Takaful Act 1984 s 60

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s 60

(1) Any person who- General provisions (a) signs any documents lodged with the Director as to General under section 41 or 42, or under suboffences. section (1) (a) (i) of section 53; or (b) furnishes the Director General with any information under or for the purposes of any other provision of this Act, shall use due care to secure that the document or intormation is not false in any material particular; and if he does not use care in this behalf and the document or information is false in a material particular, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be Miable to la fine not exceeding twenty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both. (2) Any person who breaches any duty imposed on him by or by virtue of this Act or any regulations made under this Act as being or having been an operator, taikaful broker or adjuster shall be guilty of an offence and shall, ün a case where no other penalty is provided Ior by this Act or regulations made under this Act, be [Pt. IV, S. 60-64] liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two thousand ringgit and to a daily fine not exceeding two hundred ringgit. (3) Where an offence under this Act is committed by any company or body corporate, any person who at the time of the commission of the offence is a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of that company or body, or is purporting to act in that capacity, shall be guilty of the offence unless he proves 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 allthe circumstances. (4) Where an offence under this Act is committed by a company or body corporate, being an offence consisting in the breach of a duty imposed only on companies and bodies corporate, any individual guilty. of the oftence (whether by virtue of subsection (3) or otherwise) shall on conviction be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months in addition to or in substitution for any fine. (5) For the purpose of any proceedings under subsection (1) (a) a document purporting to be signed by any person shall be presumed to have been signed by him, unless the contrary is proved. Compound- 61. The Minister may prescribe the offences which may be compounded under this Act or the regulations made thereunder and the manner in which the offences may be compounded. Prosecution.

Malay text (authoritative)

Dadatb Poal-Langcah [Bak. IV, S. 601

(1) Mana-mana orang yang- Peruntukan- (a) menandatangani apa-apa dokumen yang di- amı serahsimpan dengan Ketua Pengarah di bawah kesalahan. seksyen 41 atau 42, atau di bawah subseksyen (1) (a) (i) seksyen 53; atau (b) memberi kepada Ketua Pengarah apa-apa maklumat di bawah atau bagi maksud apa-apa peruntukan lain Akta ini, hendaklah menjaga dengan • wajar untuk menjamin supaya dokumen maklumat itu tidak palsu dalam sesuatu butir matan; dan jika dia tidak menjaga dengan wajar bagi maksud ini dan dokumen atau maklumat itu adalah palsu dalam sesuatu butir matan, dia adalah melakukan suatu kesalahan dan, apabila disabitkan, boleh dikenakan denda tidak melebihi dua puluh ribu ringgit atau penjara selama tempoh tidak melebihi enam bulan atau kedua-duanya. (2) Mana-mana orang yang melanggar kewajipan yang dipertanggungkan ke atasnya oleh atau menurut kuasa Akta ini atau apa-apa peraturan yang dibuat di bawah Akta ini kerana menjadi atau telah menjadi pengendali, broker takaful atau ajuster adalah melakukan suatu kesalahan disabitkan, dalam hal di mana tiada penalti lain diperuntukkan oleh Akta ini atau peraturan-peraturan yang dibuat di bawah Akta ini, boleh dikenakan denda tidak melebihi dua ribu ringgit dan denda harian tidak melebihi dua ratus ringgit. (3) Jika sesuatu kesalahan di bawah Akta ini dilakukan oleh mana-mana syarikat atau pertubuhan kesalatanan, seseorang yang pada masa berlakunya itu adalah seorang pengarah, pengurus, setiausaha atau pegawai lain yang serupa bagi syarikat atau badan itu, atau yang dikatakan bertindak atas sitat itu, adalah melakukan kesalahan itu melainkan jika dia membuktikan bahawa dia telah menjalankan segala usaha untuk mencegah berlakunya kesalahan itu sebagaimana dia sepatutnya telah jalankan, dengan mengambi kira jenis fungsinya atas sifat itu dan semua hal-keadaan. (4) Jika sesuatu kesalahan di bawah Akta ini dilakukan oleh suatu syarikat atau pertubuhan perbadanan, iaitu kesalahan yang termasuk dalam pelanggaran suatu [Bah. IV, S. 60-651 kewajipan yang dipertanggungkan hanya kepada syarikat dan pertubuhan perbadanan, mana-mana individı Mengkompaun kesalahan! Pendakwaan. Bidang kuasa mahkamah. eupayaas Banaran probet, dsb. seksyen (]) (a) suatu dokumen yang dikatakan sebagai ditandatangani oleh mana-mana orang hendaklah dianggap_ telah ditandatangani olehnya, melainkan jika dibuktikan sebaliknya.

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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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