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Sales Tax Act 1972 s 26

Sales Tax Act 1972 s 26

This legislation has been repealed. Do not cite it as law in force.

s 26 Joint and several liability of directors, etc.

Where any sales tax, penalty or surcharge is due and payable by— (a) a company; (b) a firm; or (c) a society, an association or other body of persons, then notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Act or in any other Act, the directors of such company including persons who were directors of such company, or the partners of such firms, including any persons who were partners of such firm, or the members of such society, association or other body of persons, including any persons who were members of such society, association or other body of persons, during such taxable period, as the case may be, shall together with such company, firm, society, association or other body of persons, be jointly and severally liable for the sales tax, penalty or surcharge payable: Provided that in relation to a company that is being wound up, the directors of such company shall only be so liable where the assets of the company are insufficient to meet the amount due, after paying any sums having priority under the Companies Act 1965 in relation to the application of the assets of the company in such winding up over the sales tax, penalty or surcharge.

Malay text (authoritative)

Tanggungan bersesama dan berasingan pengarah, dll.

Jika apa-apa cukai jualan, penalti atau surcaj adalah genap masanya dan kena dibayar oleh— (a) syarikat; (b) firma; atau (c) pertubuhan, persatuan atau kumpulan orang yang lain, ________________________________________________________ *CATATAN—Dahulu “dua peratus” – lihat Akta Cukai Jualan (Pindaan) 1999 [Akta A1058]. walau apa pun peruntukan yang berlawanan dalam Akta ini atau dalam mana-mana Akta lain, pengarah syarikat itu termasuk orang yang menjadi pengarah syarikat itu atau pekongsi firma itu termasuk mana-mana orang yang menjadi pekongsi firma itu atau ahli bagi pertubuhan, persatuan atau kumpulan orang yang lain itu termasuk orang yang menjadi ahli pertubuhan, persatuan atau kumpulan orang yang lain itu, mengikut mana-mana yang berkenaan, hendaklah bersama dengan pertubuhan, persatuan atau kumpulan orang yang lain jualan itu, bertanggungan bersesama dan berasingan bagi cukai jualan, penalti atau surcaj yang kena dibayar itu: Dengan syarat bahawa berhubung dengan sesuatu syarikat yang sedang digulung, pengarah syarikat itu hanya bertanggungan sedemikian jika aset syarikat itu tidak mencukupi untuk menjelaskan amaun yang kena dibayar, selepas membayar apa-apa amaun yang mempunyai keutamaan di bawah Akta Syarikat 1965 berhubung dengan penggunaan aset syarikat itu dalam penggulungan itu, berbanding cukai jualan, penalti atau surcaj itu.

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Text as at 1 November 2012 (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).

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