Consumer protection for sale of goods under the Malaysian Sale of Goods Act 1957 and the Consumer Protection Act 1999: with special reference to quality and fitness of goods

Consumer protection for sale of goods under the Malaysian Sale of Goods Act 1957 and the Consumer Protection Act 1999: with special reference to quality and fitness of goods

Consumers enter into various types of contracts for supply of goods or services in their everyday lives. The consumer market is very lop-sided. Therefore, the call for consumer protection is unavoidable. Today‟s consumers need to be equipped with high consumerism knowledge and skills to be wellinfor...

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Main Authors: Masum, Ahmad, Ahmad, Muhamad Hassan, Mohamed Nafees, Seeni Mohamed, Md Isa@Yusuff, Yusramizza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Research (AJHSSR) 2018
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K Law (General)
KPG Malaysia
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spelling iium-684132018-12-18T01:28:21Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/68413/ Consumer protection for sale of goods under the Malaysian Sale of Goods Act 1957 and the Consumer Protection Act 1999: with special reference to quality and fitness of goods Masum, Ahmad Ahmad, Muhamad Hassan Mohamed Nafees, Seeni Mohamed Md Isa@Yusuff, Yusramizza K Law (General) KPG Malaysia Consumers enter into various types of contracts for supply of goods or services in their everyday lives. The consumer market is very lop-sided. Therefore, the call for consumer protection is unavoidable. Today‟s consumers need to be equipped with high consumerism knowledge and skills to be wellinformed of market developments, necessary to empower them to be better able to act, make effective decisions and to ensure that they become more empowered, savvy and resilient. However, empowered consumers will not be created without the government intervening to protect consumers with adequate legislations. This paper aims to examine the existing Malaysian laws specifically the Sale of Goods Act 1957 and the Consumer Protection Act 1999 in protecting consumers in a sale of goods transaction and determine their adequacy. The paper focuses on two important protections namely; quality and fitness of goods. The paper adopts a legal library based research methodology focusing mainly on primary and secondary legal sources. Although the aforementioned Malaysian laws continue to protect consumers of goods, the paper concludes that there is a need to completely revamp these laws in order to reflect a more uniform and modernised approach. American Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Research (AJHSSR) 2018 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/68413/1/68413_Consumer%20Protection%20for%20Sale%20of%20Goods.pdf Masum, Ahmad and Ahmad, Muhamad Hassan and Mohamed Nafees, Seeni Mohamed and Md Isa@Yusuff, Yusramizza (2018) Consumer protection for sale of goods under the Malaysian Sale of Goods Act 1957 and the Consumer Protection Act 1999: with special reference to quality and fitness of goods. American Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Research (AJHSSR), 2 (6). pp. 44-52. E-ISSN 2378-703X http://www.ajhssr.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/C18264452.pdf
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topic K Law (General)
KPG Malaysia
spellingShingle K Law (General)
KPG Malaysia
Masum, Ahmad
Ahmad, Muhamad Hassan
Mohamed Nafees, Seeni Mohamed
Md Isa@Yusuff, Yusramizza
Consumer protection for sale of goods under the Malaysian Sale of Goods Act 1957 and the Consumer Protection Act 1999: with special reference to quality and fitness of goods
description Consumers enter into various types of contracts for supply of goods or services in their everyday lives. The consumer market is very lop-sided. Therefore, the call for consumer protection is unavoidable. Today‟s consumers need to be equipped with high consumerism knowledge and skills to be wellinformed of market developments, necessary to empower them to be better able to act, make effective decisions and to ensure that they become more empowered, savvy and resilient. However, empowered consumers will not be created without the government intervening to protect consumers with adequate legislations. This paper aims to examine the existing Malaysian laws specifically the Sale of Goods Act 1957 and the Consumer Protection Act 1999 in protecting consumers in a sale of goods transaction and determine their adequacy. The paper focuses on two important protections namely; quality and fitness of goods. The paper adopts a legal library based research methodology focusing mainly on primary and secondary legal sources. Although the aforementioned Malaysian laws continue to protect consumers of goods, the paper concludes that there is a need to completely revamp these laws in order to reflect a more uniform and modernised approach.
format Article
author Masum, Ahmad
Ahmad, Muhamad Hassan
Mohamed Nafees, Seeni Mohamed
Md Isa@Yusuff, Yusramizza
author_facet Masum, Ahmad
Ahmad, Muhamad Hassan
Mohamed Nafees, Seeni Mohamed
Md Isa@Yusuff, Yusramizza
author_sort Masum, Ahmad
title Consumer protection for sale of goods under the Malaysian Sale of Goods Act 1957 and the Consumer Protection Act 1999: with special reference to quality and fitness of goods
title_short Consumer protection for sale of goods under the Malaysian Sale of Goods Act 1957 and the Consumer Protection Act 1999: with special reference to quality and fitness of goods
title_full Consumer protection for sale of goods under the Malaysian Sale of Goods Act 1957 and the Consumer Protection Act 1999: with special reference to quality and fitness of goods
title_fullStr Consumer protection for sale of goods under the Malaysian Sale of Goods Act 1957 and the Consumer Protection Act 1999: with special reference to quality and fitness of goods
title_full_unstemmed Consumer protection for sale of goods under the Malaysian Sale of Goods Act 1957 and the Consumer Protection Act 1999: with special reference to quality and fitness of goods
title_sort consumer protection for sale of goods under the malaysian sale of goods act 1957 and the consumer protection act 1999: with special reference to quality and fitness of goods
publisher American Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Research (AJHSSR)
publishDate 2018
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/68413/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/68413/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/68413/1/68413_Consumer%20Protection%20for%20Sale%20of%20Goods.pdf
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