s 12 Penalties for non-compliance with attachment of earnings order and for giving false notice or statement
(1) Any person who— (a) fails to comply with subsection 7(1) or (4) or an order of a court under subsection 8(1); or (b) gives such a notice as is mentioned in subsection 7(4) or a statement in pursuance of an order of a court under subsection 8(1), which notice or statement he knows to be false in a material particular; or (c) recklessly gives such a notice or statement which is false in a material particular, shall, subject to subsection (2) be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to a fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit or to both. (2) It shall be a defence for a person charged with failing to comply with subsection 7(1) to prove that he took all reasonable steps to comply with the attachment of earnings order to which the failure relates.