Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967 s 27

s 27 Penalties in subsidiary legislation

Notwithstanding the absence of any express provision in any Act or other written law, subsidiary legislation may provide that contravention of any provision of the subsidiary legislation shall constitute an offence and for persons guilty of such offence to be liable on conviction to a fine or a term of imprisonment or both, but may not provide for any such fine to exceed one thousand ringgit or any such term to exceed six months.

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Text as at 1 May 2015 (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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