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Entertainments Duty Act 1953 s 20

Entertainments Duty Act 1953 s 20

s 20 Penalties

(1) Except in any case provided for by subsection (3) any person convicted of an offence under this Act shall, when no other penalty has been specifically provided for the offence, be liable to imprisonment for twelve months, or to a fine of six thousand ringgit for a first offence or fifteen thousand ringgit in respect of a second or subsequent offence, or to both. (2) When any person convicted of an offence under this Act is the proprietor of an entertainment and the Court convicting the person is of opinion that by reason of the offence any duty which ought to have been paid has not been paid or that the offence was committed with a view to the evasion of that duty the person shall also be liable to a fine of ten times the amount of the duty. (3) Any person admitted to any entertainment who is guilty of an offence under this Act shall when no other penalty has been specifically provided therefor be liable, on conviction, to a fine of six hundred ringgit. (4) The Sessions Court Judge or the Magistrate who convicts any person of any offence against this Act may cancel any licence granted to that person under any written law relating to theatres or places of public amusement for the time being in force in Malaysia or any part thereof or may debar the person from holding any such licence for any period specified not exceeding two years, in addition to any other penalty imposed.

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Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.

Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).

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