Employment Act 1955 s 27
Sections 34–36, 45–56 and 95–96 were repealed by later amendments.
s 27 Interest on advances forbidden
No employer shall—
(a) make any deduction; or
(b) receive any payment,
from any employee by way of discount, interest or any similar charge on account of any advance or advances of wages made to an employee in anticipation of the regular date for the payment of wages, where such advance or advances do not exceed in the aggregate one month’s wages.
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Text as at 1 August 2023 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.
Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).
