Section 22
Penalties
Any person, other than a body corporate, but including a director or officer of a body corporate, who commits an offence against, or who fails to comply with, this Act shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding fifteen thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both, and for a second or subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding twenty-five thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both.
(2)
Any body corporate which commits an offence against or fails to comply with this Act shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty-five thousand ringgit and, for a second or subsequent offence, to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit.
(3)
Where any person is convicted of an offence against this Act, the court by which he is so convicted may, in addition to any other penalty, make an order cancelling any licence issued under section 6 to him, or to any firm of which he is a partner or to any corporation of which he is a director or officer, and debarring him or such firm or corporation from obtaining a new licence either absolutely or for such period as the court may determine, or suspending such licence for such period as the court may determine.
(4)
Where a person charged with an offence against this Act is a body corporate every person who, at the time of the commission of the offence, was a director or officer of that body corporate may be charged jointly in the same proceedings with the body corporate, and where the body corporate is convicted of the offence charged, every such director or officer shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence unless he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge or that he took reasonable precautions to prevent its commission.
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(5)
Any person who would have been liable under this Act to any penalty for any act or omission if committed by him personally shall be liable to the same penalty if that act or omission is committed by his partner, agent or servant unless he proves that he took reasonable precautions to prevent the commission of the act or omission.