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Section 4

Offences

of Registration of Guests Act 1965

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Section 4

(1)

Any keeper of any specified premises who—

(a)

fails to enter or cause to be entered in the register any particulars which he is required by this Act to enter or cause to be entered therein;

(b)

fails to furnish to a registration officer any return which he is required by this Act to furnish; or

(c)

fails to produce any register which is required to be made available or to be open for inspection under subsection 3(3), or obstructs any police officer, registration officer, or person authorized by a registration officer when such officer or person is exercising his functions under this

Act, shall be guilty of an offence and on conviction shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or a fine not exceeding two thousand ringgit, or to both.

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(2)

Any person who—

(a)

knowingly or recklessly makes, or causes or permits to be made, in any register or in any return any statement which is false in a material particular;

(b)

without the approval of the registration officer, wilfully destroys, or mutilates or obliterates anything in, any register;

or

(c)

fails to furnish any information in his possession which is demanded from him under subsection 3(4), shall be guilty of an offence and on conviction shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to a fine not exceeding two thousand ringgit or to both.

(3)

Any person required to be registered under paragraph 3(1)(a)

who contravenes subsection 3(2) shall be guilty of an offence and on conviction shall be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to a fine not exceeding two thousand ringgit or to both.

Rules 5.

The Minister may make rules for carrying into effect the provisions of this Act and, in particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, such rules may—

(a)

provide for anything which may be prescribed under this

Act; and

(b)

amend the First Schedule.