Malaysia legislation
Section 5
Section 5
Prohibition of unregistered care centres
(2)
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both, and in the case of a continuing offence, shall, in addition, be liable to a daily fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit for every day during which the offence continues.
(3)
If a care centre is in operation immediately before the date of the coming into force of this Act, it shall not be an offence under this section for any person to operate or to take part in the management of the care centre—
(a)
during a period of six months from that date; and
(b)
if application for registration of the care centre is made within the period mentioned in paragraph (a), during a further period after the end of that period until the expiry of a period of thirty days from the date the applicant is notified of a decision to refuse to register the care centre;
and
(c)
if the applicant appeals to the Minister under section 22
within the said period of thirty days, during a further period after the end of that period until the date the applicant is notified of a decision to dismiss the appeal.
Registration