Malaysia legislation
Section 18
of Businesses, Professions and Trade Licensing Ordinance, 1955
Section 18
Penalty for making false declaration or giving false information
Any person who, in completing any form for the purposes of this Ordinance or in supplying any information under section 16 (1), or who, being required by any regulations made under section 24 to furnish any particulars, makes any statement which is false in any material particular, or by reason of the omission of any material particular, and which he either knows or has reason to believe is false shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty, imprisonment for six months and a fine of one thousand ringgit.