Malaysia legislation

Section 54

of CURRENCY ACT 2020

Section 54

(a)

attempts to commit an offence under this Act;

(b)

does an act preparatory to, or in furtherance of, the commission of an offence under this Act; or

(c)

abets or is engaged in a criminal conspiracy to commit an offence under this Act,

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whether or not the offence is committed in consequence of it, commits an offence and is liable to the same penalty for that offence.

(2)

For the purpose of subsection (1)—

(a)

“criminal conspiracy” has the same meaning assigned to it in section 120a of the Penal Code [Act 574];

(b)

“abet” has the same meaning assigned to it in section 107 of the Penal Code; and

(c)

where different punishment is provided for a natural person and for a body, incorporated or unincorporated, the person committing an offence shall be liable to the punishment provided for a natural person if he is a natural person or shall be liable to the punishment provided for a body, incorporated or unincorporated if it is a body, incorporated or unincorporated.

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