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DOMAIN NAME

    Requirements and Charges in Malaysia  
 


Requirements for domain name registration in Malaysia are as follows:

Physical Business Presence - In Malaysia, the foreign applicant must have a physical business presence such as a sole agent, representative office, regional office, foreign office, branch office, etc. If client do not have physical presence in Malaysia, we can register the domain to the name of our firm, and then we make available the domain to the client. The cost of this alternative is
U$ 318 (included the registration fees).

 
     

Supporting Documents for organizations operating in Malaysia

ORGANISATION

SUPPORTING DOCUMENT(S)


  Company pursuant to   Malaysia Companies Act   1965


Certification by Registrar of Companies i.e. 

  • Form 8 (Perakuan Perbadanan Syarikat Awam) Form 9 (Perakuan Pemerbadanan Syarikat Sendirian) Form 13 (Perakuan Pemerbadanan Atas Pertukaran Nama Syarikat) Form 19 (Perakuan Pemerbadanan Atas Pertukaran Menjadi Syarikat Persendirian) Form 83 (Certificate of Registration of A Foreign Company) Form 83A (Certificate of Registration of Change of Name of A Foreign Company)


  Business pursuant to   Malaysia Business   Registration Act 1956


Certification by Registrar of Business i.e. Form D

 

 


  Society pursuant to   Malaysia Societies Act   1966


Certification by Registrar of Societies i.e. 

  • Form 3 Peraturan 5 Peraturan 7(1) (Kebenaran Menukar Nama)
  • Peraturan 7(4) (Sijil Kebenaran untuk penubuhan cawangan) 
 
           
     

ORGANISATION

SUPPORTING DOCUMENT


  Representative   Office


  Official letter from Ministry of Industrial Trade   and Industry (MITI) of Malaysia regarding   representative Office Registration.


   Regional Office


  Official letter from Ministry of Industrial Trade   and Industry (MITI) of Malaysia regarding   Regional Office Registration.


   Foreign Office


  Official letter from Ministry of Foreign Affairs of   Malaysia regarding approval of setting up of   foreign office.

           
Supporting Documents for other types of organizations

2. Registration Domain Names must not:

  • By themselves contain country or state names or well-known names such as “Malaysia”, “Malacca”, “Johore”, etc, or the Bahasa Malaysia equivalents such as “Melaka”, “Johor”, etc. These domain names may only be applied by the relevant State Authority in Malaysia, or persons who have been duly authorized by the relevant State Authority.
  • All applications and/or letters of authorization must originate from the State Secretary’s Office of the relevant State in Malaysia.
  • By themselves contains words in either English or Bahasa Malaysia, that are sensitive to the main religious in Malaysia such as “Islam”, “Buddha”, “Hindu”, “Christianity”, etc.
  • By themselves or as part of a label, be obscene, scandalous, indecent, offensive or contrary to Malaysian public norms.
  • By themselves or as part of a label, contain the words “bank” or “finance company” (or any derivative of the words in any language). Only parties who have the written consent of the Minister of Finance (MOF) of Malaysia pursuant to Section 15 of the Banking and Financial Institutions Act 1989 (BAFIA) may apply for these domain names.
  • By applying for the domain name, the applicant certifies that to his or her knowledge, the use of this name does not violate Malaysian trademarks, intellectual property, or other laws, and that the domain name is not being registered for any activities not permitted under any law of Malaysia.
Name Servers - The operational name servers must be physically
 

Schedule of Charges for Domain Name Registration in Malaysia

Domain Name
(.com.my, .net.my, .org.my)

Requirement

Our fees in USD

Valid for

Registration

With office in Malaysia

118 

1 year

Registration 

Without office in Malaysia

318

1 year

Renewal

With office in Malaysia

118

1 year

Renewal

Without office in Malaysia

218

1 year

Transfer

With/without office in Malaysia

118

1 year