Malaysia legislation
Section 44
Section 44
For the purposes of paragraph 41(1)(b), a failure to comply with a guarantee shall be of a substantial character where—
(a)
the goods would not have been acquired by a reasonable consumer fully acquainted with the nature and extent of the failure;
(b)
the goods depart in one or more significant respects from the description by which they were supplied or, where they were supplied by reference to a sample or demonstration model, from the sample or demonstration model;
(c)
the goods are—
(i)
substantially unfit for a purpose for which goods of the type in question are commonly supplied;
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(ii)
where subsection 33(1) applies, unfit for a particular purpose made known to the supplier or represented by the supplier to be a purpose for which the goods would be fit, and the goods cannot easily and within a reasonable time be remedied to make them fit for such purpose; or
(d)
the goods are not of acceptable quality within the meaning of section 32 because they are unsafe.
Manner of rejecting goods