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Section 124

Prohibited business conduct

of Financial Services Act 2013

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Section 124
(1)

A financial service provider shall not engage in any prohibited business conduct set out in Schedule 7.

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(2)

Without limiting the generality of section 266, the Bank may issue guidance in writing on—

(a)

descriptions of conduct which amount to; or

(b)

factors that are to be taken into account in determining whether a financial service provider has engaged in, any prohibited business conduct set out in Schedule 7.

(3)

Where the Bank issues guidance relating to prohibited business conduct set out in paragraphs 5 and 6 of Schedule 7, such guidance shall be issued in consultation with the Competition Commission.

(4)

Any person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to a fine not exceeding ten million ringgit or to both.

(5)

In relation to any complaint from an aggrieved person involving the prohibited business conduct set out in paragraphs 5 and 6 of