Words starting with N

netting arrangement

Defined in Financial Services Act 2013, s 37

“means an arrangement in writing to convert several claims or obligations into one net claim or one net obligation; Financial Services 77”

netting provision

Defined in Akta Penghasilan Bersih Perjanjian Kewangan 2015, s 2

“means— (a) a provision in a qualified financial agreement which provides that upon the occurrence of the events specified by the parties in the agreement, all obligations owed by one party to another party under a qualified financial …”

network service

Defined in Online Safety Act 2025, s 4

“has the meaning assigned to it in the Communications and Multimedia Act 1998”

new

Defined in Strata Titles Act 1985, s 24

“means resulting or intended to result from a division or amalgamation. Power to divide and amalgamate parcels”

new scheme

Defined in Akta Kumpulan Wang Persaraan Pihak-Pihak Berkuasa Berkanun dan Tempatan 1977, s 2

“means the revision of salaries and terms and conditions of service of employees in the statutory and local authorities pursuant to the recommendations of the Royal Commission appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong”

Also defined in 3 other Acts

news or news material

Defined in Bernama Act 1967, s 2

“includes international, regional and national— (a) news; (b) photographs; (c) information; (d) features; and (e) economic, commodity and financial data, in whatever form or manner.”

newspaper

Defined in Akta Mesin Cetak dan Penerbitan 1984, s 2

“means any publication containing news, intelligence, reports of occurrences or any remarks, observations or comments, in relation to such news, intelligence or occurrences, or to any other matter of public interest, or any magazine, comic …”

Also defined in 1 other Act

nominee

Defined in Companies Act 2016, s 394

“means any person who is qualified to be appointed as an insolvency practitioner whose powers and duties shall include the powers and duties specified in the Seventh Schedule”

nominee company

Defined in Securities Industry (Central Depositories) Act 1991, s 2

“means a company appointed by the central depository for the purpose of holding any deposited security”

non-bearer security

Defined in Securities Industry (Central Depositories) Act 1991, s 2

“means a security other than a bearer security”

non-commercial

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

“means for academic purposes or non-profit oriented”

non-intimate sample

Defined in Akta Identifikasi Asid Deoksiribonukleik (Dna) 2009, s 2

“means— (a) a sample of hair other than the pubic hair; (b) a sample taken from a nail or from under a nail; (c) a swab taken from any part of a person’s body other than a part from which a swab taken would be an intimate sample; or (d) …”

non-market economy country

Defined in Akta Duti Timbal Balas dan Anti-Lambakan 1993, s 2

“means any foreign country that the Government determines operates on a centrally-planned economy and not on market principles of cost or pricing structures or free enterprise economy”

non-media member

Defined in Malaysian Media Council Act 2025, s 2

“means individual including academician, media trainer, non-governmental organization, and public not from the media industry”

non-paying party

Defined in Construction Industry Payment and Adjudication Act 2012, s 4

“means a party against whom a payment claim is made pursuant to a construction contract”

non-preferential certificate of origin

Defined in Customs Act 1967, s 2

“means a specific document identifying the goods, in which the issuing authority empowered to issue such document certifies expressly that the goods to which the certificate relates originate in Malaysia”

Non-profit Organisation

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

“means an Entity that meets all of the following criteria: (a) it is established and operated in its jurisdiction of residence— (i) exclusively for religious, charitable, scientific, artistic, cultural, athletic, educational, or other …”

Non-Qualified Refundable Tax Credit

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

“means a tax credit that is not a Qualified Refundable Tax Credit but that is refundable in whole or in part”

Non-qualifying Gain or Loss

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

“means the lesser of the gain or loss of the disposing Constituent Entity arising in connection with a GloBE Reorganisation that is subject to tax in the disposing Constituent Entity’s location and the financial accounting gain or loss …”

non-renewable energy

Defined in Akta Suruhanjaya Tenaga 2001, s 2

“means energy which depletes when used and includes energy from energy sources such as coal, oil shale, tar sands, crude oil, oil, natural gas and nuclear power”

non-scheduled institution

Defined in Banking and Financial Institutions Act 1989, s 2

“means— (a) any statutory body; or (b) any person, being an individual, or a body or organization, not being a statutory body, whether corporate or unincorporate, whether or not licensed, registered or authorised under any written law, who …”

non-scheduled journey

Defined in Malaysian Aviation Commission Act 2015, s 2

“means a journey that is not a scheduled journey”

non-seizable offence

Defined in Criminal Procedure Code, s 2

“means an offence for which and “non-seizable case” means a case in which a police officer may not ordinarily arrest without warrant according to the third column of the First Schedule”

Also defined in 1 other Act

non-universal service

Defined in Postal Services Act 2012, s 2

“means postal services that may be provided to consumers at rates other than the prescribed rates of the universal service”

normal value

Defined in Akta Duti Timbal Balas dan Anti-Lambakan 1993, s 2

“means the normal value of a merchandise as determined in accordance with section 16 or 19”

Northern Corridor Economic Region

Defined in Akta Pihak Berkuasa Pelaksanaan Koridor Utara 2008, s 2

“means the area or areas determined by the Prime Minister in accordance with section 16. General assurances”

notary public

Defined in Notaries Public Act 1959, s 2

“means a person who has been appointed as a notary public under section 3 but does not include any person whose appointment has been revoked under section 5”

note

Defined in Bills of Exchange Act 1949, s 2

“means promissory note”

notice

Defined in Fire Services Act 1988, s 2

“means a notice in writing”

Also defined in 2 other Acts

notification

Defined in Government Funding Act 1983, s 2

“means a notice inviting applications or offers to subscribe for or purchase an instrument”