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← Petroleum and Electricity (Control of Supplies) Act 1974

Petroleum and Electricity (Control of Supplies) Act 1974 s 15

Petroleum and Electricity (Control of Supplies) Act 1974 s 15

s 15 Liability of partners, directors, etc.

(1) Where a person is charged with an offence against this Act is a corporate body every person who, at the time of the commission of such offence was 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. (2) Wherever any agent or servant in the course of his employment does or omits to do any act, the doing of which or omission to do which by his principal or employer would be an offence such agent or servant shall be guilty of that offence. (3) 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.

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Find Act 128 on lom.agc.gov.my ↗

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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