Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2007 s 64
s 64 Offence by body corporate
Where any offence against any provision of this Act has been committed by a body corporate, any person who at the time of the commission of the offence was a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, or was purporting to act in any such capacity, or was in any manner responsible for the management of any of the affairs of such body corporate, or was assisting in such management, shall also be guilty of that offence unless he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge, consent or connivance, and that he exercised
all such diligence to prevent the commission of the offence as he ought to have exercised, having regard to the nature of his functions in that capacity and to all the circumstances.
Malay text (authoritative)
Kesalahan oleh pertubuhan perbadanan
Jika apa-apa kesalahan terhadap mana-mana peruntukan Akta ini telah dilakukan oleh suatu pertubuhan perbadanan, mana-mana orang yang pada masa pelakuan kesalahan itu ialah seorang pengarah,
pengurus, setiausaha atau pegawai lain yang seumpamanya bagi pertubuhan perbadanan itu, atau yang berupa sebagai bertindak dalam mana-mana kapasiti sedemikian, atau telah dalam apa-apa cara bertanggungjawab bagi pengurusan apa-apa hal ehwal pertubuhan perbadanan itu, atau yang membantu dalam pengurusan sedemikian, juga melakukan kesalahan itu melainkan jika dia membuktikan bahawa kesalahan itu telah dilakukan tanpa pengetahuan, persetujuan atau pembiarannya, dan bahawa dia telah menjalankan segala usaha yang wajar dilakukannya untuk mencegah pelakuan kesalahan itu sebagaimana yang dia patut jalankan, dengan mengambil kira jenis fungsinya dalam kapasiti itu dan segala hal keadaan.
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Text as at 1 November 2014 (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).
