Dangerous Drugs (Forfeiture of Property) Act 1988 · Updated to 1 Dec 2011 · Part VIII · General
Dangerous Drugs (Forfeiture of Property) Act 1988 · Updated to 1 Dec 2011 · Part VIII · General
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
Where an offence under this Act has been committed by a body, whether corporate or unincorporate, whether in or outside Malaysia, every person who at the time of the commission of the offence was a director, manager, secretary or other officer of the body, or was purporting to act in any such capacity or was in any manner or to any extent responsible for the management of any of the affairs of such body or was assisting in such management shall be guilty of that offence.
Where any person (hereinafter referred to as the
―principal‖) would be liable under this Act to any punishment, penalty or forfeiture for any act, omission, neglect or default he shall be liable to the same punishment, penalty or forfeiture for every such act, omission, neglect or default of any clerk, servant or agent, of his, or of the clerk or servant of such agent:
Provided that such act, omission, neglect or default was committed by the principal’s clerk or servant in the course of his employment, or by the agent when acting on behalf of the principal, or by the clerk or servant of such agent in the course of his employment by the agent or otherwise on behalf of the agent.
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Nothing contained in subsection (2) shall in any manner derogate from the liability of the clerk, servant or agent or of the clerk or servant of the agent referred to therein for the act, omission, neglect or default.