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               LAWS OF MALAYSIA
                          Act 777
                      COMPANIES ACT 2016
             2                      Laws of Malaysia                Act 777
             Date of Royal Assent        ...  ...      31 August 2016
             Date of publication in the
             Gazette               ...   ...  ...      15 September 2016
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                                  LAWS OF MALAYSIA
                                         Act 777
                                  COMPANIES ACT 2016
                                ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
                                           Part I
                                        PRELIMINARY
                  Section
                   1.  Short title and commencement
                  2. Interpretation
                   3.  Definition of “corporation” 
                   4.  Definition of “subsidiary and holding company”
                   5.  Definition of “ultimate holding company”
                   6.  Definition of “wholly-owned subsidiary”
                   7.  When corporations deemed to be related to each other
                   8.  Interests in shares
                                          Part II
                           FORMATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF COMPANIES
                                         Division 1
                                      Types of Companies
                   9.  Essential requirements of a company 
                   10.  Types of companies
                   11.  Private or public company
                   12.  Prohibition on companies limited by guarantee with a share capital
                   13.  Prohibition for unincorporated associations, etc.
                                         Division 2
                                  Incorporation and Its Effects
                   14.  Application for incorporation
                   15.  Registration for incorporation
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                     16.  Power to refuse registration of incorporation
                     17.  Certificate of incorporation
                     18.  Effect of incorporation
                     19.  Notice of registration as conclusive evidence
                     20.  Separate legal entity
                     21.  Companies have unlimited capacity
                                                            Division 3
                          Restriction on Subsidiary Being Member of Its Holding Company
                     22.  Membership of holding company 
                     23.  Subsidiary acting as a participating dealer 
                      24.    Protection of third parties in other cases where a subsidiary acts as a 
                             dealer in securities 
                                                            Division 4
                                                       Name of Company
                     25.  Name of company 
                     26.  Availability of name 
                     27.  Confirmation of availability and reservation of name 
                     28.  Change of name
                     29.  Power of Registrar to direct a change of name
                     30.  Publication of name
                                                            Division 5
                                                  Constitution of a Company
                     31.  Constitution of a company
                     32.  Company may adopt a constitution 
                     33.  Effect of constitution 
                     34.  Form of constitution
                     35.  Contents of a company’s constitution 
                     36.  Company may alter or amend constitution