Malaysia legislation

Section 44

of COUNSELLORS ACT 1998

Section 44

Any person who—

(a)

procures or causes the procurement of a certificate of registration, certificate of temporary registration or practising certificate—

(i)

by making or causing to be made; or

(ii)

by producing or causing to be produced, a false or fraudulent declaration, certificate, application or representation;

(b)

forges, alters or counterfeits a certificate of registration, certificate of temporary registration or practising certificate;

(c)

uses a forged, altered or counterfeited certificate of registration, certificate of temporary registration or practising certificate;

(d)

personates a registered person or a director of a body corporate practising as a counsellor;

(e)

buys or fraudulently obtains a certificate of registration, certificate of temporary registration, or practising certificate;

(f)

sells, assigns or transfers a certificate of registration, certificate of temporary registration or practising certificate, shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction—

(aa) be liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both; and

(bb) in the case of a continuing offence, be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.

General penalty

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