Section 51F
Offence by bodies corporate, etc.
of Industrial Relations Act 1967
Where an offence under this Act has been committed by a body, whether corporate or unincorporated—
(a)
in the case of a body corporate, any person who was a director, manager, secretary or any other officer responsible for the management of the body corporate at the time of the commission of the offence;
(b)
in the case of a partnership or sole proprietor, every partner in the partnership or the sole proprietor at the time of the commission of the offence;
(c)
in the case of trade union, the President, Secretary, Treasurer or other officer of the trade union at the time of the commission of the offence; or
(d)
in the case of a society or any other unincorporated body, the President, Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer or other similar officer of the society or unincorporated body at the time of the commission of the offence, may be charged severally or jointly in the same proceedings as the body corporate, partnership, sole proprietor, trade union, society or unincorporated body and shall be deemed to have committed the offence unless he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge or connivance or that he took all reasonable precautions or that he had exercised due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence.
64 Laws of Malaysia ACT 177