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s 48
(1) Where any offence against any provision of this Act has been committed by a corporation, firm, society or other body of persons, any person who at the time of the commission of the offence was a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer thereof or was purporting to act in such capacity shall be deemed to be guilty of that oflence unless he proves that the ofience was committed without his consent or connivance and that he exercised all such diligence to prevent the commission of the offence as he ought to have exercised, having regard to the nature of his functions in that capacity and to all the circumstances.
(2) Where any person would be liable under this Act to any punishment or penalty for any act, omission, neglect or default, he shall be liable to the same punishment or penalty for every such act, omission, neglect or detault of any clerk, servant or agent, or of the clerk or servant of the agent, provided that the act, omission, neglect or default was committed by the clerk or servant in the course of his employment, or by the agent when acting on behalf of the person, or by the clerk or servant of the agent when acting in the course of his employment in such circumstances that had the act, omission, neglect or default been committed by the agent his principal would have been liable under this section. Prohibition on receipt of
Malay text (authoritative)
(1) Jika apa-apa kesalahan terhadap mana-mana peruntukan Akta ini telah dilakukan oleh sesuatu perbadanan, firma, pertubuhan atau lain-lain kumpulan orang, mana-mana orang yang pada masa berlakunya ‹esalahan itu adalah seorang pengaran, pengurus. setiausaha atau lain-lain pegawaı seumpamanya hendaklah disifatkan sebagai bersalah atas kesalahan itu melainkan jika dia membuktikan bahawa kesalahan itu telah dilakukan tanpa persetujuannya atau tanpa dibiarkan olehnya dan bahawa dia telah menjalankan semua usaha untuk mencegah berlakunya kesalahan itu sebagaimana yang sepatutnya dijalankan olehnya, memandangkan kepada jenis fungsinya dalam jawatari itu dan kepada semua hal keadaan.
(2) Jika seseorang boleh dikenakan di bawah Akta ini apa-apa hukuman atau penalti bagi apa-apa perbuatan, dia boleh dikenakan hukuman atau penalti yang sama bagi tiaptiap perbuatan, ketinggalan, kecuaian ațau keingkaran mana-mana kerani, pengkhidmat atau ejen atau keranı
igeluarkan, mesesuatu catatan 1 dalam sesuatu nyata mengenai 1, keadaan, aset lengan sengaja ih, dikeluarkan, an, apabila disabit- 1 daripada lima 1 suatu tempoh ida dan penjara ap mana-mana 1 oleh sesuatu -lain kumpulan asa berlakunya rah, pengurus, apamanya atau tan sedemikian atas kesalahan hawa kesalahan lya atau tanpa ih menjalankan ra kesalahan itu n olehnya, melam jawatan itu bawah Akta ini -apa perbuatan, an, dia boleh sama bagi tiaptau keingkaran jen atau kerani at bahawa perzkaran itu telah mat itu dalam rabila bertindak iu pengkhidmat a pekerjaannya ika perbuatan, tu telah dilakuoleh dikenakan [Bah. VII, S. 49-52]
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).
