TRADE DESCRIPTIONS (AMENDMENT) ACT 2017

This Act comes into operation on a date to be appointed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette.

Notwithstanding subsection (2), section 3 is deemed to have come into operation on 1 November 2011.

Amendment of section 2

by renumbering the existing section as subsection (1);

and

by inserting after the renumbered subsection (1) the following subsections:

“(2)  Subsection (1) shall not apply to any advertisement made in the course of a prescribed trade or business under section 10b of the Price Control and Anti-Profiteering Act 2011 [Act 723].

In so far as it relates to section 9 of the Goods and Services Tax Act 2014 [Act 762], a registered person shall comply with any guidelines relating to the display, advertisement, publication or quotation of price issued by the Controller upon consultation with the Director General of Customs and Excise.

For the purposes of this section—

“Director General of Customs and Excise”

means the Director General of Customs and

Excise appointed under section 3 of the Customs

Act 1967 [Act 235]; and

“registered person” has the meaning assigned to it in section 2 of the Goods and Services Tax

Act 2014.”.

KUALA LUMPUR