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Government Contracts Act 1949 s 7

Government Contracts Act 1949 s 7

s 7 Validation of contracts entered into before commencement of Act

All contracts entered into in good faith on or after the first day of February 1948, and before the commencement of this Act, and purporting to be made on behalf of the Government of the Federation of Malaya or the Government of any State or Settlement thereof, as the case may be— (a) in the Federation of Malaya by any public officer; (b) in the United Kingdom by the Secretary of State or the Crown Agents; or (c) elsewhere outside the Federation of Malaya by any person either generally or specially authorized in writing in that behalf by the High Commissioner, shall be deemed to be contracts duly entered into on behalf of the Government of the Federation of Malaya or the Government of that State or Settlement, as the case may be.

Malay text (authoritative)

Pengesahan kontrak yang dibuat sebelum permulaan kuat kuasa Akta

Semua kontrak yang dibuat dengan suci hati pada atau selepas satu haribulan Februari 1948, dan sebelum permulaan kuat kuasa Akta ini dan yang berupa sebagai dibuat bagi pihak Kerajaan Persekutuan Tanah Melayu atau Kerajaan mana-mana Negeri atau Negeri Selat, mengikut mana-mana yang berkenaan— (a) di Persekutuan Tanah Melayu oleh mana-mana pegawai awam; (b) di United Kingdom oleh Setiausaha Negeri atau Crown Agent; atau (c) di tempat lain di luar Persekutuan Tanah Melayu oleh mana-mana orang yang sama ada secara am atau secara khusus diberi kuasa secara bertulis bagi maksud itu oleh Pesuruhjaya Tinggi, hendaklah disifatkan sebagai kontrak yang telah dibuat dengan sewajarnya bagi pihak Kerajaan Persekutuan Tanah Melayu atau Kerajaan Negeri atau Kerajaan Negeri Selat itu, mengikut manamana yang berkenaan.

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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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