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Perbadanan Kemajuan Filem Nasional Malaysia (Amendment) 1 LAWS OF MALAYSIA PERBADANAN KEMAJUAN FILEM NASIONAL MALAYSIA (AMENDMENT) ACT 2026 Laws of Malaysia 2 Date of Royal Assent ... ... 10 February 2026 Date of publication in the ... ... 23 February 2026 Gazette Publisher’s Copyright C PERCETAKAN NASIONAL MALAYSIA BERHAD All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording and/or otherwise without the prior permission of Percetakan Nasional Malaysia Berhad (Appointed Printer to the Government of Malaysia). Perbadanan Kemajuan Filem Nasional Malaysia (Amendment)

An Act to amend the Perbadanan Kemajuan Filem Nasional Malaysia Act 1981. [ ] ENACTED by the Parliament of Malaysia as follows: Short title and commencement

1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Perbadanan Kemajuan Filem Nasional Malaysia (Amendment) Act 2026.

(2) This Act comes into operation on a date to be appointed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette. Amendment of section 2

2. The Perbadanan Kemajuan Filem Nasional Malaysia Act 1981 [Act 244], which is referred to as the “principal Act” in this Act, is amended in section 2—

(a) in the definition of “member”, by deleting the words “, Deputy Chairman”;

(b) in the definition of “films”, by deleting the words “, short subject films”; LAWS OF MALAYSIA PERBADANAN KEMAJUAN FILEM NASIONAL MALAYSIA (AMENDMENT) ACT 2026 Laws of Malaysia 4

(c) by deleting the definition of “short subject film”; and

(d) in the definition of “Chairman”, by deleting the words “the Deputy Chairman and”. Amendment of section 4

3. Subsection 4(1) of the principal Act is amended—

(a) by deleting the words “, a Deputy Chairman”;

(b) in paragraph (a)—

(i) by deleting the words “and a Deputy Chairman”; and

(ii) by substituting for the words “their knowledge and extensive experience” the words “his knowledge and extensive experience”;

(c) in paragraph (b), by substituting for the word “four” the word “five”; and

(d) by deleting paragraph (e). Amendment of section 6

4. Subsection 6(2) of the principal Act is amended—

(a) in paragraph (b), by inserting after the words “to provide” the words “training and”; and

(b) by substituting for paragraph (k) the following paragraph: “(k) to do such other things arising out of or connected with any of the functions of the Perbadanan under this Act or as may be directed by the Minister, consistent with the purposes of this Act.”. Perbadanan Kemajuan Filem Nasional Malaysia (Amendment) 5 Amendment of section 7

5. Section 7 of the principal Act is amended by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsections:   “(3)  The Chairman or any person or body delegated with such functions and powers under subsections (1) and (2) shall be bound to observe and have regard to all conditions and restrictions imposed by the Perbadanan and all requirements, procedures and matters specified by the Perbadanan.

(4)  Any functions and powers delegated under this section shall be performed and exercised in the name and on behalf of the Perbadanan.

(5)  The delegation under this section shall not preclude the Perbadanan itself from performing or exercising at any time any of the delegated functions and powers.”. Amendment of section 8

6. Subsection 8(2) of the principal Act is amended in the national language text by substituting for the word “Lembaga” the word “Perbadanan”. Amendment of section 13

7. Subsection 13(3) of the principal Act is amended by substituting for the words “not more than five other members” the words “not less than two but not more than six other members”. Amendment of section 15

8. Section 15 of the principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (1), by substituting for the words “by himself, his partner or agent” the words “by himself or through a member of his family or his associate”; Laws of Malaysia 6

(b) by inserting after subsection (6) the following subsection: “(6a)  For the purposes of subsection (1)—   “a member of his family”, in relation to a member of the Perbadanan or of a committee of the Perbadanan, includes—

(a) his spouse;

(b) his parent, including a parent of his spouse;

(c) his child, including an adopted child or stepchild;

(d) his brother or sister, including a brother or sister of his spouse; and

(e) a spouse of his child, brother or sister; and “associate”, in relation to a member of the Perbadanan or of a committee of the Perbadanan, means—

(a) a person who is a nominee or an employee of the member;

(b) a firm of which the member or any nominee of his is a partner;

(c) a partner of the member;

(d) a trustee of a trust under which the member or a member of his family is a beneficiary; or

(e) any corporation within the meaning of the Companies Act 2016 [Act 777] of which the member or any nominee of his or a member of the member’s family is a director or has a substantial shareholding in the corporation.”; and Perbadanan Kemajuan Filem Nasional Malaysia (Amendment)

(c) in subsection (7)—

(i) by substituting for the words “five years” the words “ten years”; and

(ii) by substituting for the words “twenty-five thousand” the words “two hundred and fifty thousand”. New section 20a

9. The principal Act is amended by inserting after section 20 the following section: “Power to establish companies 20a.  The Perbadanan may, with the approval of the Minister and the Minister of Finance, establish companies under the Companies Act 2016 to carry out or be involved in any activity which has been planned or undertaken by the Perbadanan in the performance of its functions under paragraph 6(1)(f) or the exercise of its powers under paragraph 6(2)(b), (c) or (h).”. Deletion of section 22a

10. The principal Act is amended by deleting section 22a. Amendment of section 24b

11. Section 24b of the principal Act is amended—

(a) by renumbering the existing section as subsection (1); and Laws of Malaysia 8

(b) by inserting after subsection (1) as renumbered the following subsection:   “(2)  For the purposes of this Act, any person whose name appears in the credits of a film as its producer or co-producer, or who is otherwise shown in the credits to have financed or supervised the production of the film shall, unless the contrary is proved, be presumed to be engaged in the production of the film.”. Amendment of section 25

12. Subsection 25(1) of the principal Act is amended—

(a) by substituting for the words “fifty thousand” the words “two hundred and fifty thousand”; and

(b) by substituting for the words “two years” the words “five years”. Amendment of section 26h

13. Section 26h of the principal Act is amended—

(a) by substituting for the shoulder note the following shoulder note: “Prosecution”;

(b) by renumbering the existing section as subsection (1); and

(c) by inserting after subsection (1) as renumbered the following subsection:   “(2)  No prosecution for an offence under this Act or subsidiary legislation made thereunder shall be instituted except by or with the written consent of the Public Prosecutor.”. Perbadanan Kemajuan Filem Nasional Malaysia (Amendment) 9 Amendment of section 26k

14. Section 26k of the principal Act is amended—

(a) by substituting for subsection (1) the following subsection: “(1)  The Perbadanan may, with the consent in writing of the Public Prosecutor, compound any offence committed by any person under this Act or subsidiary legislation made thereunder prescribed to be a compoundable offence by regulations made under this Act by making a written offer to the person reasonably suspected to have committed the offence to compound the offence upon payment to the Perbadanan of a sum of money not exceeding fifty per centum of the amount of maximum fine to which the person would have been liable to if he had been convicted of the offence, within such time as may be specified in the written offer.”; and

(b) by inserting after subsection (1) the following subsections:   “(1a)  An offer under subsection (1) may be made at any time after the offence has been committed but before any prosecution for the offence has been instituted, and where the amount specified in the offer is not paid within the time specified in the offer, or such extended time as the Perbadanan may grant, prosecution for the offence may be instituted at any time after that against the person to whom the offer was made.

(1b)  Where an offence has been compounded under this section, no prosecution shall be instituted in respect of the offence against the person to whom the offer to compound was made.

(1c)  All sums of money received by the Perbadanan under this section shall be paid into and form part of the Federal Consolidated Fund.”. Laws of Malaysia 10 Amendment of section 29

15. Section 29 of the principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (1), by inserting after the words “member of a committee thereof” the words “, whether during or after the tenure or employment of the member, officer or servant of the Perbadanan or member of the committee of the Perbadanan,”; and

(b) in subsection (2)—

(i) by substituting for the words “two years” the words “three years”; and

(ii) by substituting for the words “five thousand” the words “one hundred thousand”. New sections 29a and 29b

16. The principal Act is amended by inserting after section 29 the following sections: “False declaration 29a.  Any person who makes, orally or in writing, signs or furnishes any declaration, return, certificate or other document or information required under this Act or subsidiary legislation made thereunder which is untrue, inaccurate or misleading in any particular shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both. Power to issue guidelines 29b.  (1)  The Perbadanan may issue any guidelines as may be expedient or necessary for the better carrying out of the provisions of this Act.

(2)  The Perbadanan may revoke, vary, revise or amend the whole or any part of any guidelines issued under this section.”. Perbadanan Kemajuan Filem Nasional Malaysia (Amendment) 11 Amendment of section 34

17. Subsection 34(2) of the principal Act is amended—

(a) in paragraph (c), by deleting the word “and” at the end of the paragraph;

(b) in paragraph (d), by substituting for the full stop at the end of the paragraph the words “; and”; and

(c) by inserting after paragraph (d) the following paragraph: “(e) to prescribe all other matters as are necessary or expedient to be prescribed for giving effect to this Act.”. Amendment of section 34a

18. Section 34a of the principal Act is amended by inserting after the words “this Act” the words “or subsidiary legislation made thereunder”. Amendment of Schedule

19. The Schedule to the principal Act is amended—

(a) by inserting after paragraph 1 the following paragraph: “Temporary Chairman 1a.  The Minister may appoint temporarily any member of the Perbadanan to act as the Chairman during any period when—

(a) the office of Chairman is vacant;

(b) the Chairman is absent from duty or from Malaysia; or Laws of Malaysia 12

(c) the Chairman is, for any reason, unable to perform his duties and functions or exercise his powers under this Act.”; and

(b) in subparagraph 3(2), by substituting for the words “the Deputy Chairman” the words “, the temporary Chairman”. ',&(7$.2/(+ 3(5&(7$.$11$6,21$/0$/$<6,$%(5+$' .8$/$/80385 ZZZSULQWQDVLRQDOFRPP\ HPDLO FVHUYLFH#SULQWQDVLRQDOFRPP\ 7HO   %$*,3,+$.'$1'(1*$13(5,17$+.(5$-$$10$/$<6,$  WJW26/0000 23-02-2026