Malaysia legislation

Section 7

of GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS ACT 1949

Section 7

Act

All contracts entered into in good faith on or after the first day of February 1948, and before the commencement of this Act, and purporting to be made on behalf of the Government of the Federation of Malaya or the Government of any State or Settlement thereof, as the case may be—

(a)

in the Federation of Malaya by any public officer;

(b)

in the United Kingdom by the Secretary of State or the

Crown Agents; or

(c)

elsewhere outside the Federation of Malaya by any person either generally or specially authorized in writing in that behalf by the High Commissioner, shall be deemed to be contracts duly entered into on behalf of the

Government of the Federation of Malaya or the Government of that

State or Settlement, as the case may be.

Limitation of personal liability of public officer