at a price not more than a prescribed amount and brought into Malaysia in the manner as prescribed; Sales Tax 23”

low-cost building

Defined in Strata Titles Act 1985, s 4

“means any building certified by the State Authority under section 9B”