My bookmarksSign up free
← Hire - Purchase Act 1967

Hire - Purchase Act 1967 s 37

Hire - Purchase Act 1967 s 37

s 37 Hirer may be required to state where goods are

(1) The owner of any goods comprised in a hire-purchase agreement may, at any time by notice in writing served on the hirer thereof, require him to state in writing where the goods are, or if the goods are not in his possession, to whom he delivered the goods or the circumstances under which he lost possession of them, and any hirer who does not within fourteen days after the receipt of such a notice give to the owner such a statement or who gives a statement containing any information that is to the knowledge of the hirer false shall be guilty of an offence under this Act. (2) Where— (a) a hirer removes the goods comprised in a hire-purchase agreement from the address specified; or (b) goods comprised in a hire-purchase agreement are lost or are removed from or are taken out of the hirer’s possession, the hirer shall inform the owner in writing or state in the presence of the owner— (i) the new address where the goods are kept; or (ii) the date and circumstances in which the goods were lost; or (iii) the date and circumstances in which the goods were removed or taken out of his possession, and any hirer who does not within fourteen days of the removal or loss comply with the provisions of this subsection shall be guilty of an offence under this Act.

Read this section in the full act → · Open Part VII →

Find Act 212 on lom.agc.gov.my ↗

Text as at 1 March 2013 (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).

What to look at next