Section 201B
Leave for training or attachment
Without prejudice to the National Service Act 1952, every employer shall, if any person in his employment who is a member of a volunteer force is called up for training or attachment under this Act, grant such person leave for the duration of the period of such training or attachment to enable him to undergo the training or attachment.
(2)
No employer shall—
(a)
make or cause to be made any undue transfer or deduction from the pay, other remuneration or annual leave of such person;
(b)
impose or cause to be imposed upon or exact from such person any penalty; or
(c)
change the terms and conditions of the employment of such person to his prejudice, solely by reason of his absence from work during the period of training or attachment.
(3)
Any employer who—
(a)
directly or indirectly refuses or, by intimidation, undue influence or in any other manner, interferes with the granting to any person of the period of leave required under subsection (1); or
(b)
contravenes subsection (2),
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commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding six thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.
(4)
The civil court by which an employer is convicted of an offence under subsection (3) for the contravention of subsection (2) may order the employer to pay to the person referred to in subsection (2) the pay and other remuneration to which that person is entitled during the period of training or attachment.