The Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 (
Malay: Akta Komunikasi dan Multimedia 1998) is an Act of the
Parliament of Malaysia. It was enacted to provide for and to regulate the converging communications and multimedia industries, and for incidental matters.
Structure
The Communications and Multimedia Act 1998, in its current form (1 January 2006), consists of 11 Parts containing 282 sections and 1 schedule (including 1 amendment).
Part I: Preliminary
Part II: Ministerial Powers and Procedures
Chapter 1: Ministerial Direction
Chapter 2: Ministerial Determination
Chapter 3: Ministerial Declaration
Chapter 4: Ministerial Regulations
Part III: Appeal Tribunal
Part IV: Licences
Chapter 1: Individual Licence
Chapter 2: Class Licence
Part V: Powers and Procedures of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission
Chapter 1: Directions
Chapter 2: Determination
Chapter 3: Inquiry
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
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
Chapter 2: General Competition Practices
Chapter 3: Access to Services
Part VII: Technical Regulation
Chapter 1: Spectrum Assignment
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.
Chapter 2: Additional Offences and Penalties
Chapter 3: Powers of Entry, Investigation into Offences and Prosecution
Chapter 4: National Interest Matters
Chapter 5: Miscellaneous
Part XI: Transitional Provisions
Chapter 1: Repeal and Savings
Chapter 2: Transitional Provisions for Licences
Schedule
References
Safinaz Mohd. Hussein, "The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 - Its Implications on the Information Technology (IT) Industry" (2000) 9 Information & Communications Technology Law 79
Taylor & Francis
Zakaria, Ghani, Razali, Sulaiman and Nawi, "Liability of Internet Service Provider in Cyber Defamation: An Analysis on Communication and Multimedia Act 1998" (2019) 4 International Journal of Law, Government and Communication 64
IJGLC
Allan Brown, Moazzem Hossain and Duc-Tho Nguyen (eds). "The Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 and the Communications and Multimedia Commission". Telecommunications Reform in the Asia-Pacific Region. Edward Elgar. 2004. Chapters 2.2 and 2.3. pp
128 to 130. See also pp 131 to 135.