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s 17 Offences and liability for acts of agents or servants
(1) Where any offence against this Act is committed by a body corporate and is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to have been attributable to any neglect on the part of, any director, manager, secretary or other officer of the body corporate, such director, manager, secretary or other officer, as well as the body corporate, shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence, and shall be liable to be punished in accordance with this Act.
(2) Whenever any agent or servant in the course of his employment does or omits to do an act, the doing of which or omission to do which by his principal or employer would be an offence against this Act, such agent or servant shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence, and his principal or employer and any person who at the time of the act or omission was in charge of the business in respect of which the act or omission occurred shall also be guilty of that offence unless such principal or employer or other person, as the case may be, proves to the satisfaction of the court that he took all reasonable means and precautions to prevent such act or omission.
Malay text (authoritative)
Kesalahan dan liabiliti bagi perbuatan ejen atau pekhidmat
(1) Jika apa-apa kesalahan terhadap Akta ini dilakukan oleh sesuatu pertubuhan perbadanan dan dibuktikan telah dilakukan dengan persetujuan atau pembiaran, atau boleh dikaitkan dengan apa-apa kecuaian atas pihak, mana-mana pengarah, pengurus,
setiausaha atau pegawai lain pertubuhan perbadanan itu, maka pengarah, pengurus, setiausaha atau pegawai lain itu, berserta dengan pertubuhan perbadanan itu, hendaklah disifatkan bersalah atas kesalahan itu, dan boleh dihukum mengikut Akta ini.
(2) Apabila jua mana-mana ejen atau pekhidmat dalam masa pekerjaannya melakukan atau meninggalkan daripada melakukan sesuatu perbuatan, yang pelakuannya atau peninggalannya oleh prinsipal atau majikannya adalah suatu kesalahan, terhadap Akta ini, ejen atau pekhidmat itu hendaklah disifatkan bersalah atas kesalahan itu, dan prinsipal atau majikannya dan mana-mana orang yang pada masa perbuatan atau peninggalan itu adalah bertanggungjawab bagi urusan yang berkenaan dengannya perbuatan atau peninggalan itu berlaku adalah juga bersalah atas kesalahan itu melainkan jika prinsipal atau majikan atau orang lain itu, mengikut mana-mana yang berkenaan, membuktikan dengan memuaskan hati mahkamah bahawa dia telah mengambil segala langkah dan tindakan berhati-hati yang munasabah untuk menghalang perbuatan atau peninggalan 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).
