Appendix 2: Relevant Legislation Apart from the Communications And Multimedia Act 1998 (Act 588), Licensees may need to be aware of the following Acts of Parliament and are advised to have sufficient resources and expertise to ensure compliance where necessary. I. List of Malaysian Statutes Affecting or Relevant to Content Accountants Act 1967 (revised 1972) Children & Young Persons (Employment) Act 1966 (Revised 1988) Consumer Protection Act 1999 Copyright Act 1969 Defamation Act 1957 Dental Act 1971 Film Censorship Act 2002 Geneva Conventions Act 1962 Indecent Advertisements Act 1953 Internal Security Act 1960 Medicine (Advertisement and Sale) Act 1956 National Anthem Act 1968 Penal Code Pesticides Act 1974 Poisons Act 1952 Poisons (Sodium Arsenite) Ordinance 1949 Printing Presses and Publications Act 1984 Private Higher Educational Institutions Act 1996 Private Hospitals Act 1971 Perbadanan Kemajuan Filem Nasional Malaysia Act 1981 Sale of Drugs Act 1952 (Revised 1989) Food Act 1983 Food Regulations 1985 Securities Industry Act 1983 Sedition Act 1948 Trade Description Act 1972 Trade Marks Act 1976 Women and Girls Protection Act 1973 72