On 30 March 2021, the Government of Malaysia initiated an anti-dumping duty investigation on imports of stranded steel wires for prestressing concrete ("products") coming into Malaysia from the People's Republic of China.

The Income Tax (Exemption) (No. 2) Order 2021 ('Exemption Order') which grants exemption from income tax on gains or profits derived from the Sukuk Prihatin, an Islamic securities...

The Access to Biological Resources and Benefit Sharing Act 2017 (‘the Act') came into operation on 18 December 2020.

The Construction Industry Development Board of Malaysia (‘CIDB') had on 7 May 2020 introduced initiatives to ease the burden of construction industry players affected by the Movement Control Order...

The operation of Part II of the Temporary Measures for Reducing the Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) Act 2020 which is due to expire on 30 June 2021 has been extended from 1 July 2021 to 31 December 2021 ...

Bursa Malaysia Berhad has granted an automatic extension of one month to issuers listed on its Main Market and ACE Market to issue their quarterly and annual reports which fall due on 31 May 2021 and 30 June 2021 respectively.

The Stamp Duty (Exemption) (No. 2) Order 2020 (‘Exemption Order') has been amended by the Stamp Duty (Exemption) (No. 2) (Amendment) Order 2021 (‘Amendment Order')...

The Federal Court today authoritatively determined that for the purposes of calculating liquidated and agreed damages (‘LAD') under a statutory form contract prescribed in the Housing Development...

Following our Alert on 5 April 2021, the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases (Measures within Infected Local Areas) (Movement Control) (No. 4) (Amendment) (No. 6) Regulations 2021...

On 15 June 2021, the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, unveiled the four-phase National Recovery Plan ("NRP") whereby movement control measures will be gradually eased...

The Competition Appeal Tribunal ("CAT") is an appellate authority and MyCC must abide by its decision.

The MyCC invites the public, including relevant stakeholders, to take part in the Market Review by contributing opinions, inputs, and feedback from 18 June 2021 until 2 July 2021.

Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases (Measures within Infected Local Areas) (Movement Control) (No. 4) (Amendment) (No. 10) Regulations 2021 were gazetted on 18 April 2021 and came into force on 19 April 2021.

The Financial Services (Requirements and Submission of Documents or Information) (Registered Business) (Amendment) Order 2021 [P.U.(A) 351/2021] ("the Amendment Order")...

The Income Tax (Exemption) (No. 9) Order 2021 [P.U.(A) 344/2021] (‘E.O. No. 9') was gazetted on 23 August 2021. E.O. No. 9 has effect from the year of assessment 2021 until the year of assessment 2022.

The Securities Commission Malaysia ("SC") announced on 30 July 2021 that it has initiated enforcement actions against Binance, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchange operators in the world...

On 1 September 2021, the Government of Vietnam initiated an anti-dumping duty investigation on imports of certain tables and chairs originating from Malaysia and China ("products").

Bursa Malaysia Berhad issued Consultation Paper No. 2/2021 on 3 August 2021 to seek public feedback on the Proposed Amendments to the ACE Market Listing Requirements in relation to ACE Market One-Stop Centre.

The Companies Commission of Malaysia (‘CCM') issued a Practice Directive No. 8/2021 (‘PD8/2021') dated 1 June 2021 titled ...

The Regulations provide for a waiver of the surcharge for the late payment of annual fees under Item 18 of Part II, Schedule I of the Patents Regulations 1986.