Employment Insurance System Act 2017 · Updated to 1 Sep 2022 · Part IV · Registration and Contributions
25. Power to appoint agent
Feedback & supportThe Organization may appoint such number of agents subject to such terms and conditions to collect and receive payment of contributions on behalf of the Organization.
Organization
“Organization” has the meaning assigned to it in the Employees’ Social Security Act 1969; Employment Insurance System 13
The agents appointed under subsection (1) shall, as soon as practicable, inform the Organization the actual time and date of the payment of the contributions made by the employer.
employer
“employer” means the owner of an industry or the person with whom an employee has entered into a contract of service or apprenticeship and includes— (a) a manager, an agent or a person responsible for the payment of wages to the employee; and (b) the legal representative of the owner of the industry or such person;
Any agent who contravenes subsection (2) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.