Section 23
Restriction on partnership or company where person has controlling interest
of Perbadanan Kemajuan Filem Nasional Malaysia Act 1981
No partnership of which a person licensed under section 22
is a partner, and no company in which such person has a controlling interest, directly or indirectly, shall engage in any of the activities of production, distribution or exhibition of films:
Provided that where such person engages in only one of the activities of production, distribution or exhibition of films, the partnership or company may engage in the other only of the combination of activities referred to in subsection 21(1).
(2)
For the purposes of this section, “indirect interest” shall include the having or acquiring of an interest in a partnership or company by a spouse or a natural or an adopted child (below twenty-one years of age) of such person and, where such person is a company, by any
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Nasional Malaysia member of the board of directors of the company or a spouse or a natural or an adopted child (below twenty-one years of age) of such member.
Person licensed to ascertain that film has come into possession, custody or control lawfully