Section 44 — TOWN PLANNERS ACT 1995

(a)

procures or causes the procurement of a certificate of registration, certificate of temporary registration or permit by—

(i)

making or causing to be made; or

(ii)

producing or causing to be produced, a false or fraudulent declaration, certificate, application or representation;

(b)

makes or causes to be made a falsification in the

Register;

(c)

forges, alters or counterfeits a certificate of registration, certificate of temporary registration or permit;

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(d)

uses a forged, altered or counterfeited certificate of registration, certificate of temporary registration or permit;

(e)

personates a registered Town Planner, registered

Graduate Town Planner, foreign Town Planner or a director or shareholder of a body corporate practising as a Town Planner;

(f)

buys or fraudulently obtains—

(i)

a certificate of registration or certificate of temporary registration issued to another person; or

(ii)

a permit issued to a body corporate of which he is neither a director nor shareholder; or

(g)

sells, assigns or transfers—

(i)

a certificate of registration or certificate of temporary registration issued to him; or

(ii)

a permit issued to a body corporate of which he is a director or shareholder.

(2)

A person who is guilty of an offence under this section shall, on conviction—

(a)

be liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both; and

(b)

in the case of a continuing offence, be liable to a fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.

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