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LAWS OF MALAYSIA
Act 694
MALAYSIAN ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION ACT 2009

An Act to provide for the establishment of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, to make further and better provisions for the prevention of corruption and for matters necessary thereto and connected therewith.

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ENACTED by the Parliament of Malaysia as follows:

Part I
preliminary

Short title and commencement

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009.

(2) This Act comes into operation on 1 January 2009.

Principal objects of Act

2. The principal objects of this Act are—

(a) to promote the integrity and accountability of public and private sector administration by constituting an independent and accountable anti-corruption body; and
(b) to educate public authorities, public officials and members of the public about corruption and its detrimental effects on public and private sector administration and on the community.