Malaysia legislation
Section 4B
Section 4B
(2)
No owner, dealer, agent or person acting on behalf of the owner shall require or cause any intending hirer or his agent to sign a hire-purchase agreement or any other form or document relating to a hire-purchase agreement unless such hire-purchase agreement, form or document has been duly completed.
16 Laws of Malaysia ACT 212
(2A)
No owner shall deliver or cause to be delivered to any dealer, agent or person acting on behalf of the owner a hire-purchase agreement or any other form or document relating to a hire-purchase agreement which has not been duly completed.
(3)
A hire-purchase agreement that contravenes subsections (1),
(2)
and (2A) shall be void.
(4)
An owner, dealer, agent or person acting on behalf of the owner who—
(a)
enters into a hire-purchase agreement in contravention of subsection (1);
(b)
requires or causes an intending hirer or his agent to sign a hire-purchase agreement in contravention of subsection
(2)
; or
(c)
delivers or causes to be delivered a hire-purchase agreement in contravention of subsection (2A), shall, notwithstanding that the hire-purchase agreement is void, be guilty of an offence under this Act.
Contents of hire-purchase agreement