Issues and challenges of unregistered franchise business: A Malaysian legal perspective

The Malaysian Parliament had enacted the Franchise Act in 1998 and one of main purposes this is to monitor registration regulate franchise businesses Malaysia ensure that all are following laws regulation. Registration franchisor (including foreign franchisor) franchisee has been stated section 6 6B 1998. However, silent whether a business mandatory. Meanwhile, next issue an unregistered established under licensing or dealership agreement can register after conclusion agreement. objective article look into legal perspective suggest some proposals on how overcome issues Malaysia. This qualitative study involves systematic philosophical academic views through literatures. Therefore, not empirical but rather library from various primary secondary data sources. found may post risk intended expand. As innocuous venture end up becoming agreement, owner suddenly find himself at short stick, be subject civil criminal liabilities due non-compliance such, it suggested should provide more monitoring quality control over potential before offered protentional franchisees.@font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 2 4; mso-font-charset:0; mso-generic-font-family:roman; mso-font-pitch:variable; mso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 415 0;}@font-face {font-family:Calibri; 15 mso-generic-font-family:swiss; mso-font-signature:-536859905 -1073732485 9 511 0;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-unhide:no; mso-style-qformat:yes; mso-style-parent:""; margin-top:0cm; margin-right:0cm; margin-bottom:6.0pt; margin-left:0cm; text-align:justify; line-height:150%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times Roman"; mso-ansi-language:ES-MX; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}.MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; mso-default-props:yes; font-size:11.0pt; mso-ansi-font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language:ES; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}.MsoPapDefault margin-bottom:8.0pt; line-height:107%;}div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;}