LAWS OF MALAYSIA ACT 588 COMMUNICATIONS AND …

1 LAWS OF MALAYSIA ACT 588 COMMUNICATIONS AND MULTIMEDIA ACT 1998 Incorporating latest amendment - Act A1220/2004 Date of Royal Assent: 23 September 1998 Date of publication in the Gazette: 15 October 1998 Date of coming into operation: 1 April 1999: Except for sections 157, 159, 160, 161,162, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 176, 178, 197 and 198 [ (B) 128/99]; 1 April 2000 : sections 157, 159, 160, 161, 162, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 176 and 178 [ (B) 106/2000]; 1 March 2002: sections 197 and 198 [ (B) 66/2002] Reprinted : 2006 _____ ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS _____ Long Title & Preamble PART I - PRELIMINARY section 1. Short title. section 2. Commencement. section 3. Objects. section 4. Territorial and extra-territorial application. section 5. Power of the Minister to exclude certain persons, geographical areas, etc.

2 section 6. Interpretation. PART II - MINISTERIAL POWERS AND procedures Chapter 1 Ministerial Direction section 7. Direction by the Minister. section 8. Variation of a direction. section 9. Register of directions. Chapter 2 Ministerial Determination section 10. Determination by the Minister. section 11. Variation of a determination. section 12. Register of determinations. Chapter 3 Ministerial Declaration section 13. Declaration by the Minister. section 14. Modification, variation or revocation of a declaration. section 15. Register of declarations. Chapter 4 Ministerial Regulations section 16. Minister's power to make regulations. PART III - appeal TRIBUNAL section 17. Establishment of the appeal Tribunal. section 18. Matters which the appeal Tribunal may review. section 19. Qualifications of members. section 20. Resignation and termination of an appointment. section 21. Vacation of office and acting appointments.

3 section 22. Quorum for the appeal Tribunal. section 23. Decision. section 23A. Enforcement of decision of appeal Tribunal. section 24. appeal Tribunal procedures . section 24A. Powers of appeal Tribunal. section 25. Suspension of member. section 26. Disclosure of interest. section 26A. Secretary of appeal Tribunal and other officers. section 26B. Obligation of secrecy. section servants and public officers. section 26D. Application of Public Authorities Protection Act 1948. section 26E. Act or omission done in good faith. PART IV - LICENCES Chapter 1 Individual Licence section 27. Application for an individual licence. section 28. Further information. section 29. Recommendation by the Commission. section 30. Grant of an individual licence. section 31. Restriction on the grant of an individual licence. section 32. Compliance with the conditions of an individual licence. section 33. Modification, variation or revocation of individual licence conditions.

4 section 34. Renewal of an individual licence. section 35. Surrender of an individual licence. section 36. Transfer of an individual licence or change of ownership. section 37. Recommendation for the suspension or cancellation of an individual licence. section 38. Suspension or cancellation of an individual licence by the Minister. section 39. Effective date of suspension or cancellation of an individual licence. section 40. Publication on suspension or cancellation of an individual licence. section 41. Effect of suspension, cancellation, surrender or expiry of an individual licence. section 42. Register of individual licences. section 43. Rights and obligations attached to an individual licence. Chapter 2 Class Licence section 44. Minister may grant class licence. section 45. Application for registration. section 46. Requirement for registration. section 47. Recommendation by the Commission. section 48.

5 Cancellation of registration by the Minister. section 49. Register of class licences. section 50. Register of registration notices. PART V - POWERS AND procedures OF THE MALAYSIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MULTIMEDIA COMMISSION Chapter 1 - Directions section 51. Directions by the Commission. section 52. Modification, variation or revocation of a direction by the Commission. section 53. Offence for non-compliance with a direction of the Commission. section 54. Register of directions. Chapter 2 - Determination section 55. Determination by the Commission. section 56. Modification, variation or revocation of a determination by the Commission. section 57. Register of determinations. Chapter 3 - Inquiry section 58. Inquiry by the Commission. section 59. Combining two or more inquiries. section 60. Conduct of an inquiry. section 61. Inquiry shall be public. section 62. Exceptions to a public inquiry.

6 section 63. Confidential material not to be disclosed. section 64. Directions about an inquiry. section 65. Report on an inquiry. section 66. Protection from civil action. section 67. Register of reports. Chapter 4 Investigation For Purposes Of Administration, Inquiry, etc. section 68. Investigation by the Commission. section 69. Complaints to the Commission. section 70. Conduct of investigation. section 71. Report on investigation. section 72. Publication of reports. Chapter 5 Information Gathering Powers section 73. Provision of information. section 74. Offence for non-compliance. section 75. Offence for giving false or misleading information, evidence or document, etc. section 76. Proof of compliance. section 77. Commission may retain documents. section 78. Incorrect record. section 79. Record of information. section 80. Publication of information. Chapter 6 - Register section 81. Register of all matters.

7 Chapter 7 - Notification And Resolution Of Disputes section 82. Disputes. section 83. Notification of a dispute. section 84. Commission to act only upon notification. section 85. Commission may publish guidelines. section 86. Commission to decide notified dispute. section 87. Decision to be in writing. section 88. Register of decisions. section 89. Enforcement. Chapter 8 - Registration Of Agreements section 90. Application for the registration of agreements. section 91. When the Commission shall register the agreement. section 92. Effect of registration. section 93. Content of the register of agreements. Chapter 9 - Voluntary Industry Codes section 94. Industry forum. section 95. Code by the industry forum. section 96. Commission may determine a voluntary industry code. section 97. Applicable voluntary industry code. section 98. Compliance with a registered voluntary industry code a legal defence.

8 section 99. Directions to comply with a registered voluntary industry code. section 100. Civil penalty for non-compliance. section 101. Revocation of a code. section 102. Submission of new voluntary industry code by an industry forum. section 103. Register of current voluntary industry code. Chapter 10 - Mandatory standards section 104. Determination of a mandatory standard. section 105. Mandatory standard to be consistent. section 106. Modification, variation or revocation of a mandatory standard. section 107. Mandatory standard to take precedence. section 108. Compliance with a mandatory standard a legal defence. section 109. Civil penalty for non-compliance. Chapter 11 - Undertakings section 110. Undertaking by a person. section 111. Registration of an undertaking. section 112. Rules regarding undertakings. section 113. Withdrawal of an undertaking. section 114. Replacement of an undertaking.

9 section 115. Register of undertakings. section 116. Enforcement of an undertaking. Chapter 12 - Regulatory Forbearance section 117. Regulatory forbearance. section 118. Determination by the Minister. Chapter 13 - Review Of Decisions section 119. Review by the Commission. section 120. Review by the appeal Tribunal. section 121. Judicial review. Chapter 14 - Regulatory Review section 122. Review of subsidiary legislation by the Commission. Chapter 15 - Monitoring And Reporting section 123. Report to the Minister on industry performance. section 124. Matters to monitor and report. section 125. Report to be published. PART VI - ECONOMIC REGULATION Chapter 1 - Licensing section 126. Licensing of network facilities, network services and applications services. section 127. Compliance with licence conditions. section 128. Definition of network boundary. section 129. Exemption for applications service provider not subject to a class licence.

10 section 130. Nominated facilities provider. section 131. Providers under a class licence shall register. section 132. Separate licence. Chapter 2 - General Competition Practices section 133. Prohibition on anticompetitive conduct. section 134. Commission may publish guidelines. section 135. Prohibition on entering into collusive agreements. section 136. Prohibition on tying or linking arrangements. section 137. Determination of dominant licensee. section 138. Guidelines as to the meaning of "dominant position". section 139. Commission may direct a licensee in a dominant position. section 140. Authorization of a conduct. section 141. Register of authorizations. section 142. Remedies for non-compliance section 143. Penalty for offence. section 144. Minister may make rules. Chapter 3 - Access To Services section 145. Facilities and services which may be included in the access list. section 146. Determination of facilities and services by the Commission.