Private investigator licensing in Malawi
No. Malawi has no specific private investigator licence.
Malawi has no law licensing private investigators. A search of MalawiLII's legislation and gazettes found no private investigator, detective or private security act. Investigation businesses fall under the general Businesses Licensing Act 2012, which makes carrying on business without a Business Licence an offence (s. 33) and has licences issued through local Business Licensing Centres. The Act has no investigator-specific category or conditions.1
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No. Malawi has no specific private investigator licence. Malawi has no law licensing private investigators. A search of MalawiLII's legislation and gazettes found no private investigator, detective or private security act. Investigation businesses fall under the general Businesses Licensing Act 2012, which makes carrying on business without a Business Licence an offence (s. 33) and has licences issued through local Business Licensing Centres. The Act has no investigator-specific category or conditions.
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