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s 76
(1) Any person who wilfully, or fraudulently injures injury to works, or permits to be injured any works of the Board, Or tampering alters the index of any meter for ascertaining the value with meter or fraudulent of the supply, or prevents any such meter from duly use of registering the value of the supply, or frauduiently energy. abstracts, consumes, or uses the electrical energy of the Board shall be guilty of an offence and shall (without prejudice to any other right or remedy for the protection of the Board) be liable on conviction to a fine oi one thousand ringgit and to imprisonment for a term of one year, and the Board may in addition thereto recover the amount of any damage by him sustained.
(2) The existence of artificial means for causing such alteration or prevention, or for abstracting, consuming or using electricity of the Board when such meter is under custody or control of the consumer, shall be prima facie evidence that such alteration, prevention, abstraction or consumption, as the case may be, has been fraudulently, knowingly and wilfully caused by the consumer using such meter.
(3) And in any case in which any person has wilfully or fraudulently injured or suffered to be injured any electric lines, meters or fittings belonging to the Board, or altered the index to any meter, or prevented any meter from duly registering the quantity of electricity supplied, the Board may also, until the lines, meters or fittings complained of have been remedied, discontinue the supply of electricity to the person so offending notwithstanding any contract previously existing. Penalty for fraudulently or improperly using of Board.
Malay text (authoritative)
(1) Mana-mana orang yang dengan sengaja, atau dengan cara fraud membencana atau membenar dibencanakan mana-mana kerja Lembaga, atau mengubah indeks mana-mana meter bagi menentukan nilai bekalan, atau menghalang mana-mana meter itu daripada mendaftarkan dengan wajar nilai bekalan, atau dengan cara fraud mengambil, menghabis atau mengguna tenaga elektrik Lembaga adalah melakukan suatu kesalahan dan (tanpa menjejaskan apa-apa hak atau remedı lain bagi melindungi Lembaga) apabila disabitkan boleh dikenakan denda sebanyak seribu ringgit dan penjara selama tempoh setahun dan Lembaga boleh selain dari itu mendapatkan kembali amaun bagi apaapa kerosakan yang dialaminya.
(2) Wujudnya cara-cara artifisial bagi menyebabkan pengubahan atau halangan itu, atau bagi mengambi, menghabis atau mengguna elektrik Lembaga apabila muter tendaadan banjadiaketeranaa ka valaa fanie bahawa halangan, pengambilan atau penghabisan itu, mengikut mana yang berkenaan, telah dengan cara fraud, disedari dan dengan sengaja disebabkan oleh pengguna yang mengguna meter itu.
(3) Dan bagaimanapun jıka mana-mana orang telah dengan sengaja atau dengan cara fraud membencanakan atau membiar dibencanakan mana-mana talian elektrik, meter atau pasangan kepunyaan Lembaga, atau mengubah indeks pada mana-mana meter, atau menghalang mana-mana meter dari mendaftarkan kuantiti bekalan elektrik dengan sewajarnya, Lembaga boleh juga, sehingga talian, meter atau pasangan yans diadukan itu telah diremedi, memotong bekalan elektrik kepada orang yang melakukan kesalahan itu walaupun terdapat apa-apa kontrak yang ada sebelumnya. Penalti kerana
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).
