Malaysia legislation

Section 8

of *FACTORIES AND MACHINERY ACT 1967

Section 8

Any person who—

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(a)

refuses to allow or wilfully delays or obstructs an Inspector or a licensed person from entering a factory in the exercise of any power under this Act;

(b)

fails to comply with any notice, other than a notice given under subsection 39(3) or 40(4), lawfully given by a licensed person in the exercise of any power under this Act;

(c)

wilfully withholds any information as to who is the occupier or owner of any factory or machinery or conceals or prevents a person from appearing before or being examined by an

Inspector or a licensed person, or in any manner obstructs an

Inspector or licensed person;

(d)

conceals the location or existence of any other person or any plant or substance from an Inspector or a licensed person;

(e)

prevents or attempts to prevent any person from assisting an

Inspector or a licensed person;

(f)

in any other way, hinders, impedes or opposes an Inspector or a licensed person in the exercise of his power under the Act or any regulations made thereunder; or

(g)

fails to comply with any order lawfully given by an Inspector or a licensed person in the exercise of any power under this Act, shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both.

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