Consumer Credit Act 2025 · Updated to 31 Dec 2025 · Part VIII · Examination and Investigation
99. Requirement to provide translation
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orally or in writing, require a person who has the possession, custody or control of documents, securities held in respect of credit consumers’ transactions, titles, cash, computer, computer output, system, data, programmes, or information that is in a language other than the national language or the English language, or in any sign or code, to furnish to the investigating officer a translation in the national language or the English language of such documents, securities held in respect of credit consumers’
transactions, titles, cash, computer output, system, data, programmes, or information so found, seized, detained or taken possession of by the investigating officer; and
specify such reasonable period for the person to furnish the translation, having regard to the length of the documents, securities held in respect of credit consumers’ transactions, titles, cash, computer output, system, data, programmes, or information, or other circumstances relating to it.
No person shall knowingly make or furnish a translation under subsection (1) which is not an accurate, faithful and true translation.
person
“person” includes an individual, any sole proprietorship, corporation, statutory body, local authority, society, trade union, co-operative society, partnership and any other body, organization, association or group of persons, whether corporate or unincorporate;
Where the person required to furnish a translation under subsection (1) is not the person who is suspected to have committed the offence or breach under investigation, the Regulatory and Supervisory Authority shall pay him reasonable fees for the translation.
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Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both.