PERBADANAN KEMAJUAN FILEM NASIONAL MALAYSIA (AMENDMENT) ACT 2026

This Act comes into operation on a date to be appointed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette.

Amendment of section 2

in the definition of “member”, by deleting the words

“, Deputy Chairman”;

in the definition of “films”, by deleting the words “, short subject films”;

PERBADANAN KEMAJUAN FILEM NASIONAL

MALAYSIA (AMENDMENT) ACT 2026

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

in the definition of “Chairman”, by deleting the words

“the Deputy Chairman and”.

Amendment of section 4

by deleting the words “, a Deputy Chairman”;

in paragraph (a)—

by deleting the words “and a Deputy Chairman”;

and

in paragraph (b), by substituting for the word “four”

the word “five”; and

by deleting paragraph (e).

Amendment of section 6

in paragraph (b), by inserting after the words “to provide”

the words “training and”; and

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.”.

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Amendment of section 7

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

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

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”;

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—

his spouse;

his parent, including a parent of his spouse;

his child, including an adopted child or stepchild;

his brother or sister, including a brother or sister of his spouse; and

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

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

a partner of the member;

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

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

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in subsection (7)—

by substituting for the words “five years”

the words “ten years”; and

by renumbering the existing section as subsection (1);

and

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

by substituting for the words “fifty thousand” the words

“two hundred and fifty thousand”; and

by substituting for the words “two years” the words

“five years”.

Amendment of section 26h

by substituting for the shoulder note the following shoulder note:

“Prosecution”;

by renumbering the existing section as subsection (1);

and

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.”.

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Amendment of section 26k

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

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.

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.

All sums of money received by the Perbadanan under this section shall be paid into and form part of the Federal Consolidated Fund.”.

Amendment of section 29

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

in subsection (2)—

by substituting for the words “two years”

the words “three years”; and

The Perbadanan may revoke, vary, revise or amend the whole or any part of any guidelines issued under this section.”.

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Amendment of section 34

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

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

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

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—

the office of Chairman is vacant;

the Chairman is absent from duty or from

Malaysia; or

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

in subparagraph 3(2), by substituting for the words

“the Deputy Chairman” the words “, the temporary

Chairman”.

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