A critical study on the licensing system in Malaysia to combat illegal moneylending / Azian Adznan ...[et al.]

Adznan, Azian and Aminuddin, Herni Laily and Mohd Asri, Izzati and Ku Yosof, Ku Mohd Amir Aizat (2010) A critical study on the licensing system in Malaysia to combat illegal moneylending / Azian Adznan ...[et al.]. Degree thesis, Universiti Teknologi MARA.

Abstract

The objective of this research is to analyse on how the law on licensing moneylending activities works by comparing Malaysian law to the law in the United Kingdom and Singapore. The number of illegal moneylender's problem keeps rising. This indicates that there must be something wrong with the law. This project paper shall cover Malaysia Moneylenders Act 1951 as amended in 2003, the Singapore Moneylenders Act 2008 Singapore and Consumer Credit Act 2006 of the United Kingdom. In this research, qualitative research methodology was utilized in this study, where two in-depth interviews have been conducted with the Ministry of Housing and Local Development and the other one with Malaysian Licensing Moneylenders Association (MILMA). The interviews show that the Singapore Moneylenders Act 2008 and the UK Consumer Credit Act 2008 is better than Malaysian Moneylenders Act 1951 as amended in 2003 does not cover all aspects regarding moneylending activities. In this research, for the issue of Ah Longs, it is limited only to issue of licensing rather than other aspects. This is important to make sure that issues that we are focusing for will be discuss in detail. The purpose is to see how the law on licensing in Malaysia relates to the issue of loan sharks.

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Item Type: Thesis (Degree)
Creators:
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Adznan, Azian
2007143811
Aminuddin, Herni Laily
2007143847
Mohd Asri, Izzati
2007143855
Ku Yosof, Ku Mohd Amir Aizat
2007143859
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Thesis advisor
Abdul Hamid, Norliza
UNSPECIFIED
Subjects: K Law > K Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence > Comparative law. International uniform Law > Regulation of industry, trade, and commerce. Occupational law
Divisions: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam > Faculty of Law
Programme: Bachelor in Legal Studies (Hons)
Keywords: moneylending, licensing, law
Date: April 2010
URI: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/32974
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