The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission was created persuant to the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission Act (1998) as a new regulator for the communications and multimedia industry in Malaysia. At the same time, the Communications and Multimedia Act (1998) was passed, to fulfill the need to regulate an increasingly convergent communications and multimedia industry.

The Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 is based on the basic principles of transparency and clarity; more competition and less regulation; flexibility; bias towards generic rules; regulatory forbearance; emphasis on process rather than content; administrative and sector transparency; and industry self-regulation.

The Act seeks to provide a generic set of regulatory provisions based on generic definitions of market and service activities and services. The jurisdiction of this Act is restricted to networked services and activities only.

The MCMC took over regulation of the Postal Services on 1 November 2002. On the same day it also was appointed the Certifying Agency under the Digital Signature Act (1997).

Acts and Subsidiary Legislations

1.	Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commision Act 1998 [Act 589] BM | English
	List of Amendments
	Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (Amendment) Act 2002 [Act A1148 ] BM | English
	Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (Amendment) Act 2002 [Act A1231 ] BM | English
2	Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 [Act 588] BM | English
	List of Amendments
.	Communications and Multimedia (Amendment) Act 2004 [ Act A1220] BM | English
	Rules and Regulations
	Communications and Multimedia (Universal Service Provision) Regulations 2002 [P.U.(A) 419/2002 BM | English
	List of Amendments
	Communications and Multimedia (Universal Service Provision)(Amendment) Regulations 2003 BM | English
	Communications and Multimedia (Universal Service Provision)(Amendment) Regulations 2005 BM | English
	Communications and Multimedia (Licensing) Regulations 2000 [P.U.(A) 129/2000 BM | English
	List of Amendments
	Communications and Multimedia (Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 BM | English
	Communications and Multimedia (Licensing) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 BM | English
	Communications and Multimedia (Technical Standards) Regulations 2000 [P.U.(A) 124/2000 BM | English
	List of Amendments
	Communications and Multimedia (Technical Standards) (Amendment) Regulations 2001 BM | English
	Communications and Multimedia (Technical Standards) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2001 BM | English
	Corrigendum to P.U.(A) 261/2001 BM | English
	Communications and Multimedia (Spectrum) Regulations 2000 [P.U.(A) 128/2000] BM | English
	List of Amendments
	Communications and Multimedia (Spectrum) (Amendment) Regulation 2001 BM | English
	Communications and Multimedia (Compounding of Offences) Regulations 2001 [P.U.(A) 346/2001] BM | English
	List of Amendments
	Corrigendum-Communications and Multimedia (Compounding of Offences) Regulations 2001 BM | English
	Corrigendum-Communications and Multimedia (Compounding of Offences) Regulations 2002 BM | English
	Communications and Multimedia (Rates) Rules 2002- [P.U.(A) 79/2002] BM | English
	Communications and Multimedia (Licensing) Regulations 1999 -[P.U.(A) 124/1999] [Revoked by P.U. (A) 129/2000] BM | English
	Broadcasting (Licences for Television Broadcast Receivers and Dealing in Radio and Television Broadcast Receivers) (Revocation) Regulations 2000- P.U. (A) 123/2000 BM | English
	Notifications
	Appointment of Date Coming into Operation [ P.U.(B) 451/1998] BM | English
	Appointment of Date Coming into Operation [ P.U.(B) 128/1999] BM | English
	Appointment of Date Coming into Operation [ P.U.(B) 106/2000] BM | English
	Notification of Issuance of Class Assignment [P.U.(B) 109/2000] BM | English
	Appoinment of Date Coming into Operation [ P.U.(B) 66/2002] BM | English
	Appoinment of Date Coming into Operation [ P.U.(B) 183/2002] BM | English
	Appoinment of Date Coming into Operation [ P.U.(B) 112/2005] BM | English
	Appoinment of Date Coming into Operation [ P.U.(B) 251/2005] BM | English
	Notification of Issuance of Class Assignment [P.U.(B) 109/2000] BM | English
	Orders
	Communications And Multimedia (Licensing) (Exemption) Order 2000 [P.U.(A) 125/2000] BM | English
	Communications And Multimedia (Licensing) (Exemption) Order 2000 [P.U.(A) 126/2000] BM | English
	Communications And Multimedia (Licensing) (Exemption) Order 2004 [P.U.(A) 365/2004] BM | English
3	Digital Signature Act 1997 [Act 562] BM | English
	List of Amendments
	Digital Signature (Amendment) Act 2001 [Act A1121] BM | English
	Rules & Regulations
	Digital Signature Regulations 1998 [P.U.(A) 359/98] BM | English
	Orders
.	Digital Signature (Exemption) Order 1999 [P.U.(A) 300/1999] BM | English
	Corrigendum - Digital Signature (Exemption) Order 1999 [P.U.(A) 347/1999] BM | English
4	Postal Services Act 1991 [Reprint - 2001] [ Act 465] BM | English
	List of Amendments
	Postal Services (Amendment ) Act 2001 [Act A1120] BM | English
.	Rules & Regulations
.	Postal Office (Amendment) Rules 1998 [P.U.(A) 308/1998] BM | English
	Postal Office (Amendment) Rules 2005 [P.U.(A) 81/2005] BM | English
	Post Office (Exemption) Rules 1998 [P.U.(A) 306/1998] BM | English
	Postal Services (Compounding of Offences) Regulations 1994 [P.U.(A) 330/1994] BM | English
	Postal Services (Postage Rates) Rules 1992 - P.U.(A) 222/92 [Revoked by P.U.(A) 80/2005] BM | English
	Postal Services (Postage Rates) Rules 2005 [P.U.(A) 80/2005] BM | English
	Postal Office (Amendment) Rules 2005 [P.U.(A) 81/2005] BM | English
	Postal Services (Successor Company) Act 1991 [Reprint - 2001] [ Act 466] BM | English

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