Consumer Protection Act 1999 · Updated to 1 Nov 2021 · Part VI · Rights Against Suppliers in Respect of
40. Exception in respect of implied guarantee as to acceptable quality
Feedback & supportNotwithstanding section 39, there shall be no right of redress against the supplier of goods under this Act in respect of the failure of the goods to comply with the implied guarantee as to acceptable quality where—
supplier
“supplier” means a person who, in trade— (a) supplies goods to a consumer by transferring the ownership or the possession of the goods under a contract of sale, exchange, lease, hire or hire-purchase to which that person is a party; or (b) supplies services to a consumer, and includes— (i) where the rights of the supplier have been transferred by assignment or by operation of law, the person for the time being entitled to those rights; (ii) a financier who has lent money on the security of goods supplied to a consumer, if the whole or any part of the price of the goods is to be paid out of the proceeds of the loan and if the loan was arranged by a person who, in trade, supplied the goods; (iii) a person who, in trade, assigns or procures the assignment of goods to a financier to enable the financier to supply those goods, or goods of that kind, to the consumer; and (iv) a person who, in trade, is acting as agent for another person where that other person is not supplying in trade; *NOTE—This Act has replaced the Companies Act 1965 which came into operation on 31 January 2017–see subsection 620(1)…
the manufacturer makes a representation in respect of the goods otherwise than by a statement on any packaging or label; and
manufacturer
“manufacturer” means a person who carries on a business of assembling, producing or processing goods, and includes— (a) any person who holds himself out to the public as a manufacturer of the goods; (b) any person who affixes his brand or mark, or causes or permits his brand or mark to be affixed, to the goods; and (c) where goods are manufactured outside Malaysia and the foreign manufacturer of the goods does not have an ordinary place of business in Malaysia, a person who imports or distributes those goods;
the goods would have complied with the implied guarantee as to acceptable quality if that representation had not been made.
goods
“goods” means goods which are primarily purchased, used or consumed for personal, domestic or household purposes, and includes— (a) goods attached to, or incorporated in, any real or personal property; (b) animals, including fish; (c) vessels and vehicles; (d) utilities; and (e) trees, plants and crops whether on, under or attached to land or not, but does not include choses in action, including negotiable instruments, shares, debentures and money;
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consumer
“consumer” means a person who— (a) acquires or uses goods or services of a kind ordinarily acquired for personal, domestic or household purpose, use or consumption; and (b) does not acquire or use the goods or services, or hold himself out as acquiring or using the goods or services, primarily for the purpose of— (i) resupplying them in trade; (ii) consuming them in the course of a manufacturing process; or (iii) in the case of goods, repairing or treating, in trade, other goods or fixtures on land;