ACT 614
COMPANIES COMMISSION OF MALAYSIA ACT 2001

PART III - FUNCTIONS AND POWERS OF THE COMMISSION



Section 17. Functions of the Commission.


The functions of the Commission shall be—

(a) to ensure that the provisions of this Act and the laws specified in the First Schedule are administered, enforced, given effect to, carried out and complied with;

(b) to act as agent of the Government and to provide services in administering, collecting and enforcing payment of prescribed fees or any other charges under the laws specified in the First Schedule;

(c) to regulate matters relating to corporations, companies and businesses in relation to the laws specified in the First Schedule;

(d) to encourage and promote proper conduct amongst directors, secretaries, managers and other officers of a corporation, and self-regulation by corporations, companies, businesses, industry groups and professional bodies in the corporate sector in order to ensure that all corporate and business activities are conducted in accordance with established norms of good corporate governance;

(e) to enhance and promote the supply of corporate information under any laws specified in the First Schedule and to create and develop a facility whereby any corporate information received by, or filed or lodged with, the Commission may be analysed and supplied to the public;

(f) to carry out research and commission studies on any matter relating to corporate and business activities;

(g) to advise the Minister generally on matters relating to corporations, companies and businesses in relation to the laws specified in the First Schedule; and

(h) to carry out all such activities and do all such things as are necessary or advantageous and proper for the administration of the Commission, or for such other purpose as may be directed by the Minister.


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