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Section 86A

Evasion of sales tax on taxable goods imported

of Sales Tax Act 2018

ActIn forceProvision 102 of 131
Section 86A

(2)

Any person who commits an offence under subsection (1) shall, on conviction—

(a)

be liable for the first offence, to a fine of not less than ten times the amount of the sales tax or fifty thousand ringgit,

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whichever is the higher amount, and of not more than twenty times the amount of the sales tax or five hundred thousand ringgit, whichever is the higher amount, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both; and

(b)

be liable for a second offence or any subsequent offence, to a fine of not less than twenty times the amount of the sales tax or one hundred thousand ringgit, whichever is the higher amount, and of not more than forty times the amount of the sales tax or one million ringgit, whichever is the higher amount, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding seven years or to both.