Malaysia legislation
Section 8
of PERBADANAN KEMAJUAN FILEM NASIONAL MALAYSIA (AMENDMENT) ACT 2026
Section 8
Amendment of section 15
(a)
in subsection (1), by substituting for the words
“by himself, his partner or agent” the words “by himself or through a member of his family or his associate”;
(b)
by inserting after subsection (6) the following subsection:
“(6a) For the purposes of subsection (1)—
“a member of his family”, in relation to a member of the Perbadanan or of a committee of the Perbadanan, includes—
(a)
his spouse;
(b)
his parent, including a parent of his spouse;
(c)
his child, including an adopted child or stepchild;
(d)
his brother or sister, including a brother or sister of his spouse; and
(e)
a spouse of his child, brother or sister;
and
“associate”, in relation to a member of the Perbadanan or of a committee of the
Perbadanan, means—
(a)
a person who is a nominee or an employee of the member;
(b)
a firm of which the member or any nominee of his is a partner;
(c)
a partner of the member;
(d)
a trustee of a trust under which the member or a member of his family is a beneficiary; or
(e)
any corporation within the meaning of the Companies Act 2016 [Act 777]
of which the member or any nominee of his or a member of the member’s family is a director or has a substantial shareholding in the corporation.”; and
Perbadanan Kemajuan Filem Nasional Malaysia
(Amendment)
(c)
in subsection (7)—
(i)
by substituting for the words “five years”
the words “ten years”; and
(ii)
by substituting for the words “twenty-five thousand”
the words “two hundred and fifty thousand”.
New section 20a