Direct Sales and Anti-Pyramid Scheme Act 1993 s 1
s 1 Short title, commencement and application
(1) This Act may be cited as the *Direct Sales and Anti- Pyramid Scheme Act 1993 and shall come into force on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for the coming into force of different provisions of this Act.
(2) This Act shall apply throughout Malaysia and only in respect ofβ
(a) negotiations carried on after the coming into force of this Act, leading to the formation of direct sales contracts; and
(b) direct sales contracts entered into after the coming into force of this Act, notwithstanding that negotiations leading to the formation of the contract may have taken place before that date.
(3) This Act shall not applyβ
(a) where the purchaser or the prospective purchaser is a body corporate;
(b) to any contract of insurance and reinsurance issued by an insurer registered under the *Insurance Act 1963 [Act 89]; and
(c) to any contract of takaful and re-takaful issued by a takaful operator registered under the Takaful Act 1984 [Act 312].
(4) The provisions of this Act shall be without prejudice to the Hire-Purchase Act 1967 [Act 212], the Sale of Goods Act 1957 [Act 382], the Contracts Act 1950 [Act 136] and the Companies Act 1965 [Act 125], and where there is any conflict between the provisions of this Act and the provisions of any of such Acts the provisions of this Act shall prevail.
*NOTEβsee sections 4 and 5 of the Direct Sales (Amendment) Act 2010 [Act A1379].
Malay text (authoritative)
Tajuk ringkas, permulaan kuat kuasa dan pemakaian
(1) Akta ini bolehlah dinamakan *Akta Jualan Langsung dan Skim Anti-Piramid 1993 dan hendaklah mula berkuat kuasa pada tarikh yang ditetapkan oleh Menteri melalui pemberitahuan dalam Warta, dan tarikh yang berlainan boleh ditetapkan bagi mula berkuat kuasanya peruntukan yang berlainan dalam Akta ini.
*CATATANβlihat seksyen 4 dan 5 Akta Jualan Langsung (Pindaan) 2010 [Akta A1379].
(2) Akta ini hendaklah terpakai di seluruh Malaysia dan hanya berkenaan denganβ
(a) rundingan yang dijalankan selepas tarikh mula berkuat kuasanya Akta ini, yang membawa kepada pembentukan kontrak jualan langsung; dan
(b) kontrak jualan langsung yang dibuat selepas mula berkuat kuasanya Akta ini, walaupun rundingan yang membawa kepada pembentukan kontrak itu mungkin telah berlangsung sebelum tarikh itu.
(3) Akta ini tidak terpakaiβ
(a) jika pembeli atau bakal pembeli ialah suatu pertubuhan perbadanan;
(b) bagi apa-apa kontrak insurans dan insurans semula yang dikeluarkan oleh seseorang penanggung insurans yang didaftarkan di bawah *Akta Insurans 1963 [Akta 89]; dan
(c) bagi apa-apa kontrak takaful dan takaful semula yang dikeluarkan oleh seseorang pengendali takaful yang didaftarkan di bawah Akta Takaful 1984 [Akta 312].
(4) Peruntukan Akta ini tidak menjejaskan Akta Sewa Beli 1967 [Akta 212], Akta Jualan Barang 1957 [Akta 382], Akta Kontrak 1950 [Akta 136] dan Akta Syarikat 1965 [Akta 125], dan jika ada percanggahan di antara peruntukan Akta ini dengan peruntukan mana-mana Akta itu, peruntukan Akta ini hendaklah dipakai.
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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).
