s 22 Penalties
(1) Any person, other than a body corporate, but including a director or officer of a body corporate, who commits an offence against 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 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, whether or not it imposes any other penalty, make an order cancelling any licence issued under this Act or any regulations made thereunder 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 the firm or corporation from obtaining a new licence either absolutely or for such period as the court may determine, or may suspend the 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 such offence is 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. (5) Any person who would have been liable for an offence against this Act to any penalty for anything done or omitted if the thing had been done or omitted by him personally, shall be liable to the same penalty if the thing has been done or omitted by his partner, agent or servant, unless he proves that he took reasonable precautions to prevent the doing or omission of such thing.