Section 26
Validation and indemnity
of Franchise (Amendment) Act 2020
Notwithstanding the absence of any provision on the requirement to pay fees to the Registrar except under subsection 8(3) of the principal Act, the following fees which were charged and collected during the period from 8 October 1999 to the day preceding the commencement date of this Act shall be deemed to have been validly charged and collected:
(a)
filing fee for amendment of documents under section 11
of the principal Act;
(b)
processing fee for the registration of a franchise broker or franchise consultant under section 14 of the principal
Act; and
(c)
processing fee for an application by a foreign person for the sale of a franchise in Malaysia or to any Malaysian citizen under section 54 of the principal Act.
(2)
No action or legal proceeding shall be brought, instituted or maintained against the Government or any officer of the
Government or any person acting under them in respect of any fee which was charged and collected during the period referred to in subsection (1), and if any such action or legal proceeding has been brought, instituted or maintained, it shall be discharged and made void and no refund in respect of the fees charged and collected as stated in this Act shall be made.