Registration of Engineers Act 1967 s 25
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s 25 General penalty
(1) Any person, sole proprietorship, partnership or body corporate who contravenes this Act or any regulations made thereunder shall be guilty of an offence and shall, where no penalty is expressly provided therefor, be liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding two thousand ringgit.
(2) If a sole proprietorship, partnership or body corporate contravenes this Act or any regulations made thereunder, the sole proprietor or every partner, director, manager, secretary or other similar officer thereof shall be guilty of the same offence and be liable to the same penalty as the sole proprietorship, partnership or body corporate is guilty of and liable to, unless he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge, consent or connivance or was not attributable to any neglect on his part.
(3) If a registered Engineer or Engineering consultancy practice refuses or fails to comply with an order of the Board made under subsection 7A(5) or 15(1A), or Appeal Board made under section 19, he shall be guilty of an offence, and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit in the case of an individual, or to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand ringgit in the case of an Engineering consultancy practice.
Malay text (authoritative)
(1) Mana-mana orang yang melanggar Akta ini atau mana-mana peraturan yang dibuat di bawahnya adalah melakukan suatu kesalahan dan jika tidak ada penalti diperuntukkan dengan nyata baginya, apabila disabitkan, boleh dikenakan denda tidak melebihi dua ribu ringgit.
(2) Jika sesuatu pertubuhan perbadanan melanggar Akta ini atau mana-mana peraturan yang dibuat di bawahnya, tiap-tiap pengarah, pengurus, setiausaha atau pegawai lain yang seumpamanya adalah melakukan kesalahan yang sama dan boleh dikenakan penalti yang sama seperti kesalahan yang dilakukan oleh dan penalti yang dikenakan ke atas pertubuhan perbadanan itu melainkan jika dia membuktikan bahawa kesalahan itu telah dilakukan tanpa pengetahuan, persetujuan atau pembiaran olehnya atau tidak berkaitan dengan apa-apa pengabaian di pihaknya.
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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).
