Section 21
Criminal penalty for failure to comply with award
of Anti-Sexual Harassment Act 2022
Any person who fails to comply with an award made by the Tribunal under section 19 within thirty days from the date on which the award was made, commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to any of the following:
(a)
in the case where any compensation or damages is ordered by the Tribunal, a fine which is two times the total amount of the compensation or damages, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both; or
(b)
in the case where no compensation or damages is ordered by the Tribunal, a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to both.
(2)
In the case of a continuing offence, the person shall, in addition to the penalties specified under subsection (1), be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit for each day or part of a day during which the offence continues after the conviction.