Section 72
Prohibition on advertisement, etc.
of Skills Development Fund Act 2004
(1)
No person shall hold himself out to be, or promote, a skills training provider, whether by advertisement, prospectus, brochure or otherwise, as a skills training provider in respect of whose trainees loan facilities are available under this Act unless the skills training provider is registered under this Act.
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(2)
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.
Penalty for contravening conditions 73.
A skills training provider who contravenes any condition imposed when the skills training provider is registered under this
Act commits an offence and shall, on conviction be, liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.
Offences and penalties relating to applications made under the Act 74.
Any person who, on making an application for the registration of a skills training provider, registration of approved skills training programme or application for skills training loan under this Act, makes any statement which he knows to be false, or he does not believe to be true, or intentionally suppresses any material fact, or furnishes any information which is misleading in any material particular commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.
Offences and penalties relating to certificate of registration of skills training provider 75.
Where—
(a)
a skills training provider fails to cause a copy of the certificate of registration of such skills training provider to be exhibited in accordance with subsection 36(3); or
(b)
a skills training provider who has ceased to provide skills training fails to surrender the certificate of registration of the skills training provider to the Chief Executive in accordance with subsection 36(5), such skills training provider commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.
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Penalty relating to inspection, enforcement and investigation 76.
Any person—
(a)
who fails to produce such book, minute book, register, document, financial statement, material or article required by the inspector under section 68; or
(b)
who obstructs or hinders an inspector from performing functions of verification or inspection under this Act, commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.
Offences relating to repayment by employer and self-employed person 77.
Any employer or self-employed person, who fails to deduct from the wages of the loans recipient, after being notified by the
Inland Revenue Board, being the monthly amount of repayment required of the loan recipient towards the discharge of his skills training loan commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months or to both.
General penalty 78.
A person who is convicted of an offence under this Act for which no penalty is expressly provided shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit.
Penalty in the case of a continuing offence 79.
Any person convicted of an offence under this Act shall, in the case of a continuing offence, be liable, in addition to any other penalty to which he is liable under this Act in respect of such offence, to a daily fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit for each day the offence continues after conviction.
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Offences by bodies Corporate, etc.