Communications and Multimedia Act 1998

The Communications and Multimedia Act 1998 (Akta Komunikasi dan Multimedia 1998) is an Act of the Parliament of Malaysia. It was enacted to provide for and to regulate the converging communications and multimedia industries, and for incidental matters.

Structure
The Communications and Multimedia Act 1998, in its current form (1 January 2006), consists of 11 Parts containing 282 sections and 1 schedule (including 1 amendment).
 * Part I: Preliminary
 * Part II: Ministerial Powers and Procedures
 * Chapter 1: Ministerial Direction
 * Chapter 2: Ministerial Determination
 * Chapter 3: Ministerial Declaration
 * Chapter 4: Ministerial Regulations
 * Part III: Appeal Tribunal
 * Part IV: Licences
 * Chapter 1: Individual Licence
 * Chapter 2: Class Licence
 * Part V: Powers and Procedures of the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission
 * Chapter 1: Directions
 * Chapter 2: Determination
 * Chapter 3: Inquiry
 * Chapter 4: Investigation for Purposes of Administration, Inquiry, etc.
 * Chapter 5: Information-gathering Powers
 * Chapter 6: Register
 * Chapter 7: Notification and Resolution of Disputes
 * Chapter 8: Registration of Agreements
 * Chapter 9: Voluntary Industry Codes
 * Chapter 10: Mandatory Standards
 * Chapter 11: Undertakings
 * Chapter 12: Regulatory Forbearance
 * Chapter 13: Review of Decisions
 * Chapter 14: Regulatory Review
 * Chapter 15: Monitoring and Reporting
 * Part VI: Economic Regulation
 * Chapter 1: Licensing
 * Chapter 2: General Competition Practices
 * Chapter 3: Access to Services
 * Part VII: Technical Regulation
 * Chapter 1: Spectrum Assignment
 * Chapter 2: Numbering and Electronic Addressing
 * Chapter 3: Technical Standards
 * Part VIII: Consumer Protection
 * Chapter 1: Quality of Service
 * Chapter 2: Required Applications Services
 * Chapter 3: Resolution of Consumer Disputes
 * Chapter 4: Rate Regulation
 * Chapter 5: Universal Service Provision
 * Part IX: Social Regulation
 * Chapter 1: Licensing
 * Chapter 2: Content Requirements
 * Part X: General
 * Chapter 1: Installation of Network Facilities, Access to Network Facilities, etc.
 * Chapter 2: Additional Offences and Penalties
 * Chapter 3: Powers of Entry, Investigation into Offences and Prosecution
 * Chapter 4: National Interest Matters
 * Chapter 5: Miscellaneous
 * Part XI: Transitional Provisions
 * Chapter 1: Repeal and Savings
 * Chapter 2: Transitional Provisions for Licences
 * Schedule