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Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Terrorism Financing, Anti-Restricted Activity Financing and Proceeeds of Unlawful Activities Act 2001 s 89

s 89 Falsification, concealment and destruction of document, etc.

A person, with intent to deceive, in respect of a document to be produced or submitted under any provision of this Act, who makes or causes to be made a false entry, omits to make, or causes to be omitted, any entry, or alters, abstracts, conceals or destroys, or causes to be altered, abstracted, concealed or destroyed, any entry, forges a document, or makes use of or holds in his possession a false document, purporting to be a valid document, alters any entry made in any document, or issues or uses a document which is false or incorrect, wholly or partially, or misleading commits an offence and on conviction shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one million ringgit or to a term of imprisonment not exceeding one year or to both, and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit for each day during which the offence continues after conviction.

Malay text (authoritative)

Pemalsuan, penyembunyian dan pemusnahan dokumen, dsb.

Seseorang, dengan niat untuk memperdaya, berkenaan dengan sesuatu dokumen yang akan dikemukakan atau diserahkan di bawah mana-mana peruntukan Akta ini, yang membuat atau menyebabkan supaya dibuat suatu catatan palsu, meninggalkan daripada membuat, atau menyebabkan supaya ditinggalkan, apa-apa catatan, atau mengubah, membuat cabutan, menyembunyikan atau memusnahkan, atau menyebabkan supaya diubah, dibuat cabutan, disembunyikan atau dimusnahkan, apa-apa catatan, memalsukan sesuatu dokumen, atau menggunakan atau memegang dalam milikannya suatu dokumen palsu, yang berupa sebagai suatu dokumen yang sah, mengubah apa-apa catatan yang telah dibuat dalam apa-apa dokumen atau mengeluarkan atau menggunakan suatu dokumen yang palsu atau tidak betul, secara keseluruhan atau sebahagiannya, atau mengelirukan melakukan suatu kesalahan dan apabila disabitkan boleh didenda tidak melebihi satu juta ringgit atau dipenjarakan selama tidak melebihi satu tahun atau kedua-duanya, dan, dalam hal kesalahan yang berterusan boleh didenda selanjutnya tidak melebihi satu ribu ringgit bagi setiap hari kesalahan itu berterusan selepas pensabitan.

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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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