Section 19
Validation and indemnity
of Copyright (Amendment) Act 2022
Notwithstanding the absence of any provision under the principal Act on the requirement to pay fees to the Controller, the fees collected and imposed by the Controller in relation to the declaration issued under section 27a of the principal Act shall be deemed to have been validly imposed and collected during the period from 1 June 2012 to the day preceding the commencement date of this Act.
(2)
No action or legal proceedings shall be brought, instituted or maintained against the Government of Malaysia, any officer of the Government of Malaysia, the Corporation, any officer of the Corporation, or any person acting under them in respect of any fees which were charged and collected during the period referred to in subsection (1), and if any action or legal proceedings has been brought, instituted or maintained, it shall be discharged and made void and no refund in respect of the fees charged and collected as stated in this Act shall be made.