Consumer Protection Act 1999 · Updated to 1 Nov 2021 · Part XIV · General and Miscellaneous
145. General penalty
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Act for which no penalty is expressly provided shall be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both, and for a second or subsequent offence to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both.
Any body corporate which is convicted of an offence under this Act for which no penalty is expressly provided shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit, and for a second or subsequent offence to a fine not exceeding two hundred thousand ringgit.
Any person who or body corporate which is convicted of an offence under this Act shall, in the case of a continuing offence, in addition to any fine provided under this Act, be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit for each day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.
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“consumer” means a person who— (a) acquires or uses goods or services of a kind ordinarily acquired for personal, domestic or household purpose, use or consumption; and (b) does not acquire or use the goods or services, or hold himself out as acquiring or using the goods or services, primarily for the purpose of— (i) resupplying them in trade; (ii) consuming them in the course of a manufacturing process; or (iii) in the case of goods, repairing or treating, in trade, other goods or fixtures on land;