Direct Sales and Anti-Pyramid Scheme Act 1993 s 25
Direct Sales and Anti-Pyramid Scheme Act 1993 s 25
s 25 Goods or services not to be delivered or performed during cooling-off period
(1) Except in a case where subsection (2) applies, no goods shall be delivered and no services shall be performed under a contract in respect of a direct sale until the cooling-off period has lapsed.
(2) Where a purchaser, who has entered into a contract in respect of a direct sale, has served on the vendor a notice in writing requiring the vendor to deliver the goods or to perform the services at any time before the expiry of the cooling-off period, he shall be deemed to have waived his right to rescind the contract under section 26.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), no notice under that subsection shall be served on the vendor before the expiry of seventy-two hours from the time the contract was concluded.
(4) No vendor or other person shall accept any money or other consideration from a purchaser under a contract made under this Act before the expiry of the cooling-off period.
(5) Any vendor or other person who contravenes this section shall be guilty of an offence.
Malay text (authoritative)
Barang-barang atau perkhidmatan tidak boleh dihantarserahkan atau dilaksanakan dalam tempoh bertenang
(1) Kecuali dalam sesuatu hal apabila subseksyen (2) terpakai, tiada barang-barang boleh dihantarserahkan dan tiada perkhidmatan boleh dilaksanakan di bawah sesuatu kontrak berkenaan dengan sesuatu jualan langsung sehingga tempoh bertenang telah luput.
(2) Jika seseorang pembeli, yang telah membuat kontrak berkenaan dengan sesuatu jualan langsung, telah menyampaikan suatu notis secara bertulis kepada penjual menghendaki penjual menghantarserahkan barang-barang atau melaksanakan perkhidmatan pada bila-bila masa sebelum habis tempoh bertenang, dia hendaklah disifatkan telah menepikan haknya untuk menamatkan kontrak itu di bawah seksyen 26.
(3) Walau apa pun subseksyen (2), tiada notis di bawah subseksyen itu boleh disampaikan kepada penjual sebelum habis tempoh tujuh puluh dua jam dari masa kontrak itu dibuat.
(4) Tiada penjual atau orang lain boleh menerima apa-apa wang atau balasan lain daripada pembeli di bawah sesuatu kontrak yang dibuat di bawah Akta ini sebelum habis tempoh bertenang.
(5) Mana-mana penjual atau orang lain yang melanggar seksyen ini melakukan suatu kesalahan.
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).
