ACT 589 MALAYSIAN COMMUNICATIONS AND MULTIMEDIA COMMISSION ACT 1998
PART III - POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF COMMISSION
Section 16. Powers and functions of Commission.
(1) The Commission shall have all the functions imposed on it under the communications and multimedia laws and, without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the Commission shall also have the following functions:
(a) to advise the Minister on all matters concerning the national policy objectives for communications and multimedia activities;
(b) to implement and enforce the provisions of the communications and multimedia laws;
(c) to regulate all matters relating to communications and multimedia activities not provided for in the communications and multimedia laws;
(d) to consider and recommend reforms to the communications and multimedia laws;
(e) to supervise and monitor communications and multimedia activities;
(f) to encourage and promote the development of the communications and multimedia industry including in the area of research and training;
(g) to encourage and promote self-regulation in the communications and multimedia industry;
(h) to promote and maintain the integrity of all persons licensed or otherwise authorised under the communications and multimedia laws;
(i) to render assistance in any form to, and to promote cooperation and coordination amongst, persons engaged in communications and multimedia activities; and
(j) to carry out any function under any written law as may be prescribed by the Minister by notification published in the Gazette.
(2) The Commission shall have all such powers as may be necessary for,or in connection with, or reasonably incidental to, the performance of its functions under the communications and multimedia laws.