Section 45
Payment of contributions
of Employees Provident Fund Act 1991
Except where otherwise provided in this Act, the employer shall, in the first instance, be liable to pay both the contributions payable by himself and also, on behalf of and to the exclusion of the employee, the contributions payable by that employee; and for the purposes of this Act contributions paid by an employer on behalf of an employee shall be deemed to be contributions by the employee.
(2)
Contributions payable by the employer for himself and on behalf of the employee under subsection (1) shall be paid in respect of the first and subsequent months’ wages.
(3)
Notwithstanding section 49, where an employer fails to pay any contributions due within such period as prescribed by the Minister, the employer shall, in addition to such contributions, be liable to pay dividend on such contributions at the rate and in accordance with any manner and calculation determined by the Board.
(4)
Any employer who contravenes subsection (3) shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit or to both.