Development Financial Institutions Act 2002 · Updated to 6 Oct 2023 · Part VIII · Examination and Investigation
94. Requirement to provide translation
Feedback & supportWhere an investigating officer finds, seizes, detains, or takes possession of any property, record, report, document, computer, computer output, system, data, books or information which, wholly or partly, is in a language other than the national language or English language, or is in any sign or code, the investigating officer may, orally or in writing, require the person who had the possession, custody or control of the property, record, report, document, computer, computer
officer
“officer”, in relation to an institution, means any of its employees and includes its Chief Executive Officer;
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output, system, data, books or information, to furnish to him a translation in the national language or English language within such period as he may specify.
books
“books” includes any register or other record of information and any accounts or accounting records, however compiled, recorded or stored; *NOTE—The Central Bank of Malaysia Act 2009 has repealed the Central Bank of Malaysia Act 1958 which comes into operation on 25 November 2009–see section 99…
No person shall knowingly furnish a translation under subsection (1) which is not an accurate, faithful and true translation of the document.
person
“person” includes an individual, any 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;
Any person who fails to comply with the requirement in subsection (1) or contravenes subsection (2) commits an offence and shall on conviction be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding eight years or to a fine not exceeding twenty-five million ringgit or to both.
Where the person required to furnish a translation under subsection (1) is not the person who is suspected to have committed the offence, the Bank may pay him reasonable fees and reimburse him for such reasonable expenses as he may have incurred in furnishing the translation.
Bank
“Bank” means the Central Bank of Malaysia established under the *Central Bank of Malaysia Act 2009;
Delivery of property, record, report, document, apparatus, equipment, machinery, computer, computer output, system, data, books, information, article or thing
property
“property” means any movable or immovable property, whether tangible or intangible and includes— (a) any right, interest, title, claim, chose in action, power or privilege, whether present or future, or whether vested or contingent, in relation to any property, or which is otherwise of value; (b) any conveyance executed for conveying, assigning, appointing, surrendering, or otherwise transferring or disposing of immovable property of which the person executing the conveyance is the proprietor or has possession or in which he is entitled to a contingent right, either for the whole interest or for any less interest; (c) any security, including any stock, share, debenture and fund; (d) any negotiable instrument, including any bank note, bearer note, Treasury bill, dividend warrant, bill of exchange, promissory note, cheque and negotiable certificate of deposit; or (e) any mortgage or charge, whether legal or equitable, guarantee, lien or pledge, whether actual or constructive, letter of hypothecation, trust receipt, indemnity, undertaking or other means of securing payment or discharge of a debt or liability, whether present or future, or whether vested or contingent;