Malaysia legislation
Section 150
Section 150
(2)
In particular and without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), such regulations may—
(a)
prescribe, in respect of goods or services of any description or of any class or classes of goods or services, a consumer information standard concerning any or all of the following matters:
(i)
the disclosure of information relating to the kind, grade, quantity, origin, performance, care, composition, contents, design, construction, use, price, finish, packaging, promotion or supply of the goods or services; and
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(ii)
the form or manner in which the information is to be disclosed on or in relation to or in connection with the supply or resupply or promotion of the supply of the goods or services;
(b)
prescribe any forms for the purposes of this Act;
(c)
generally prescribe and provide for fees under this Act and the manner for collecting and disbursing such fees;
(d)
prescribe the particulars required to be contained in receipts and the value of transactions for which receipts shall be required and for this purpose may prescribe different values for different transactions; and
(e)
provide for any matter which under this Act is required or permitted to be prescribed or which are necessary or expedient to be prescribed to give effect to this Act.
(3)
Any subsidiary legislation made under this Act may provide for any act or omission in contravention of the subsidiary legislation to be an offence and may provide for penalties of a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or of imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years, or both, and for a second or subsequent offence, of a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand ringgit or of imprisonment for a term not exceeding six years, or both.
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