Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing, Anti-Restricted Activity Financing and Proceeeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 s 87
Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing, Anti-Restricted Activity Financing and Proceeeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 s 87
s 87 Offence committed by any person acting in an official capacity
(1) Where an offence is committed by a body corporate or an association of persons, a person—
(a) who is its director, controller, officer, or partner; or
(b) who is concerned in the management of its affairs,
at the time of the commission of the offence, is deemed to have committed that offence unless that person proves that the offence was committed without his consent or connivance and that he exercised such diligence to prevent the commission of the offence as he ought to have exercised, having regard to the nature of his function in that capacity and to the circumstances.
(2) An individual may be prosecuted for an offence under subsection (1) notwithstanding that the body corporate or association of persons has not been convicted of the offence.
(3) Subsection (1) shall not affect the criminal liability of the body corporate or association of persons for the offence referred to in that subsection.
(4) Any person who would have committed an offence if any act had been done or omitted to be done by him personally commits that offence and shall on conviction be liable to the same penalty if such act had been done or omitted to be done by his agent or officer in the course of that agent’s business or in the course of that officer’s employment, as the case may be, unless he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge or consent and that he took all reasonable precautions to prevent the doing of, or omission to do, such act.
Malay text (authoritative)
Kesalahan yang dilakukan oleh mana-mana orang yang bertindak atas sifat rasmi
(1) Jika sesuatu kesalahan dilakukan oleh sesuatu pertubuhan perbadanan atau sesuatu persatuan orang, seseorang—
(a) yang menjadi pengarah, pengawal, pegawai atau pekongsinya; atau
(b) yang terlibat dengan pengurusan hal ehwalnya,
pada masa kesalahan itu dilakukan, disifatkan telah melakukan kesalahan itu melainkan orang itu membuktikan bahawa kesalahan itu dilakukan tanpa keizinannya atau pembiarannya dan bahawa dia telah menjalankan segala usaha yang wajar dilakukannya untuk mencegah pelakuan kesalahan itu dengan mengambil kira jenis fungsinya atas sifat itu dan kepada hal keadaan.
(2) Seseorang individu boleh didakwa bagi suatu kesalahan di bawah subseksyen (1) walaupun pertubuhan perbadanan atau persatuan orang itu tidak disabitkan atas kesalahan itu.
(3) Subseksyen (1) tidaklah menyentuh tanggungan jenayah pertubuhan perbadanan atau persatuan orang itu bagi kesalahan yang disebut dalam subseksyen itu.
(4) Mana-mana orang yang melakukan suatu kesalahan sekiranya apa-apa perbuatan telah dilakukan atau ditinggalkan oleh orang itu sendiri melakukan kesalahan itu dan apabila disabitkan boleh dikenakan penalti yang sama andainya perbuatan itu telah dilakukan atau ditinggalkan oleh ejen atau pegawainya dalam masa perjalanan urusan ejen itu atau dalam perjalanan pekerjaan pegawai itu, mengikut mana-mana yang berkenaan, melainkan jika dia membuktikan bahawa kesalahan itu telah dilakukan tanpa pengetahuan atau keizinannya dan bahawa dia telah mengambil segala langkah yang munasabah untuk mencegah pelakuan atau peninggalan perbuatan itu.
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).
