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ខ្មែរ Laws and Regulation
PM Hun Sen to Reopen Casinos in Cambodia
- 3 July 2020
Cambodia Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen has permitted the reopening of casinos in Cambodia after being closed a few months due to COVID-19 pandemic, but only for gambling and slot machines, according to the government spokesman HE Phay Siphan’s in a Facebook post on 03 July. HE Phay Siphan said that regarding the reopening of casinos, owners/operators are required to request permission from the...
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Collective Investment Scheme – Cambodia
- 7 June 2020
A Collective Investment Scheme (“CIS”), as defined by the law of Cambodia, is an investment structure where various individuals come together by pooling their money to invest in a particular asset in the form of fund collections, returns or profits earned by the investors as per their investment proportion agreement or as per the shareholding ratio between the investors. In 2018, Cambodia adopted...
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The GDT reminds immovable property owners to pay taxes before 30 September
- 29 May 2020
The General Department of Taxation (GDT) has reminded all immovable property owners in Phnom Penh and all provinces to pay their property taxes including the tax on unused land for 2020 before the end of 30 September 2020, according to the notification of the General Department of Taxation on 28 May 2020. Seeing the stagnation in the tax payments of all immovable property owners, the General De...
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COVID-19: The Impact on Leases and Rental Payments in Cambodia
- 23 May 2020
The COVID-19 global pandemic continues to rage and tenants in Cambodia are now looking carefully at whether this situation can be considered a force majeure event in order to seek a cessation or reduction of their rental payments. On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization (“WHO”) officially declared the outbreak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (“COVID-19”) a global pandemic. In respons...
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MEF calls for permit and license applications by end of April
- 11 April 2020
The Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) has called on all owners of lot development businesses to apply for their permits of lot development businesses and land licenses of lot developments before 30 April this year. “MEF has mandated all owners of lot development business occupying land under 10,000 square meters to apply for their permit of lot development business at the Municipal-Provinci...
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No travel ban from one district to another, the government’s resolution statement
- 10 April 2020
On April 10, 202, the government issued a new decision stating that there is no travel ban from one district to another in the same province and that Phnom Penh and Kandal are considered one same region through which people can travel. Please note that this decision is an amendment to Order 02B.B issued on the night of April 9, 2020, banning domestic travel from Phnom Penh to the provinces or t...
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Government bans intra-national travel to prevent the spread of COVID-19
- 9 April 2020
Samdech Techo Hun Sen has ordered the imposition of travel restrictions to within city limits, from province to province and from district to district throughout the kingdom, starting from 24:00 on Thursday 9 April to 24:00 on Thursday 16 April 2020 to prevent the spread of COVID-19, according to a government order issued on the afternoon of 9 April 2020. The restrictions were announced followi...
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Government announces all workers and civil servants to work as normal during Khmer New Year
- 8 April 2020
Samdech Techo Hun Sen has announced that all workers and civil servants are to continue to work as normal during the Khmer New Year to prevent the spread of COVID-19 during the Khmer New Year. The announcement was made at a press conference on updating the current situation of COVID-19 in Cambodia at the Peace Palace on 7 April 2020. Samdech ordered that “All workers and civil servants are n...
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Four communes in Ta Khmau to obtain tax exemption on properties until 2023
- 7 April 2020
Four communes in Takhmau city of Kandal province will be exempted from property taxes until 2023. Those communes are Svay Rolum, Koh Anloung Chen, Sitbo, and Rakar Khpos communes divided from S'ang and Kandal Stueng districts of Kandal province. This tax exemption aims to provide relief for those commune residents who never experienced tax duty previously, according to a Prakas issued by the Minis...
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Ministry of Education: Gym and fitness centres to temporarily close due to COVID-19
- 6 April 2020
All gym and fitness centres in Cambodia are to be temporarily closed to prevent the further spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The suspension of gym and fitness businesses is to prevent and control the spread of COVID-19 in Cambodia, according to an announcement from the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports. Pich Sok, a trainer at the Jouvance Fitness Center, told reporters that the closure of...
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