Malaysia legislation
Section 28
Section 28
Section 37 of the principal Act is amended—
(a)
in subsection (1)—
(i)
by substituting for the words “one hundred thousand” the words “one million”; and
(ii)
by substituting for the word “five” the word
“ten”;
(b)
in subsection (2)—
(i)
by substituting for the words “fifty thousand” the words “one hundred thousand”; and
(ii)
by substituting for the word “three” the word
“five”;
(c)
in subsection (3), by substituting for the words “shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both” the following words:
“commits an offence and shall, on conviction—
(A)
be liable:
(i)
in the case of a domestic consumer, to a fine of not less than one thousand ringgit and not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both;
and
(ii)
in the case of a non-domestic consumer, to a fine of not less than twenty thousand ringgit and not exceeding one million ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both; and
(B)
be liable for the second and subsequent offence:
(i)
in the case of a domestic consumer, to a fine of not less than five thousand ringgit, and not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both; and
(ii)
in the case of a non-domestic consumer, to a fine of not less than one hundred thousand ringgit and not exceeding five million ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years or to both.”;
(d)
in subsection (10), by substituting for the words “one thousand” the words “twenty-five thousand”;
(e)
in subsection (12)—
(i)
in paragraph (a), by inserting after the words
“part thereof” the words “as may be prescribed,”;
and
(ii)
in paragraph (b), by substituting for the word
“five” the word “fifty”;
(f)
in subsection (14)—
(i)
by inserting after the word “damages” the words
“or removes”; and
(ii)
by substituting for the word “five” the word
“fifty”;
(g)
by substituting for subsection (15) the following subsection:
“(15) Any person—
(a)
found guilty of any offence against this
Act for which no penalty is expressly provided shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty-five thousand ringgit and, in the case of
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a continuing offence, to a fine not exceeding five hundred ringgit for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction;
(b)
who by any act or omission contravenes any provision under this Act commits an offence and if no penalty is expressly provided shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a fine not exceeding five hundred ringgit for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.”; and
(h)
by substituting for subsection (16) the following subsection:
“(16) For the purposes of subsection (3)—
“domestic installation” means an installation in a private dwelling which is not used in any hotel or boarding house or for the purpose of carrying out any business, trade, profession or service;
“non-domestic consumer” means a consumer of electricity other than domestic consumer;
“domestic consumer” means a consumer in domestic installation supplied or connected with electricity.”.
New sections 37a and 37b