Malaysia legislation
Section 109
Section 109
Where an offence under this Act has been committed by a body, incorporated or registered under any written law—
(a)
in the case of a body corporate, any person who is a director, manager, secretary or any other officer responsible for the management of the body corporate at the time of the commission of the offence;
(b)
in the case of a partnership or sole proprietor, every partner in the partnership or the sole proprietor at the time of the commission of the offence; or
(c)
in the case of an association or a society or any other body registered under any written laws, the president, the chairman, the secretary, the treasurer or other similar officer of the association or society at the time of the commission of the offence, may be charged jointly or severally with the body corporate, partnership, sole proprietor, association or society or any other body registered under any written laws, and if the body corporate, partnership, sole proprietor, association or society or any other body registered under any written laws is found guilty of the offence, the person referred to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) shall be deemed to have committed the offence, unless he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge or connivance or that he took all reasonable precautions or he had exercised due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence.
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