Self-Employment Social Security Act 2017 (Act 789). Country/Territory Malaysia Document type Legislation Date 2017 (2020) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Livestock, Food & nutrition, Fisheries, Forestry, General Keyword Business/industry/corporations Social protection Legal proceedings/administrative proceedings Internal trade International trade Geographical area Asia, Asia and the Pacific, East Asian Seas, South-Eastern Asia Entry into force notes This Act comes into operation on a date to be appointed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette. Abstract This Act consisting of 89 articles aims at providing for the social security for self-employed person and for matters connected therewith and applies to any self-employment activity in the industry specified in the First Schedule. In this updated version, the Scheme, initially concerning the self-employed in the Passenger Transportation Sector, has been extended to other sectors, among which (i) good and food transport; (ii) agriculture; (iii) livestock; (iv) forestry; (v) fisheries; (vi) food; (vii) construction; (viii) manufacturing; (ix) hawkers. Full text English Website www.perkeso.gov.my