Malaysia legislation

Section 54

of *LABUAN OFFSHORES TRUSTS ACT 1996

Section 54

(a)

does anything which is forbidden by or under this Act;

(b)

does not do that which by or under this Act he is required to do; or

(c)

otherwise contravenes or fails to comply with any provision of this Act,

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shall be guilty of an offence.

(2)

A person who is guilty of an offence against this Act shall be liable on conviction to a penalty not exceeding the penalty expressly mentioned as the penalty for the offence, or if a penalty is not so mentioned, to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit.

(3)

The penalty, pecuniary or otherwise, set out in or at the foot of any section or part of a section of this Act shall indicate that the offence is punishable upon conviction by a penalty not exceeding that so set out and where the penalty is expressed to apply to part only of the section, it shall apply to that part only.

Power to prosecute