Section 49
Penalty for failure to comply with notice
of Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994
A person to whom an improvement or a prohibition notice is issued under section 48 must comply with the same notwithstanding that an appeal against its issuance has been lodged.
(2)
A person who without reasonable excuse fails to comply with any improvement or prohibition notice issued under section 48 shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding *five hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding **two years or to both, and to a further fine
*NOTE—Previously “fifty thousand”–see paragraph 41(a) of the Occupational Safety and Health
(Amendment) Act 2022 [Act A1648].
**NOTE—Previously “five years”–see paragraph 41(b) of the Occupational Safety and Health
(Amendment) Act 2022 [Act A1648].
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of *two thousand ringgit for each day during which the offence continues.