ACT 614
COMPANIES COMMISSION OF MALAYSIA ACT 2001

PART II - THE COMMISSION



Section 4. Vesting provisions.


* (1) Subject to this Act, the Minister may, from time to time, by order published in the Gazette, appoint a vesting date and on such date all property of the Government of Malaysia and all the rights or liabilities of the Government of Malaysia, the Registrar of Companies and the Registrar of Businesses specified by the Minister in such order shall, by virtue of this Act, be transferred to and vested in the Commission without any conveyance, assignment or transfer.

(2) Every property vested by virtue of subsection (1) in the Commission shall be so vested in the Commission for the like title, estate or interest and on the like tenure as the property was vested or held immediately before the vesting date.

(3) Every chose-in-action vested by virtue of subsection (1) in the Commission may, on and after the vesting date, be sued on, recovered or enforced by the Commission in its own name and it shall not be necessary for the Commission, the Government of Malaysia, the Registrar of Companies or the Registrar of Businesses to give notice to the person bound by the chose-in-action of the vesting effected under subsection (1) .

(4) Every right and liability vested by virtue of subsection (1) in the Commission may, on and after the vesting date, be sued on, recovered or enforced by the Commission in its own name and it shall not be necessary for the Commission, the Government of Malaysia, the Registrar of Companies or the Registrar of Businesses to give notice to the person whose right or liability is affected by the vesting effected under subsection (1).

(5) Any pending legal proceedings by or against the Government of Malaysia, the Registrar of Companies or the Registrar of Businesses which relate to any property, right or liability transferred to and vested in the Commission by virtue of subsection (1) may, on and after the vesting date, be continued by or against the Commission.

(6) In the case of rights and liabilities arising under any loans which are vested in the Commission on the vesting date, the Commission may enter into such arrangements or agreements over such rights and liabilities with the Government of Malaysia or any other party.

(7) On and after the vesting date, any agreement relating to any property, rights and liabilities transferred to and vested in the Commission under subsection (1) to which the Government of Malaysia, the Registrar of Companies or the Registrar of Businesses was a party immediately before the vesting date, whether in writing or not, and whether or not of such a nature that rights and liabilities under the agreement could be assigned by the Government of Malaysia, the Registrar of Companies or the Registrar of Businesses, shall have effect as if the Commission had been a party to the agreement.

* [See P.U.(A) 140/2002 ]
+[See P.U.(A) 36/2004 ]


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