LAWS OF MALAYSIA


ACT 606
OPTICAL DISCS ACT 2000 [REPRINT - 2001]
Date of Royal Assent : 18th August 2000
Date of publication in the Gazette : 31st August 2000
Date of coming into operation:15th September 2000 [P.U.(B) 327/2000]
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
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Long Title & Preamble

PART I - PRELIMINARY

Section 1. Short title and commencement.
Section 2. Interpretation.

PART II - CONTROLLER OF OPTICAL DISCS, ETC.

Section 3. Appointments of Controller, etc.

PART III - LICENSING, ETC.

Section 4. Licence to manufacture optical discs.
Section 5. Unlicensed premises
Section 6. Application for licence.
Section 7. Grant or refusal of a licence.
Section 8. Validity of licence.
Section 9. Power to vary conditions.
Section 10. Revocation of licence.
Section 11. Surrender of licence.
Section 12. Effect of revocation, surrender or expiry of licence.
Section 13. Transfer of licence.
Section 14. Renewal of licence.
Section 15. Display of licence.
Section 16. Register.
Section 17. Maintenance of records.
Section 18. Appeal.

PART IV - MANUFACTURER'S CODE

Section 19. Optical discs to be marked with manufacturer's code.
Section 20. Marking standards.
Section 21. Applying false manufacturer's code.

PART V - CODE OF CONDUCT

Section 22. Controller may issue code of conduct.
Section 23. Revocation, etc. , of code of conduct.
Section 24. Civil penalty for non-compliance.
Section 25. Compliance with code of conduct a legal defence.

PART VI - OFFENCES AND PENALTY

Section 26. Penalty.
Section 27. Offences with respect to information.
Section 28. Disappearance or destruction of article, etc., to be seized.
Section 29. Disclosure of confidential information.
Section 30. Offences by director, manager, secretary, etc.
Section 31. Offences by employee or agent.
Section 32. Obstruction of officers.
Section 33. General penalty.
Section 34. Compounding of offences.

PART VII - ENFORCEMENT

Section 35. Power of enforcement.
Section 36. Power of investigation.
Section 37. Additional powers.
Section 38. Search by warrant.
Section 39. Search and seizure without warrant.
Section 40. List of things seized.
Section 41. Warrant admissible notwithstanding defects.
Section 42. Access to computerised data.
Section 43. Power to require attendance of person acquainted with case.
Section 44. Examination of person acquainted with case.
Section 45. Statement to be admissible in evidence.
Section 46. Forfeiture of articles, etc.
Section 47. Cost of holding article, etc., seized.
Section 48. No costs or damages arising from seizure to be recoverable.
Section 49. Protection of informers.
Section 50. Reward for information.

PART VIII - MISCELLANEOUS

Section 51. Power to exempt.
Section 52. Protection of officers.
Section 53. Institution of prosecution.
Section 54. Jurisdiction to try offences.
Section 55. Service of records, etc.
Section 56. Regulations.
Section 57. Savings and transitional.

SCHEDULE 1 [Subsection 2(1)] - List of Optical Discs.

REGULATIONS