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Territorial and extra-territorial application
4. (1) This Act and its subsidiary legislation apply both within
and outside Malaysia.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), this Act and its subsidiary
legislation shall apply to any person beyond the geographical
limits of Malaysia and her territorial waters if such person—
(a) is a licensee under this Act; or
(b) provides relevant facilities or services under this Act in
a place within Malaysia.
(3) For the purposes of this section, “a place” means a point of
any nature or description whether on land, in the atmosphere, in
outer space, underground, underwater, at sea or anywhere else.
(4) For the purposes of this section, a place that is—
(a) in or below the stratosphere; and
(b) above the geographical limits of Malaysia and her territorial
waters,
is taken to be a place within the geographical limits of Malaysia
and her territorial waters.
Power of the Minister to exclude certain persons, geographical
areas, etc.
5. Notwithstanding section 4, the Minister may, by order published
in the Gazette, exclude or exempt any person or place, premises
or geographical area of any description from the provisions of
this Act.
Interpretation
6. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
“access” means access to a network facility or network service
listed under Chapter 3 of Part VI;
“access code” means a voluntary industry code prepared under
section 153;
“access device” means any card, plate, code, account number,
electronic serial number, mobile identification number, personal