Where an offence under this Act, the principal Act or under any of the regulations or by-laws made thereunder is committed by a body corporate (whether or not the body corporate has been prosecuted), every director, secretary or manager of the body corporate shall be deemed to be guilty of the offence unless he proves that the offence was committed without his consent or connivance and that he had exercised all due 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 of the case.
Malay text (authoritative)
Kesalahan oleh pertubuhan perbadanan
Jika kesalahan di bawah Akta ini, Akta ibu atau di bawah mana-mana peraturan-peraturan atau undang-undang kecil yang dibuat di bawahnya dilakukan oleh pertubuhan perbadanan (sama ada pertubuhan perbadanan itu telah didakwa atau tidak), tiap-tiap pengarah, setiausaha atau pengurus pertubuhan perbadanan itu hendaklah disifatkan bersalah atas kesalahan itu melainkan dia membuktikan bahawa kesalahan itu telah dilakukan tanpa persetujuannya atau pembiarkannya dan bahawa dia telah menjalankan segala usaha wajar untuk menghalang kesalahan itu dilakukan sebagaimana dia patut menjalankannya setelah mengambil kira keadaan tugasnya dalam kedudukan tersebut dan segala hal keadaan itu.
Text as at 1 January 2006 (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).
