What is Unclaimed Money Act in Malaysia

About the Unclaimed Money Act 1965
关于1965年无人认领款项法令
Minister of Finance appointed Accountant General as a Registrar to:
财政部长任命总会计师去执行以下责任:
- Be a trustee to the unclaimed moneys received
- 成为收到的无人认领款项的受托人
- Refund the unclaimed moneys to claimants
- 将无人认领的款项退还给索赔人
- To ensure company comply with the Act
-确保公司遵守该法令
- To impose penalty if offence committed
- 如果发现犯罪,将处以罚款
What are unclaimed money?
什么是无人认领的款项?
1. You are required to pay money to the person/company legally but remained unpaid more than one year.
Such as: Salaries, bonus, dividend, fixed deposit, sundry creditors and etc
你依法应支付但超过一年仍未支付的款项
例如:薪水,员工花红,股息,定期存款,杂项供应商等等
2. Bank account has no any transaction for more than 7 years.
Such as: saving account, current account and fixed deposit (with automatic renewal instruction)
银行存款超过七年没有交易
例如:储蓄户口,来往户口,自动更新的定期存款
3. Trade creditor or trade debtors (credit balance) remained dormant more than 2 years
供应商或 顾客(credit balance)保持休眠状态超过两年
How to register and lodge unclaimed moneys?
如何登记和提交无人认领款项?
Company shall record all unclaimed moneys in a register.
持有无人认领款项的公司应将所有无人认领款项记录在登记册中,
Company shall lodge register all the unclaimed moneys up to 31 December annually together with unclaimed moneys by 31 Mar of next year
公司每年需提交直至12月31日无人认领款项详情以及支付
截止日期:隔年3月31日
Guideline on submission of unclaimed moneys (2020 edition)
提交无人认领款项指南(2020年版)
If you didn’t do so?
如果你不做,会怎样?
Company and every officer who is in default is liable to a fine not exceeding RM 20,000.
A further fine not exceeding RM1,000 for each day if the offence continues.
公司以及有关联人物将处以不超过两万令吉的罚款。再犯者,将另外处以每天不超过一千令吉的罚款
Reference:
http://www.anm.gov.my/images/PDF/wtd/Lampiran%201%20(English%20Version).pdf
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