2. Only Malaysian citizens and non-Malaysians residing in Malaysia aged 18 years old and above are entitled to apply for the .name.my personal domain name.

2.1. In the event the non-Malaysian Registrant is no longer residing in Malaysia, the .name.my personal domain name applied by him/her has to be deregistered immediately.

2.2. When applying for the .name.my personal domain name, Malaysian citizens must submit a photocopy of their National Registration Identity Card (NRIC) and non-Malaysians must submit a photocopy of their passport or any other supporting documents as required by MYNIC.

3. Subject to clause 4 below, individuals are not allowed to register .name.my personal domain name for and on behalf of other individuals or other legal entities (for e.g. company, organisation, society, etc).

4. However, parents, guardians or immediate family members may apply on behalf of a minor who is below the age of 18 years as minors are not allowed to register .name.my personal domain name in their own capacity. PROVIDED ALWAYS that the minor and the parent/guardian/immediate family member concerned are Malaysian citizens and/or non-Malaysians residing in Malaysia.

4.1 For Malaysian citizens, supporting documents for minors are a photocopy of the minor’s NRIC or the birth certificate if they do not have a NRIC. For non-Malaysians, a photocopy of their passport or any other supporting documents as required by MYNIC.

4.2 The Agreement for Registration of Personal Domain Name is between MYNIC and the parent/guardian/immediate family member concerned, and the parent/guardian/immediate family member is fully responsible for the said .name.my personal domain name.

4.3 The .name.my personal domain name may be transferred to the minor upon his/her attainment of 18 years.

1. Registrants must only register the .name.my personal domain name for their personal use and for their own benefit only and must be for lawful purposes. PROVIDED ALWAYS a Registrant who has doubts as to whether his/her use or intended use of personal domain name which is contrary to this clause 1 may write to MYNIC for clarification.

2. Registrants must ensure that their .name.my personal domain name reflects and/or represents their own identity, which includes "legal" name (as per identity card), nickname, stage name, pseudonym and others.

3. Registrants agree that they shall not register .name.my personal domain name through any fraudulent means or devices.

4. Registrants must be responsible for their own .name.my personal domain names and usage thereof.

5. It is the sole responsibility of the Registrants to ensure that the .name.my personal domain name applied for does not infringe any registered and unregistered trademark and does not violate any intellectual property or other laws in Malaysia.

6. Registrants agree that they shall only be entitled to apply for a maximum of eight (8) .name.my personal domain names.

7. MYNIC does not act as an arbiter of any disputes between parties over the rights to use a particular .name.my personal domain name. Any complaints or queries in respect of a particular .name.my personal domain name shall first be addressed to the respective Registrant.

8. Registrants agree and accept that MYNIC does not in any way encourage or condone registration and use of .name.my personal domain names for cybersquatting, hoarding, speculative purposes, or any other abusive purpose ("abusive registration activities"). Registrants are not to encourage nor participate in abusive registration activities either for his/her own purpose or for any third party.

9. The .name.my personal domain name registered in the name of the parent/guardian/immediate family member, referred to in clause 4 of Part I above, may be transferred to the minor upon his/her attainment of 18 years if all MYNIC policies and procedures are complied with.

10. MYNIC also reserves the right to suspend or terminate the .name.my personal domain name at any time with prior notice to the Registrant in the event MYNIC receives any official direction from any Malaysian regulatory or Government body.

11. The charges for the registration or renewal of .name.my personal domain name may be accessed through MYNIC web site address http://www.mynic.net.my or such other address which may be notified by MYNIC from time to time whenever it is necessary.

1. In choosing the 3^rd level domain name, the following criteria must be complied:

1.1 Registration is on a ‘first come first served’ basis. Therefore, domain names must not:-

1.1.1 already have been registered to another applicant; or

1.1.2 be the subject of an application currently under consideration by MYNIC.

Doing a search on the MYNIC Domain Name Lookup facility will reveal if the chosen domain name is available.

1.2 The domain name must conform to certain alphanumeric conventions:

1.2.1 It must contain at least 1 character, but no more than 40 characters; and

1.2.2 The characters may comprise the 26 letters [a-z] of the Roman alphabet, the 10 digits [0-9] and the character "-" (hyphen or dash). However, the character "-" (hyphen or dash) can only be used as a separating element. It cannot be used as an initial or final character in a label.

1.2.3 Registrants are not allowed to use other separating elements such as "_" (underscore), "&" (ampersand), "/" (oblique or slash), "." (dot or period), and " " (white space).

1.2.4 The domain name must contain only lower case characters because the domain name system is case insensitive.

2. Please also note the following prohibitions. Domain names must not:

2.1 by themselves contain country or state names or well-known names such as "Malaysia", "Malacca", "Johore", etc, or the Bahasa Malaysia equivalents such as "Melaka", "Johor", etc. These domain names may only be applied by the relevant State Authority, or persons who have been duly authorised by the relevant State authority. All applications and/or letters of authorisation must originate from the State Secretary's (Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri) Office of the relevant State.

2.2 by themselves contain words in either English or Bahasa Malaysia, that are sensitive to the main religions in Malaysia such as "Islam", "Buddha", "Hindu", "Christianity", etc.

2.3 by themselves or as part of a label, be obscene, scandalous, indecent, offensive or contrary to Malaysian public norms.

2.4 by themselves or as part of a label, contain the words "bank" or "finance company" (or any derivative of the words in any language). Only parties who have the written consent of the Minister of Finance (MOF) pursuant to Section 15 of the Banking and Financial Institutions Act 1989 (BAFIA) may apply for these domain names.

3. MYNIC is the sole arbiter of such names violating these rules.

For avoidance of doubt, MYNIC shall be entitled to change any term in this MYNIC Rules for Registration of Personal Domain Name in its sole discretion at any time provided MYNIC notifies Registrants of such amendments via its website.

This document is subject to change by MYNIC from time to time without any prior written notice.
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