Companies Act 2016 · Updated to 31 Jan 2025 · Part II · Formation and Administration of Companies
49. Forms of documents and other means for recording of documents
Feedback & supportThe documents and records of a company referred to in section 47 shall be—
in a written form; or
in any other form or manner, electronic or otherwise, that allows the documents and information to be easily accessible and reproduced into written form.
A company shall take reasonable precautions to prevent documents and records kept in the form referred to in subsection (1)
from being falsified.
If a company discovers that a document or record has been falsified, the company shall immediately inform the Registrar and the
Registrar shall have the power to direct the company to—
amend, rectify or vary the document or record; or
take any other actions as the Registrar thinks fit.
The company and every officer who contravene this section commit an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not
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exceeding five hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both.