Section 1
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This Act comes into operation on a date to be appointed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette.
Amendment of section 6
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PERBADANAN KEMAJUAN FILEM NASIONAL MALAYSIA (AMENDMENT) ACT 2013 is Malaysia Amendment Act, cited as Amendment Act A1451 2013, currently marked in force and first recorded in 2013.
Opening note
This Act comes into operation on a date to be appointed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette.
Amendment of section 6
The Perbadanan Kemajuan Filem Nasional Malaysia Act 1981
[Act 244], which is referred to as the “principal Act” in this Act, is amended in section 6—
by deleting the word “and” at the end of paragraph (e);
PERBADANAN KEMAJUAN FILEM
NASIONAL MALAYSIA (AMENDMENT) ACT 2013
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by inserting after paragraph (f) the following paragraphs:
“(g) to disseminate information on policies, programmes and achievements of the
Government through the production of films; and
by substituting for paragraph (a) the following paragraph:
“(a) to co-operate with government agencies, or bodies corporate or private persons in conducting surveys and research in respect of the film industry and in carrying out feasibility studies for the development of the local film industry;”;
in paragraph (c), by deleting the words “, but not itself to participate in film production, directly or indirectly”;
by substituting for paragraph (e) the following paragraph:
“(e) to grant financial assistance by loans, credit facility, grants, investment or any other form of financial assistance and to participate in film production;”;
by deleting the word “and” at the end of paragraph (j); and
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Perbadanan Kemajuan Filem Nasional Malaysia
(Amendment)
by inserting after paragraph (j) the following paragraph:
“(ja) to produce recorded event coverage for archive purposes or produce any films or records as the Government thinks necessary for the purpose of education, information, arts, culture and other matters recommended by the Perbadanan; and.”.
New sections 11a and 11b
The principal Act is amended by inserting after section 11
the following sections:
“Employment of Government employees 11a. (1) The Government shall, on the appointed date, gives option to every person who immediately before that date is in the employment or service of the Government in the
National Film Department.
Every person mentioned in subsection (1) who opts to serve as an employee of the Perbadanan shall be employed by the Perbadanan on terms and conditions of service not less favourable than the terms and conditions of service to which he was entitled to immediately before the appointed date.
For the purpose of this section, “appointed date” means the date on which the option is given to the employees who before that date are in the employment or service of the
Government in the National Film Department.
Salaries, terms and conditions of service of Government employees to be taken into account 11b. (1) The terms and conditions to be drawn by the
Perbadanan shall take into account the salaries and terms and conditions of service, including any accrued rights to leave, enjoyed by the persons while in the employment of the
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Government before opting into the service of the Perbadanan, and any such terms and conditions relating to the length of service with the Perbadanan shall provide for the recognition of service with the Government by the persons making the option as service with the Perbadanan.
Where any person in the service of the Perbadanan whose case does not fall within the scope of any pension or other schemes established under this section retires or dies whilst in the service of the Perbadanan or is discharged from such service, the Perbadanan may grant to him or to such other person or persons wholly or partly dependent on him, as the Perbadanan thinks fit, such allowance or gratuity as the Perbadanan may determine.”.
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