Section 117
General offence and penalty
of Private Healthcare Facilities and Services Act 1998
(2)
Where no penalty is expressly provided for an offence under this Act, a person who commits such offence shall be liable on conviction—
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(a)
in the case of a natural person—
(i)
to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both; and
(ii)
for a continuing offence to a fine not exceeding five hundred ringgit for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction;
(b)
in the case of a body corporate, partnership or society—
(i)
to a fine not exceeding thirty thousand ringgit; and
(ii)
in the case of a continuing offence, to a fine not exceeding two thousand ringgit for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.
(3)
Where an offence under subsection (1) is committed by a body corporate, a partnership or a society—
(a)
in the case of a body corporate, the person responsible for the body corporate;
(b)
in the case of a partnership, every partner in the partnership;
(c)
in the case of a society its office bearers, shall also be guilty of the offence and shall be liable, on conviction—
(i)
to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both; and
(ii)
in the case of a continuing offence, be liable to a fine of five hundred ringgit for every day or part of the day during which the offence continues after conviction.
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