Section 24
Section 39 of the principal Act is amended—
of Franchise (Amendment) Act 2012
(a)
in subsection (1), by substituting for paragraphs (a)
and (b) the following paragraphs:
“(a) if such person is a body corporate, to a fine of not less than ten thousand ringgit and not more
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than fifty thousand ringgit, and for a second or subsequent offence, to a fine of not less than twenty thousand ringgit and not more than one hundred thousand ringgit; or
(b)
if such person is not a body corporate, to a fine of not less than five thousand ringgit and not more than twenty-five thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months, and for a second or subsequent offence, to a fine of not less than ten thousand ringgit and not more than fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year.”; and
(b)
in subsection (2), by substituting for the words “a first offence” the words “an offence under this section”.