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Islamic Financial Services Act 2013 · s 259

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s 259Offences in relation to entries in documents

(1)

No person shall—

(a)

make or cause to be made a false entry;

(b)

omit to make, or cause to be omitted, any entry; or

(c)

alter, extract, conceal or destroy, or cause to be altered, extracted, concealed or destroyed, any entry, in any book or record, or in any report, slip, statement or other document whatsoever, relating to the business, affairs, transactions, condition, property, assets, liabilities or accounts, of an authorized person or operator of a designated payment system.

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(2)

No person shall evade the provisions of this Act by altering, forging, destroying, mutilating, defacing, concealing or removing any document.

(3)

Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding eight years or to a fine not exceeding twenty-five million ringgit or to both.