Regulating charitable organisations in Malaysia: challenges and recommendations

• Main Authors: Ali, Zuraidah, Hassan, Halyani
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: UPM Press 2017
• Subjects: HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform; KPG Malaysia
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/65664/1/JSSH%28S%29-0534-2017%20Regulating%20charitable%20organization.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/65664/7/65664%20Regulating%20Charitable%20Organisations%20in%20Malaysia%20SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/65664/; http://www.pertanika.upm.edu.my/Pertanika%20PAPERS/JSSH%20Vol.%2025%20(S)%20Oct.%202017/JSSH(S)-0534-2017.pdf

Charities in Malaysia are regulated by aa few Acts which has its origins in the English law, whereby the concept and purpose of the charity has its origin in the Preamble to Charitable Uses Act 1601. In England and Wales, the prevailing Act on charity is the Charities Act 2011, in which 12 types...