Private Higher Educational Institutions Act 1996 s 85
Private Higher Educational Institutions Act 1996 s 85
s 85 Liability of director of company, etc., for offences committed by private higher educational institution
(1) Where an offence against any provision of this Act has been committed by a private higher educational institution, any person or any person who at the time of the commission of the offence was—
(a) a member of the board of directors;
(b) a manager;
(c) a secretary;
(d) holding an office or position similar to that of a manager or secretary of the company establishing such private higher educational institution;
(e) a chief executive;
(f) a clerk;
(g) a servant;
(h) an agent; or
(i) a person who was purporting to act in any capacity in paragraphs (1)(a) to (h), or was in any manner or to any extent responsible for the management of any of the affairs of such private higher educational institution, or was assisting in such management,
of the private higher educational institution shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence.
(2) It shall be a defence for any person prosecuted pursuant to subsection (1) if he proves—
(a) that the offence was committed without his knowledge or connivance; or
(b) that he—
(i) took all reasonable precaution; and
(ii) exercised all due diligence,
to prevent the commission of the offence as he ought to have taken and exercised,
having regard to the nature of his functions in that capacity and to all the circumstances.
(3) A private higher educational institution liable under this Act to any punishment or penalty for any act or omission shall be liable to the same punishment or penalty for any such act or omission by—
(a) an agent acting on its behalf; or
(b) a clerk or servant acting in the course of its employment.
(4) (Deleted by Act A1352).
Malay text (authoritative)
Tanggungan pengarah syarikat, dll., bagi kesalahan yang dilakukan oleh institusi pendidikan tinggi swasta
(1) Jika suatu kesalahan terhadap mana-mana peruntukan Akta ini telah dilakukan oleh suatu institusi pendidikan tinggi swasta, mana-mana orang yang pada masa kesalahan itu dilakukan—
(a) ialah anggota lembaga pengarah;
(b) ialah pengurus;
(c) ialah setiausaha;
(d) memegang jawatan atau kedudukan yang serupa dengan pengurus atau setiausaha syarikat yang menubuhkan institusi pendidikan tinggi swasta itu;
(e) ialah ketua eksekutif;
(f) ialah kerani;
(g) ialah pekhidmat; atau
(h) ialah ejen,
institusi pendidikan tinggi swasta itu, hendaklah disifatkan telah melakukan kesalahan itu.
(2) Maka hendaklah menjadi suatu pembelaan bagi mana-mana orang yang didakwa menurut subseksyen (1) jika dia membuktikan—
(a) bahawa kesalahan itu telah dilakukan tanpa pengetahuannya atau pembiarannya; atau
(b) bahawa dia telah—
(i) mengambil segala langkah berjaga-jaga yang munasabah; dan
(ii) menjalankan segala usaha yang wajar,
bagi mengelakkan kesalahan itu daripada berlaku, sebagaimana yang sepatutnya diambil dan dijalankan olehnya,
dengan mengambil kira sifat fungsinya dalam kapasiti itu dan segala hal keadaan.
(3) Institusi pendidikan tinggi swasta yang boleh dikenakan hukuman atau penalti di bawah Akta ini bagi apa-apa perbuatan atau peninggalan hendaklah bertanggungan bagi hukuman atau penalti yang sama bagi apa-apa perbuatan atau peninggalan sedemikian yang dilakukan oleh—
(a) ejen yang bertindak bagi pihaknya; atau
(b) kerani atau pekhidmat yang bertindak semasa dalam pengajian institusi pendidikan swasta itu.
(4) (Dipotong oleh Akta A1352).
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).
