Malaysia legislation
Section 39
Section 39
(2)
If the licensed or registered private healthcare facility or service is used in any manner contrary to subsection (1)—
(a)
where a licensee or the holder of the certificate of registration is a sole proprietor, he commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction—
(i)
to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both; and
(ii)
in the case of a continuing offence, to a fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction;
(b)
where the licensee or the holder of the certificate of registration is a body corporate, partnership or society, it commits an offence and shall be liable on conviction—
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(i)
to a fine not exceeding three hundred thousand ringgit; and
(ii)
in the case of a continuing offence to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction; and
(c)
where an offence under subsection (1) is committed by a body corporate, a partnership or a society—
(i)
in the case of a body corporate, the person responsible for the body corporate;
(ii)
in the case of a partnership, every partner in the partnership;
(iii)
in the case of a society, its office bearers, shall also be guilty of the offence and shall be liable on conviction—
(A)
to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both; and
(B)
in the case of a continuing offence to a fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.
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