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REGULATORY FRAMEWORKS
GOVERNING CYBERSPACE
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REGULATORY INSTRUMENTS
MSC Malaysia status is the recognition by
the Malaysian Government through MDeC for
companies that participate and undertake its
ICT activities in MSC Malaysia. Under the MSC Bill of Guarantees, the
government has committed to provide a
comprehensive framework of cyber laws and
intellectual property laws to facilitate and
assist the development of the IT and
multimedia.
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The Digital Signature Act 1997
Enforced on the 1stOctober 1998, this act isan enabling law that allows for thedevelopment of, among others, e-commerceby providing an avenue for secure andlegally recognized on-line transactionthrough the use of digital signatures. The Actprovides a framework for the licensing andregulation of Certification Authorities, and
the recognition of digital signatures as ameans of authenticating and ensuring theintegrity of electronic documents
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The Copyright (Amendment) Act 1997
The amendment Act, which amended TheCopyright Act 1987, came into force on the1st April 1999. Amongst other things, theAmendment Act makes unauthorizedtransmission of copyright works over theinternet an infringement of copyright tocircumvent any affective technologicalmeasures aimed at ensuring adequate
protection of intellectual property rights forcompanies investing in IT and multimediaenvironment.
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The Computer Crimes Act 1997
The Act penalizes various activities relating
to the misuse of the computers. Amongst
other things, it deals with unauthorized
access to computer material, unauthorizedaccess with intent to commit other offences
and unauthorized modification of computer
contents. It also makes provisions to
facilitate investigations for the enforcementof the Act. The Computer Crimes Act 1997
was brought into effect on the 1st June 2000.
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The Telemedicine Act 1997
The Act provides a framework enabling
licensed medical practitioners to
provide telemedical services using
audio, visual and data communications.
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The Communications and Multimedia
Act 1998
The Act which came into effect on the 1st
April 1999, provides a regulatory framework
to cater convergence of the communications,
broadcasting and computing industries,which the objective of, amongst other things,
making Malaysia a major global hub for
communications and multimedia information
and content services. The Act repealed theTelecommunications Act 1950 and the
Broadcasting Act 1988.
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Other relevant law
In 2000, the Optical Discs Act was enactedand came into force in September to dealwith the problem of illegal copies ofcopyright works in the form of optical discs
such as DVD, VCD, CDs etc. the law providesfor the regulation of the manufacturer ofoptical disc and the licensing of optical discmanufacturers. It represents one of thelegislative initiatives taken to combat the
problem of piracy of copyright works and inthe process to strengthen the protection ofintellectual rights in Malaysia.
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REGULATORY AUTHORITIES
Bank Negara National Multipurpose Cards,
e-business.
Ministry of Education Smart schools /
Research & Development (R&D) cluster. Ministry of Health Telemedicine / telehealth.
Ministry of Science, Technology &
Environment
R&D cluster. Ministry of International Trade & Industry
technopreneur development, e-commerce.
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Multimedia Development Corporation
(MDC) as the agency to spearhead the
development and implementation of theMSC.
facilitate the establishment of anycompany operations within the MSC, theMDC serves as the facilitator.
actively assists government to pioneer,
develop and update cyber laws, formulatepolicies and modify practices to provide asound framework for the MSC.