Section 21A
Financial Penalty
of Distribution Of Gas Ordinance, 2016
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The Director or the Regulator, as the case may be, may impose a financial penalty for any breach or non-compliance of any provisions under this Ordinance or any regulations made hereunder, an amount not exceeding twenty million ringgit, and in the case of a second or subsequent non-compliance, an amount of ten times of the financial penalty which was imposed for the first non-compliance.
(2)
Any unpaid financial penalty under this section may be recovered as a civil debt due to the Director or Regulator, as the case may be, in a court of competent jurisdiction, and the Court may order for payment of a penalty for late payment up to an amount equivalent to twice the amount of the financial penalty unpaid and costs of recovering the amount including any costs of legal proceedings.
(3)
The financial penalty paid under this section shall be paid to the State Consolidated Fund.
[Add. Cap. A216/2024]
Offences committed by a body corporate