IMPORT DUTIES (VALIDATION) ACT 1992

LAWS OF MALAYSIA ONLINE VERSION OF UPDATED TEXT OF REPRINT Act 477 IMPORT DUTIES (VALIDATION) ACT 1992 As at 1 December 2011 2 IMPORT DUTIES (VALIDATION) ACT 1992 Date of Royal Assent … … … … … 30 January 1992 Date of publication in the Gazette … … 20 February 1992 PREVIOUS REPRINTS First Reprint… ... ... ... 2001 Second Reprint ... ... ... 2006 3 LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 477 IMPORT DUTIES (VALIDATION) ACT 1992 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section 1. Short title 2. Validation and indemnity 5 LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 477 IMPORT DUTIES (VALIDATION) ACT 1992 An Act to validate the levy and collection of import duties and to indemnify the Government of Malaysia and certain officers thereof with respect to import duties levied and collected throughout Malaysia during the period from 29 March 1990 to 22 August 1991. [21 February 1992] BE IT ENACTED by the Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong with the advice and consent of the Dewan Negara and Dewan Rakyat in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Import Duties (Validation) Act 1992. Validation and indemnity 2. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Customs Act 1967 [Act 235], the import duties levied and collected throughout Malaysia during the period from 29 March 1990 to 22 August 1991 and purporting to be levied and collected under the authority of the Customs Duties Order 1988 [P.U. (A) 405/1987], as amended from time to time, and the Customs Duties (Exemption) Order 1988 [P.U. (A) 410/1987], as amended from time to time, shall be deemed to have been validly levied and collected. (2) No action or legal proceeding whatsoever shall be brought, instituted or maintained against the Government of Malaysia or any officer of the Government of Malaysia or any person acting under them or any of them in respect of any import duties levied or collected where such import duties were purported to be levied or 6 Laws of Malaysia ACT 477 collected by virtue of the Customs Duties Order 1988, as amended from time to time, and the Customs Duties (Exemption) Order 1988, as amended from time to time; and if any such action or legal proceeding has been brought, instituted and maintained, it shall be discharged and made void and no refund in respect of such import duties levied or collected as aforesaid shall be made. ______________________________ 7 LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 477 IMPORT DUTIES (VALIDATION) ACT 1992 LIST OF AMENDMENTS Amending law Short title NIL In force from 8 LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 477 IMPORT DUTIES (VALIDATION) ACT 1992 LIST OF SECTIONS AMENDED Section Amending authority NIL In force from