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Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 s 38

Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 s 38

s 38 Use of industry codes of practice in proceedings

In any proceedings under this Act or any regulation made thereunder in which it is alleged that a person has contravened or failed to comply with a provision of the Act or any regulation made thereunder in relation to which an approved industry code of practice was in effect at the time of the alleged contravention or failure— (a) the approved industry code of practice shall be admissible in evidence in the proceedings; and (b) if the court is satisfied in relation to any matter which it is necessary for the prosecution to prove in order to establish the alleged contravention or failure that— (i) a provision of the approved industry code of practice is relevant to the matter; and (ii) the person failed at any material time to observe the provision of the approved industry code of practice, the matter shall be taken as proved unless the court is satisfied that in respect of the matter the person complied with a provision of the Act otherwise than by way of observance of the provision of the approved industry code of practice.

Malay text (authoritative)

Penggunaan tataamalan industri dalam prosiding

Dalam mana-mana prosiding di bawah Akta ini atau mana-mana peraturan yang dibuat di bawahnya yang dalamnya dikatakan bahawa seseorang telah melanggar atau tidak mematuhi peruntukan Akta atau mana-mana peraturan yang dibuat di bawahnya yang berhubungan dengannya suatu tataamalan industri yang diluluskan berkuat kuasa pada masa pelanggaran atau ketakpatuhan yang dikatakan itu— (a) tataamalan industri yang diluluskan itu hendaklah boleh diterima sebagai keterangan dalam prosiding itu; dan (b) jika mahkamah berpuas hati berhubungan dengan apa-apa perkara yang perlu dibuktikan oleh pihak pendakwa bagi membuktikan pelanggaran atau kegagalan yang dikatakan itu bahawa— (i) peruntukan tataamalan industri yang diluluskan itu adalah relevan kepada perkara itu; dan (ii) orang itu pada bila-bila masa tidak mematuhi peruntukan tataamalan industri yang diluluskan itu, perkara itu hendaklah dikira sebagai terbukti melainkan jika mahkamah berpuas hati bahawa berkenaan dengan perkara itu orang itu telah mematuhi peruntukan Akta ini selain daripada dengan cara mematuhi peruntukan tataamalan industri yang diluluskan itu.

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Find Act 514 on lom.agc.gov.my ↗

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).

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