Employment Act · 2026 Revised Edition · Part · Principals and Contractors
54. Registration of contractors and sub-contractors
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The Minister may, by notification published in the Gazette, require all contractors and sub-contractors to be registered with the
Commissioner and thereafter no person shall act as a contractor or a sub-contractor unless he is so registered.
Commissioner
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Labour appointed under section 3(1);
Every application for such registration shall be in such form as the Commissioner may determine.
Every person so registered under this section as a contractor or sub-contractor is deemed to be the employer of the workmen employed by him.
contractor
“contractor” means any person who contracts with a principal to supply labour or to carry out the whole or any part of any work undertaken by the principal in the course of or for the purposes of the principal’s trade or business;
Every contractor or sub-contractor who has been so registered and who changes the name under which he carries on business shall, within 7 days of the change of name, apply in writing to the Commissioner for re-registration and cancellation of the previous registration.
sub-contractor
“sub-contractor” means any person who contracts with a contractor for the supply of labour or for the execution by the sub-contractor of the whole or any part of any work undertaken by the contractor for his principal, and includes any person who contracts with a sub-contractor to supply labour or to carry out the whole or any part of any work undertaken by the sub-contractor for a contractor;
The Commissioner may effect the registration of any person under this section and may cancel any such registration.
The Minister may, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, make regulations to prescribe the requirements and conditions for registration of a contractor or sub-contractor under this section.
Any person who contravenes this section is guilty of an offence.
Terms defined in s 2
Commissioner
Defined · s 2“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Labour appointed under section 3(1);
contractor
Defined · s 2“contractor” means any person who contracts with a principal to supply labour or to carry out the whole or any part of any work undertaken by the principal in the course of or for the purposes of the principal’s trade or business;
employer
Defined · s 2“employer” means any person who employs another person under a contract of service and includes — (a) the Government, in respect of such categories, classes or descriptions of public officers or employees of the Government as are declared by the Minister, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, to be employees for the purposes of this Act; (b) any statutory body; (c) the duly authorised agent or manager of the employer; (d) the person who owns or is carrying on or for the time being responsible for the management of the profession, business, trade or work in which the employee is engaged;
sub-contractor
Defined · s 2“sub-contractor” means any person who contracts with a contractor for the supply of labour or for the execution by the sub-contractor of the whole or any part of any work undertaken by the contractor for his principal, and includes any person who contracts with a sub-contractor to supply labour or to carry out the whole or any part of any work undertaken by the sub-contractor for a contractor;
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