Private Higher Educational Institutions Act 1996 s 84
s 84 Offences by bodies corporate
Where a body corporate is guilty of an offence under this Act—
* NOTE—Previously “ten thousand ringgit”–see the Private Higher Educational Institutions (Amendment) Act 2017 [Act A1535].
(a) any person who, at the time of the commission of such offence, is a director, manager, secretary, or other similar officer of such body corporate, may be charged severally or jointly in the same proceedings with the body corporate; and
(b) every such director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of such body corporate who was, in any way, by act or omission directly or indirectly, concerned in, or party to, the commission of the offence shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence,
unless he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge or connivance or that he took all reasonable precautions or that he had exercised due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence.
Malay text (authoritative)
Kesalahan oleh pertubuhan perbadanan
Jika suatu pertubuhan perbadanan melakukan suatu kesalahan di bawah Akta ini—
(a) mana-mana orang yang, pada masa kesalahan itu dilakukan merupakan pengarah, pengurus, setiausaha, atau pegawai yang seumpamanya bagi pertubuhan perbadanan itu, boleh didakwa secara berasingan atau bersesama dalam prosiding yang sama dengan pertubuhan perbadanan itu; dan
(b) tiap-tiap pengarah, pengurus, setiausaha atau pegawai yang seumpamanya bagi pertubuhan perbadanan itu, yang dalam apa-apa cara, melalui perbuatan atau peninggalan secara langsung atau tidak langsung terlibat dengan atau menjadi pihak dalam pelakuan kesalahan itu hendaklah disifatkan telah melakukan kesalahan itu,
melainkan jika dia membuktikan bahawa kesalahan itu telah dilakukan tanpa pengetahuannya atau pembiarannya atau bahawa dia telah mengambil segala langkah berjaga-jaga yang munasabah atau bahawa dia telah mengambil segala usaha yang wajar bagi mengelakkan kesalahan itu daripada berlaku.
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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).
