Distress Act 1951 s 24
s 24 Penalty
Any person who sells or abets the sale of any property seized under a warrant of distress in contravention of the provisions of this Act or of any rules of court relating to the sale of property seized under a warrant of distress, shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months.
Malay text (authoritative)
Penalti
Mana-mana orang yang menjual atau bersubahat dengan penjualan apa-apa harta yang disita di bawah suatu waran distress yang melanggar peruntukan Akta ini atau mana-mana kaedah mahkamah berhubungan dengan penjualan harta yang disita di bawah waran distress, hendaklah, apabila disabitkan, boleh didenda tidak melebihi lima ratus ringgit atau dipenjarakan selama tempoh tidak melebihi tiga bulan.
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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).