Trustees (Incorporation) Act 1952 s 6

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s 6 Liability of trustees and others, notwithstanding incorporation

After a certificate of incorporation has been granted under this Act all trustees of the body or association of persons, notwithstanding their incorporation, shall be chargeable for such property as shall come into their hands, and shall be answerable and accountable for their own acts, receipts, neglects and defaults, and for the due administration of the body or association of persons and its property, in the same manner and to the same extent as if no such incorporation had been effected, and nothing herein contained shall diminish or impair any control or authority exerciseable by the Attorney General under section 9 of the Government Proceedings Act 1956 [Act 359] over the trustees who shall be so incorporated but they shall remain subject jointly and separately to such control and authority as if they were not incorporated. Disqualification of trustees 6 A. Where a certificate of incorporation has been granted under this Act in respect of a trustee, a person shall be disqualified from being, and shall not become or remain, such trustee or one of such trustees if— (a) he has been convicted of any offence under any law and sentenced to a fine of not less than one thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term of not less than one year or to both; (b) there has been made and is in force against him any order of detention, supervision, restricted residence, banishment or deportation, or if there has been imposed on him any form of restriction or supervision, by bond or otherwise, under any law relating to the security of Malaysia or any part thereof, the prevention of crime, preventive detention, restricted residence, banishment or immigration; (c) he is an undischarged bankrupt; or (d) he is, or has been found or declared to be, of unsound mind.

Malay text (authoritative)

Setelah perakuan pemerbadanan diberi di bawah Akta ini semua pemegang amanah bagi kumpulan atau persatuan orang-orang walaupun Aipuodanie diperbadankan, hendaklal menjadi bertangungan mengenai apa-apa harta yang ada di dalam tangannya dan hendaklah bertanggung menjawab dan bertanggung menerangkan mengenai perbuatan, penerimaan, keabaian dan keingkaran, dan mengenai pentadbiran wajar kumpulan atau persatuan orangorang itu serta hartanya, mengikut cara yang sama dan dengan takat yang sama seolah-olah pemerbadanan itu tidak diwujudkan, dan tiada apa-apa jua yang terkandung dalam Akta ini boleh mengurangkan atau mencacatkan apa-apa kawalan atau kuasa yang boleh dijalankan oleh Peguam Negara di bawah seksyen 9 Ord. P.T.M. 58/56. Ordinan Prosiding Kerajaan 1956 ke atas pemegangpemegang amanah yang diperbadankan demıkian tetapi mereka hendaklah tetap tertakluk bersesama dan berasingan kepada apa-apa kawalan dan kuasa sedemikian seolah-olah mereka tidak diperbadankan. [S.7-10]

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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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