Malaysia legislation
Section 2
Section 2
The Private Agencies Act 1971 [Act 27], which is referred to as the “principal Act” in this Act, is amended in section 3—
(a)
in subsection (2), by deleting the words “; and in issuing such licence or renewing the same under subsection (4)
the Minister may impose thereon such conditions as he may deem desirable for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Act”;
(b)
by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsections:
“(2a) Subject to payment of the fees as may be prescribed by the Minister, a licence issued under this Act shall be valid until 31 December of the same calendar year or 31 December of the following calendar year in which the licence is issued as may be determined by the Minister upon issuance of such licence under subsection (2) and such licence may be renewed upon payment of the prescribed fees.
(2b)
In issuing such licence or renewing the same under subsection (2a), the Minister may impose thereon such conditions as he may deem necessary for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Act.”;
(c)
by inserting after subsection (3) the following subsection:
“(3a) Any person who has been issued a licence under subsection (1) may apply for supplementary licence for the branch office of his private agency to carry out the same type of private agency business for which he was licenced.”; and
(d)
by deleting subsection (4).
Deletion of section 5