Malaysia legislation

Section 91

of CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES ACT 1993

Section 91

(a)

a registered society or an officer or an employee or a member thereof neglects or refuses to do an act or furnish information required for the purpose of this Act by the Minister, Registrar-General or a person duly authorised in that behalf by the Minister or the Registrar-General, as the case may be;

(b)

a registered society or an officer or an employee or a member thereof makes a false return or furnishes false information;

(c)

a person without reasonable excuse disobeys any summons or requisition or lawful written order issued under the provisions of this Act or does not furnish information lawfully required from him by a person authorised to do so under the provisions of this Act;

(d)

a registered society or an officer or an employee or a member thereof performs any act which requires the consent or the approval of the Registrar-General or the general meeting without first having obtained such consent or approval;

(e)

a registered society or an officer or a member of the Internal Audit Committee or an employee or a member thereof neglects or refuses to do an act or thing which is required by or under this Act to be done;

(f)

a member of the Internal Audit Committee of a registered society or an auditor makes a false report under subsection 49(2) or section 63, as the case may be;

(g)

a registered society or an officer or an employee or a member thereof does or causes to be done an act or thing prohibited by or under this Act.

(2)

Every registered society or officer, employee or member of a registered society, or other person, guilty of an offence under this section shall be liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding four years or to both, and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine of one hundred ringgit for each day during which the offence continues after conviction.