Reforming Malaysian company law


THE Companies Act 2016 (Act 777) and The Companies Commission (Amendment) Malaysia Act will come into operation on Jan 31 this year. There are two major exception provisions found in Division 8 (Corporate Rescue Mechanism) relating to corporate voluntary arrangement and judicial management (JM) which is pursuant to S.1(2) where the Minister “may appoint different dates for its coming into operation”.

The Winding Up provisions Pt IV (Cessation of Companies) will also be effective as of Jan 31.

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