Unclaimed Money Act Malaysia
According to section 10 unclaimed moneys act 1965 company firm is responsible for the following actions.
Unclaimed money act malaysia. Unclaimed moneys 3 laws of malaysia act 370 unclaimed money act 1965 arrangement of sections section 1. Do you have unclaimed moneys. The owner of the unclaimed moneys may recover the moneys from the registrar either in person or in writing. Laws of malaysia act 758 financial services act 2013 date of royal assent 18 mar 2013 date of publication in the gazette 22 mar 2013 an act to provide for the regulation and supervision of financial institutions payment systems and other relevant entities and the oversight of the money market and foreign exchange market to.
Maintain a record of all unclaimed moneys in a register to be kept at its principal office or place of business in malaysia in the form to be determined by the registrar. Basically unclaimed monies are made up of inactive bank accounts. Under the unclaimed moneys act 1965 malay. Money unpaid one year moneys which.
To refund the unclaimed moneys to claimants who provide proof that he has a legal right over the money to be claimed iii. The minister of finance has appointed the accountant general of malaysia as the registrar of unclaimed moneys since 1 june 1975. Provision for payment into consolidated revenue account in certain cases of unclaimed money in court 6. Subscribe to mypf youtube what are unclaimed moneys.
Akta wang tak dituntut 1965 such sums of money will be transferred to the registrar of unclaimed moneys. Saving part i moneys in court 5. According to the unclaimed moneys act of 1965 every business corporation board and trade union in malaysia is legally obligated to report unclaimed money to the government so claimants can go to a central authority to track down this cash. Kuala lumpur jan 9 back in 2017 the malaysian government talked about launching the electronic government unclaimed money information system egumis to make it easier for the rakyat to check if they had any unclaimed monies.
As trustee to the unclaimed moneys received. Egumis makes it easier for you to check if you have any unclaimed monies. Malaysians have a whopping rm10 8b is in unclaimed moneys at the end of 2019 and is currently sitting in trust in the ag accountant general s department. These companies can face a fine of up to rm20 000 if they fail to comply while for a repeated offence a subsequent fine not exceeding rm1 000 for each day the offence continues.