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Government Contracts Act 1949 s 5

Government Contracts Act 1949 s 5

s 5 Contracts made outside Malaysia

All contracts made outside Malaysia on behalf of the Government or any State Government by a person either generally or specially authorized in writing in that behalf by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong shall, so far as they come within the jurisdiction of the courts of Malaysia, be deemed to be contracts made on behalf of that Government.

Malay text (authoritative)

Kontrak yang dibuat di luar Malaysia

Semua kontrak yang dibuat di luar Malaysia bagi pihak Kerajaan atau mana-mana Kerajaan Negeri oleh seseorang yang sama ada secara am atau secara khusus diberi kuasa secara bertulis bagi maksud itu oleh Yang di-Pertuan Agong hendaklah, setakat yang kontrak itu termasuk dalam bidang kuasa mahkamah Malaysia, disifatkan sebagai kontrak yang dibuat bagi pihak Kerajaan itu.

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Find Act 120 on lom.agc.gov.my ↗

Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.

Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).

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