Section 21

in subsection (1), by substituting for the words “the nearest office of the Director General with the particulars of the foreign employee” the words “the Director General with the particulars of the foreign employee by forwarding the particulars to the nearest office of the Director General”;

and

by inserting after subsection (2) the following subsections:

“(3)  If the service of a foreign employee is terminated—

by the employer;

by the foreign employee;

upon the expiry of the employment pass issued by the Immigration Department of Malaysia to the foreign employee; or

by the repatriation or deportation of the foreign employee, the employer shall, within thirty days of the termination of service, inform the Director General of the termination in a manner as may be determined by the Director

General.

For the purpose of paragraph (3)(b), the termination of service by a foreign employee includes the act of the foreign employee absconding from his place of employment.

An employer who contravenes subsection (1)

commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit.”.

Amendment of section 69