Section 142A

The Authority shall, before making a decision to impose an administrative penalty on a person, serve on him a written notice calling on him to show cause why the administrative penalty should not be imposed upon him.

If a satisfactory explanation is not received within such period as may be specified in the written notice, the Authority may impose an administrative penalty in an amount not exceeding five hundred

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ringgit for each day of non-compliance and such amount shall not in total exceed the sum of *fifty thousand ringgit.

Where a person has failed to pay an administrative penalty imposed by the Authority under subsection (3), the penalty imposed by the Authority may be sued for and recovered as a debt due to the

Authority.