Private Higher Educational Institutions Act 1996 s 79
s 79 Offence and penalty relating to applications made under Act
Any—
(a) applicant who, on making an application for the approval for the establishment of a private higher educational institution;
(b) private higher educational institution which, on making any application; or
(c) person who, on making any application,
under this Act, makes any statement which he or it knows to be false, or does not believe to be true, or intentionally suppresses any material fact, or furnishes any information which is misleading shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred thousand ringgit or to an imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.
Malay text (authoritative)
Kesalahan dan penalti berhubungan dengan permohonan yang dibuat di bawah Akta
Mana-mana—
(a) pemohon yang, semasa membuat permohonan untuk mendapatkan kelulusan bagi penubuhan suatu institusi pendidikan tinggi swasta; atau
(b) institusi pendidikan tinggi swasta yang, semasa membuat apa-apa permohonan,
di bawah Akta ini, membuat pernyataan yang diketahuinya adalah palsu atau yang dia atau ia percaya adalah tidak benar, atau sengaja menyembunyikan apa-apa fakta yang material, atau memberikan apa-apa maklumat yang mengelirukan melakukan suatu kesalahan dan boleh, apabila disabitkan, didenda tidak melebihi dua ratus ribu ringgit atau dipenjarakan selama tempoh tidak melebihi dua tahun atau kedua-duanya.
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Text as at 1 April 2019 (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).
