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MALAYSIAN ANTI-CORRUPTION COMMISSION (AMENDMENT) ACT 2018 is Malaysia Amendment Act, cited as Amendment Act A1567 2018, currently marked in force and first recorded in 2018.
Opening note
This Act comes into operation on a date to be appointed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette and the Minister may appoint different dates for the coming into operation of different provisions of this Act.
Amendment of section 3
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission Act 2009
[Act 694], which is referred to as the “principal Act” in this Act, is amended in section 3—
by substituting for the definition of “financial institution”
the following definition:
‘ “financial institution” means—
a licensed bank, licensed insurer and investment bank under the Financial Services Act 2013
[Act 758];
a licensed international Islamic bank, licensed international takaful operator, licensed Islamic bank and licensed takaful operator under the Islamic Financial Services Act 2013
[Act 759];
a prescribed institution under the Development
Financial Institutions Act 2002 [Act 618];
a person licensed or registered under the
Capital Markets and Services Act 2007
[Act 671];
the central depository established under the
Securities Industry (Central Depositories)
Act 1991 [Act 453];
a bank licensee, an insurance licensee, a securities licensee and any entity licensed or registered under the Labuan Financial
Services and Securities Act 2010 [Act 704];
an Islamic bank licensee, a takaful licensee, an Islamic securities licensee and any entity licensed or registered under the Labuan Islamic
Financial Services and Securities Act 2010
[Act 705]; and
any other financial institution established or licensed under any other written law or any co-operative society registered or deemed to have been registered under the Co-operative
Societies Act 1993 [Act 502];’.
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Amendment of section 17
Paragraph 17(b) of the principal Act is amended in the national language text, by inserting after the word “dia” the words “secara rasuah”.
New section 17a
The principal Act is amended by inserting after section 17
the following section:
“Offence by commercial organization 17a. (1) A commercial organization commits an offence if a person associated with the commercial organization corruptly gives, agrees to give, promises or offers to any person any gratification whether for the benefit of that person or another person with intent—
to obtain or retain an advantage in the conduct of business for the commercial organization.
Any commercial organization who commits an offence under this section shall on conviction be liable to a fine of not less than ten times the sum or value of the gratification which is the subject matter of the offence, where such gratification is capable of being valued or is of pecuniary nature, or one million ringgit, whichever is the higher, or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twenty years or to both.
Where an offence is committed by a commercial organization, a person—
who is concerned in the management of its affairs, at the time of the commission of the offence, is deemed to have committed that offence unless that person proves that the offence was committed without his consent or connivance and that he exercised due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence as he ought to have exercised, having regard to the nature of his function in that capacity and to the circumstances.
If a commercial organization is charged for the offence referred to in subsection (1), it is a defence for the commercial organization to prove that the commercial organization had in place adequate procedures to prevent persons associated with the commercial organization from undertaking such conduct.
The Minister shall issue guidelines relating to the procedures mentioned in subsection (4).
For the purposes of this section, a person is associated with a commercial organization if he is a director, partner or an employee of the commercial organization or he is a person who performs services for or on behalf of the commercial organization.
The question whether or not a person performs services for or on behalf of the commercial organization shall be determined by reference to all the relevant circumstances and not merely by reference to the nature of the relationship between him and the commercial organization.
For the purposes of this section, “commercial organization” means–
a company incorporated under the Companies
Act 2016 [Act 777] and carries on a business in
Malaysia or elsewhere;
a company wherever incorporated and carries on a business or part of a business in Malaysia;
under the Partnership Act 1961 [Act 135]
and carries on a business in Malaysia or elsewhere; or
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which is a limited liability partnership registered under the Limited Liability Partnerships
Act 2012 [Act 743] and carries on a business in Malaysia or elsewhere; or
a partnership wherever formed and carries on a business or part of a business in Malaysia.”.
Amendment of section 30
Section 30 of the principal Act is amended–
in subsection (8), by substituting for the words
“An officer of the Commission examining a person under paragraph (1)(a) shall record in writing any statement made by the person” the words “A statement of a person examined under paragraph (1)(a) shall be recorded in writing by any officer of the Commission”.
Amendment of section 33
Subsection 33(4) of the principal Act is amended by substituting for the word “bank” the words “financial institution”.
Amendment of section 35
in subsection (1), by substituting for the word “bank”
the words “financial institution”;
in subsection (2), by substituting for the word “bank”
the words “financial institution”;
by substituting for the words “bank account” the word “account”; and
in paragraphs (2)(b) and (c), by substituting for the word
“bank” the words “financial institution”.
Amendment of section 36
Section 36 of the principal Act is amended—
by deleting the words “bank or” appearing after the words “officer of any”; and
by deleting the words “any bank or” appearing after the words “affairs of”; and
by substituting for the words “any officer of a public body” the words “any person”; and
in the English language text, by substituting for the word “or” appearing after the words “his present” the word “and”.
Amendment of section 37
Section 37 of the principal Act is amended—
in subsections (1) and (2), by substituting for the word
“bank” wherever appearing the words “financial institution”;
and
by inserting after subsection (1) the following subsection:
“(1a) An officer of the Commission shall forthwith notify Bank Negara Malaysia, the Securities Commission or the Labuan Financial Services Authority, as the case may be, of any order made under subsection (1).”.
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Amendment of section 38
Subsection 38(1) of the principal Act is amended in the national language text–
by substituting for the words “harta itu” the words “harta tak alih itu”.
New section 41a
The principal Act is amended by inserting after section 41
the following section:
“Admissibility of documentary evidence 41a. Where any document or a copy of any document is obtained by the Commission under this Act, such document shall be admissible in evidence in any proceedings under this Act, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other written law.”.