Malaysia legislation

Section 18

of Statutory Bodies Supplementary Provisions Enactment 1997

Section 18

The Minister of Finance may by order published in the Gazette amend the

Schedule.

Offences.

I9.

(1)

Where a member, the Chief Executive Officer, any officer, employee or servant of any statutory body contravenes any provision of this Enactment, he shall commit an offence and shall be liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment not exceeding one year or to both.

(2)

Where a statutory body contravenes any provision of this Enactment, every person who is for the time being a member or Chief Executive Officer of such statutory body shall commit an offence and shall be liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment not exceeding one year or to both, unless he shall prove that the contravention was committed without his knowledge or consent or was not attributable to any neglect on his part.

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Compounding of offences.