- Act 588
- Communications And Multimedia Act 1998
- ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
- PART I PRELIMINARY
- PART II MinisteRial poweRs and pRoCeduRes
- PART III Appeal Tribunal
- PART IV Licences
- PART V PoweRs and pRoCeduRes of the malaysianCommuniCations and multimedia Commission
- Chapter 1 Directions
- Chapter 2 Determination
- Chapter 3 Inquiry
- Chapter 4 Investigation for Purposes of Administration, Inqu
- Chapter 5 Information-gathering Powers
- Chapter 6 Register
- Chapter 7 Notification and Resolution of Disputes
- Chapter 8 Registration of Agreements
- Chapter 9 Voluntary Industry Codes
- Chapter 10 Mandatory Standards
- Chapter 11 Undertakings
- Chapter 12 Regulatory Forbearance
- Chapter 13 Review of Decisions
- Chapter 14 Regulatory Review
- Chapter 15 Monitoring and Reporting
- PART VI eConomiC ReGulation
- PART VII Technical Regulation
- PART VIII ConsumeR pRoteCtion
- PART IX SoCial ReGulation
- PART X GeneRal
- PART XI Transitional pRovisions
- PART I PReliminaRy
- PART II MinisteRial poweRs and pRoCeduRes
- Chapter 1 Ministerial Direction
- Chapter 2 Ministerial Determination
- Chapter 3 Ministerial Declaration
- PART III Appeal Tribunal
- 17 Establishment of the Appeal tribunal
- 18 Matters which the Appeal tribunal may review
- 19 Qualifications of members
- 20 Resignation and termination of an appointment
- 21 Vacation of office and acting appointments
- 22 Quorum for the Appeal tribunal
- 23 Decision
- 23A Enforcement of decision of Appeal tribunal
- 24 Appeal tribunal procedures
- 24A Powers of Appeal tribunal
- 25 Suspension of member
- 26 Disclosure of interest
- 26A Secretary of Appeal tribunal and other officers
- 26B Obligation of secrecy
- 26C Public servants and public officers
- 26D Application of Public Authorities Protection Act 1948
- 26E Act or omission done in good faith
- PART IV Licences
- Chapter 1 Individual Licence
- 27 Application for an individual licence
- 28 Further information
- 29 Recommendation by the commission
- 30 Grant of an individual licence
- 31 Restriction on the grant of an individual licence
- 32 Compliance with the conditions of an individual licence
- 33 Modification, variation or revocation of individual licence conditions
- 34 Renewal of an individual licence
- 35 Surrender of an individual licence
- 36 Transfer of an individual licence or change of ownership
- 37 Recommendation for the suspension or cancellation of an individual licence
- 38 Suspension or cancellation of an individual licence by the Minister
- 39 Effective date of suspension or cancellation of an individual licence
- 40 Publication on suspension or cancellation of an individual licence
- 41 Effect of suspension, cancellation, surrender or expiry of an individual licence
- 42 Register of individual licences
- 43 Rights and obligations attached to an individual licence
- 44 Minister may grant class licence
- 45 Application for registration
- 46 Requirement for registration
- 47 Recommendation by the commission
- 48 Cancellation of registration by the Minister
- 49 Register of class licences
- 50 Register of registration notices
- PART V PoweRs and pRoCeduRes of the malaysianCommuniCations and multimedia Commission
- Chapter 1 Directions
- Chapter 2 Determination
- Chapter 3 Inquiry
- 58 Inquiry by the Commission
- 59 Combining two or more inquiries
- 60 Conduct of an inquiry
- 61 Inquiry shall be public
- 62 Exceptions to a public inquiry
- 63 Confidential material not to be disclosed
- 64 Directions about an inquiry
- 65 Report on an inquiry
- 66 Protection from civil action
- 67 Register of reports
- Chapter 4 Investigation for Purposes of Administration, Inquiry, etc.
- Chapter 5 Information-gathering Powers
- Chapter 6 Register
- Chapter 7 Notification and Resolution of Disputes
- Chapter 8 Registration of Agreements
- Chapter 9 Voluntary Industry Codes
- 94 Industry forum
- 95 Code by the industry forum
- 96 Commission may determine a voluntary industry code
- 97 Applicable voluntary industry code
- 98 Compliance with a registered voluntary industry code a legal defence
- 99 Directions to comply with a registered voluntary industry code
- 100 Civil penalty for non-compliance
- 101 Revocation of a code
- 102 Submission of new voluntary industry code by an industry forum
- 103 Register of current voluntary industry code
- Chapter 10 Mandatory Standards
- Chapter 11 Undertakings
- Chapter 12 Regulatory Forbearance
- Chapter 13 Review of Decisions
- Chapter 14 Regulatory Review
- Chapter 15 Monitoring and Reporting
- Part VI ECONOMIC REGULATION
- Chapter 1 Licensing
- 126 Licensing of network facilities, network services and applications services
- 127 Compliance with licence conditions
- 128 Definition of network boundary
- 129 Exemption for applications service provider not subject to a class licence
- 130 Nominated facilities provider
- 131 Providers under a class licence shall register
- 132 Separate licence
- Chapter 2 General Competition Practices
- 133 Prohibition on anticompetitive conduct
- 134 Commission may publish guidelines
- 135 Prohibition on entering into collusive agreements
- 136 Prohibition on tying or linking arrangements
- 137 Determination of dominant licensee
- 138 Guidelines as to the meaning of “dominant position”
- 139 Commission may direct a licensee in a dominant position
- 140 Authorization of a conduct
- 141 Register of authorizations
- 142 Remedies for non-compliance
- 143 Penalty for offence
- 144 Minister may make rules
- Chapter 3 Access to Services
- 145 Facilities and services which may be included in the access list
- 146 Determination of facilities and services by the Commission
- 147 Recommendation by access forum
- 148 Register of access list
- 149 Standard access obligations for facilities and services
- 150 Registration of access agreements
- 151 Notification of access disputes
- 152 Access forum
- 153 Access code
- 154 Registration of the access code
- 155 Industry access undertakings
- 156 Registration of an undertaking
- Part VII TECHNICAL REGULATION
- Chapter 1 Spectrum Assignment
- 157 Prohibition on using spectrum without assignment
- 158 Power of the Minister to make regulations
- 159 Issue of spectrum assignment
- 160 Spectrum assignment to comply with spectrum plan
- 161 Reissue of spectrum assignment
- 163 Third party transfers
- 164 Issue of apparatus assignment
- 165 Apparatus assignment to comply with spectrum plan
- 166 Situation where apparatus assignment shall not be issued
- 167 Third party authorization
- 168 Maximum term for an apparatus assignment
- 169 Class assignment
- 170 Class assignment to comply with spectrum plan
- 171 Situation where class assignment shall not be issued
- 172 Spectrum plan
- 173 Contents of spectrum plan
- 174 Preferential rights
- 175 Dispute about interference
- 176 Minister may determine spectrum for spectrum assignment
- 177 Spectrum plan to include procedures for spectrum assignment and apparatus assignment
- 178 Compulsory acquisition of assignments in determined spectrum
- Chapter 2 Numbering and Electronic Addressing
- Chapter 3 Technical Standards
- Part VIII CONSUMER PROTECTION
- Chapter 1 Quality of Service
- Chapter 2 Required Applications Services
- Chapter 3 Resolution of Consumer Disputes
- Chapter 4 Rate Regulation
- Chapter 5 Universal Service Provision
- Part IX SOCIAL REGULATION
- Chapter 1 Licensing
- Chapter 2 Content Requirements
- Part X GENERAL
- Chapter 1 Installation of Network Facilities, Access to Network Facilities, etc.
- 214 Inspection of land
- 215 Installation of network facilities
- 216 Minimal damage
- 217 Network facilities provider to restore land
- 218 Management of activity
- 219 Agreement with public utility
- 220 Conditions to which a network facilities installation permit is subject
- 221 Notice to owner of land
- 222 Notice to owner of land for lopping of trees, etc.
- 223 Notice to road authority, public utility, etc.
- 224 Road, etc., to remain open for passage
- 225 Network facilities installation permit
- 226 Criteria for issue of network facilities installation permit
- 227 Network facilities installation permit has effect subject to this Act and other laws
- 228 Access to post, network facilities or right-of-way
- 229 Commission to regulate matters on access to post, etc.
- 230 Minister may make regulations
- Chapter 2 Additional Offences and Penalties
Communications and Multimedia
RepRint
Act 588
Incorporating all amendments up to 1 January 2006
published by 2006
date of Royal assent ... … … … ... 3 september 998 date of publication in the Gazette … … 5 october 998
Previous rePrint
First Reprint ... ... ... ... ... 2002
LAWS OF MALAYSIA
Act 588
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
PART I
PRELIMINARY
section . short title . Commencement PART II
ministeRial poweRs and pRoCeduRes
Chapter
Ministerial Direction Chapter
Ministerial Determination
0. determination by the minister
section . Register of determinations
Chapter 3
Ministerial Declaration
3. declaration by the minister Chapter 4
Ministerial Regulations
6. minister’s power to make regulations
PART iii
appeal tRibunal
7. establishment of the appeal tribunal PART iv
liCenCes
Chapter
Individual Licence
section 7. application for an individual licence 8. further information 9. Recommendation by the Commission
30. Grant of an individual licence licence 43. Rights and obligations attached to an individual licence
Chapter
Class Licence PART v
poweRs and pRoCeduRes of the malaysianCommuniCations and multimedia Commission
Chapter
Directions
section 5. directions by the Commission 5. modification, variation or revocation of a direction by the Commission Chapter
Determination Chapter 3
Inquiry Chapter 4
Investigation for Purposes of Administration, Inquiry, etc.
section Chapter 5
Information-gathering Powers etc. Chapter 6
Register
8. Register of all matters
Chapter 7
Notification and Resolution of Disputes
8. disputes section Chapter 8
Registration of Agreements
90. application for the registration of agreements 93. Content of the register of agreements
LAWS OF MALAYSIA
cOMMunIcAtIOnS And MuLtIMedIA Act 1998
the CommissioneR of law Revision, malaysia
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in CollaboRation with
peRCetakan nasional malaysia bhd
cOMMunIcAtIOnS And MuLtIMedIA Act 1998
cOMMunIcAtIOnS And MuLtIMedIA Act 1998
. variation of a determination
4. modification, variation or revocation of a declaration
5. Register of declarations
8. matters which the appeal tribunal may review
9. Qualifications of members
0. Resignation and termination of an appointment
. vacation of office and acting appointments
. Quorum for the appeal tribunal
3. decision
23A. enforcement of decision of appeal tribunal
4. appeal tribunal procedures
24A. powers of appeal tribunal
5. suspension of member
6. disclosure of interest
26A. secretary of appeal tribunal and other officers
26b. obligation of secrecy
26C. public servants and public officers
26d. application of public authorities protection act 948
26E. act or omission done in good faith
3. Restriction on the grant of an individual licence
3. Compliance with the conditions of an individual licence
4. Register of individual licences
6. inquiry shall be public
6. exceptions to a public inquiry
7. Report on investigation
7. publication of reports
9. when the Commission shall register the agreement
9. effect of registration