Section 16
Soliciting, receiving, giving, etc., gratification for unrecognized foreign award
of Offences Relating to Awards Act 2017
(a)
shall not solicit, receive or agree to receive for himself or for any other person; or
(b)
shall not give, promise or offer to any person whether for the benefit of that person or of another person, any gratification as a consideration or an inducement or a reward for procuring or assisting or endeavouring to procure the grant of an unrecognized foreign award to any citizen in connection with such grant.
(2)
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding twenty years.
14 Laws of Malaysia ACT 787