Today’s tabling of Budget 2026 by prime minister and finance minister, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has announced that the Malaysian government will amend the Consumer Protection Act 1999 to incorporate elements of lemon law to protect the rights of consumers with regard to automotive purchases.
A feasibility study by the government on a possible lemon law was reported in March 2024, and this would consider several loopholes in the Consumer Protection Act 1999 to be patched up, deputy minister of the domestic trade and cost of living ministry (KPDN) Fuziah Salleh said at the time.
In May this year, KPDN stated it had drafted a cabinet paper proposing amendments to the Consumer Protection Act 1999 to include provisions for a lemon law. This paper followed of a six-month legal study into the need for a lemon law.
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