Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing, Anti-Restricted Activity Financing and Proceeeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001

Akta Pencegahan Pengubahan Wang Haram, Pencegahan Pembiayaan Keganasan, Pencegahan Pembiayaan Aktiviti Terhad dan Hasil daripada Aktivti Haram 2001

Provides for the offence of money laundering, the measures to be taken for the prevention of money laundering and terrorism financing offences and provides for the forfeiture of property involved in or derived from money laundering and terrorism financing offences, as well as terrorist property, proceeds of an unlawful activity and instrumentalities of an offence, and for matters incidental thereto and connected therewith.

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Number	Act 613
Type	Federal Act
Applies to	Federal
Subject	Criminal law & security
Year	2001
Official “last updated”	1 July 2022
Published by	Attorney General's Chambers — Laws of Malaysia portal (lom.agc.gov.my)

Long title

An Act to provide for the offence of money laundering, the measures to be taken for the prevention of money laundering and terrorism financing offences and to provide for the forfeiture of property involved in or derived from money laundering and terrorism financing offences, as well as terrorist property, proceeds of an unlawful activity and instrumentalities of an offence, and for matters incidental thereto and connected therewith.

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Captured	Language	Official “last updated”	Pages	SHA-256	File
26 October 2026	English	1 July 2022	171	`95709ff2bf5e`	PDF 1.6 MB

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