The COVID Project
Context, not an orderThis record is guidance or an announcement kept for context. It is not counted among the orders in force.
The record
- Jurisdiction
- Malaysia
- Level
- Foreign government
- Authority
- Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 (Act 342), ss. 11 and 26
- Issued
- 2020-03-18 Mar. 18, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-18
- End
- 2020-03-31 by its terms; extended in phases to May 3, 2020; Conditional MCO May 4-June 9, 2020; Recovery MCO June 10-Dec. 31, 2020 (read as 2020-12-31)
- In force
- Mar. 18, 2020 to Dec. 31, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q4
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTravel and quarantineSupply chain
- Addressees
- all persons in Malaysia
- all premises except essential services
- Functions reached
- SC Malaysian semiconductor assembly, test and packaging; rubber gloves; electronics
- TR
- Collection
- Foreign governments' orders (context) FOR
Operative words
P.U.(A) 87: 'This Order has effect for the period from 18 March 2020 to 31 March 2020'; the Minister declares the States and Federal Territories in the Schedule 'to be infected areas'. P.U.(A) 91: movement and premises restrictions within the infected local areas; only essential services may operate.
Enforcement
Act 342 s. 24 (fines and imprisonment)
Notes
Malaysia is the world's largest supplier of medical rubber gloves and a principal site of semiconductor back-end assembly and test; the MCO shut or throttled both in the second quarter of 2020.
Retrieval noteThe Bar's circular reproduces the gazette text.