Entertainment (Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur) Act 1992
ENTERTAINMENT (FEDERAL TERRITORY OF KUALA LUMPUR) ACT 1992
AKTA HIBURAN (WILAYAH PERSEKUTUAN KUALA LUMPUR) 1992
Act 493 · consolidated to 1 Feb 2013 · 24 pp
What this does to artists
The entertainment licensing statute for the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur. A public performance, a gig, a club night or a ticketed show in KL needs a licence under it, and the conditions attached are where content control actually happens in live music.
Outside KL the equivalent power sits in state entertainment enactments and local authority by-laws. There is no single national rule.
What to read first
Section numbers read out of the AGC text itself
Where this one bites
DJ a club night
You are playing other people's recordings to a paying room. Three separate licences, one venue licence, a stat…
ScenarioStage a play, gig or live show
Two sets of performing rights, a venue licence, a duty on admissions, and the question of what your cast actua…
ScenarioBring a foreign artist into Malaysia
Two gates, one tax, and the administrative one is the constraint on your timeline.…
ScenarioStopped, raided, shut down or arrested
This is a frightening place to be, and it usually has more give in it than it feels like. Most of these turn o…
Full arrangement of sections 34 sections · show / hide
Extracted from the AGC PDF on this page.
Read the law
Source of record · lom.agc.gov.my/act-detail.php?act=493&lang=BI
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