Presumption of matters related to labelling and packaging
Open ↗In any proceedings under this Act, any evidence that a package containing any tobacco product, smoking substance or substitute tobacco product and bearing the name, address or registered mark of an importer, manufacturer or distributor, or of the owner of the rights of the manufacturer, packer, or of an agent of any of them, shall be prima facie evidence that the tobacco product, smoking substance or substitute tobacco product is imported, manufactured or packed, as the case may be, by each of the persons whose name, address or the registered mark is borne on the packaging.
Responsibility of manufacturer, importer or distributor
Open ↗(1) Every manufacturer, importer or distributor of a tobacco product, smoking substance or substitute tobacco product shall provide any information as determined by the Director General or any authorized officer in relation to the tobacco product, smoking substance or substitute tobacco product.
(2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and shall, on conviction—
(a) where the person is not a body corporate, be liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both; or
(b) where the person is a body corporate, be liable to a fine not less than ten thousand ringgit and not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.
