Malaysia legislation

Section 27

of *TRADE DESCRIPTIONS ACT 2011

Section 27

Abetting of offences committed abroad

(a)

the false trade description concerned is an indication (or anything likely to be taken as an indication) that the goods or any part thereof were manufactured, produced, processed or reconditioned in Malaysia; or

(b)

the false trade description concerned—

(i)

consists of or comprises an expression (or anything likely to be taken as an expression) to which a meaning is assigned by an order made under paragraph 28(1)(b); and

(ii)

where that meaning is so assigned only in circumstances specified in the order, the trade description is used in those circumstances.

(2)

A person does not commit an offence under subsection (1) if, by order made under section 56, the Minister has specified the non-application of section 5 to those goods being intended for dispatch to a destination outside Malaysia.

(3)

Any person who, in Malaysia, assists in or induces the commission of an act in any other country, in respect of goods which if the act were committed in Malaysia would be an offence under section 26, commits an offence.

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