Insolvency Act Malaysia 2017



Minister in the prime minister s department datuk seri azalina othman said had introduced an amendment to the bankruptcy bill 1967 in hopes to reduce the bankruptcy rates in malaysia.

Insolvency act malaysia 2017. Key amendments include the following. The bankruptcy amendment bill 2016 has finally come into force in malaysia on 6 october 2017 renaming the existing bankruptcy act 1967 to the insolvency act 1967. Amendment bill 2020 aimed at amending the insolvency act 1967.

As highlighted in our previous november 2016 client alert the bill will rename. With the last one being in 2017. Advertisement however the most important aspect of preventing bankruptcy truly lies in each individual s financial prudence when it comes to borrowing and repayments.

Insolvency act 1967 comes into force in malaysia after receiving the royal assent on 10 may 2017 the bankruptcy amendment bill 2016 bill has finally come into force in malaysia on 6 october 2017 marking the dawn of the new malaysian bankruptcy regime. 1 in this act unless the context otherwise requires accounts means the financial statements of a company or. It does not involve corporate insolvency.

Firstly there are the new insolvency rules 2017. It has now been passed as the bankruptcy amendment act 2017 and received royal assent on 10 may 2017. Malaysia new insolvency act 1967.

To avoid confusion the ba 1967 is now known as the insolvency act 1967 ia 1967 and these changes were made using the bankruptcy amendment act 2017 baa 2017 to make it clearer we will look at the old law ba 1967 followed by the new law ia 1967 after the baa amendments. Jim mdi insolvensi insolvency kebankrapan bankruptcy muflis penggulungan syarikat winding up carian rasmi likuidasi liquidation jabatan insolvensi malaysia. Insolvency 1 laws of malaysia reprint act 360 insolvency act 1967 as at 1 november 2017 published by the commissioner of law revision malaysia under the authority of the revision of laws act 1968.

This act may be cited as the corporate insolvency act 2017 and shall come into operation on the date appointed by the minister for the coming into operation of the companies act 2017. Further even under the insolvency act 1967 it continues to refer to the act of bankruptcy and the bankruptcy order. Going hand in hand with the renamed insolvency act 1967 there are now a host of new rules that come along with the act.