Feed Act 2009 s 42
s 42 Offence by body corporate
Where a body corporate commits an offence under this Act or any regulations made under this Act, any person who at the time of the commission of the offence was a director, chief executive officer, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate or was purporting to act in any such capacity or was in any manner or to any extent responsible for the management of any of the affairs of the body corporate or was assisting in such management shall, as well as the body corporate, be deemed to have committed that offence unless he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge, consent or connivance and that he had taken all reasonable precautions and had exercised due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence.
Malay text (authoritative)
Kesalahan oleh pertubuhan perbadanan
Jika sesuatu pertubuhan perbadanan melakukan suatu kesalahan di bawah Akta ini atau mana-mana peraturan yang dibuat di bawah Akta ini, maka mana-mana orang yang pada masa pelakuan kesalahan itu ialah seorang pengarah, ketua pegawai eksekutif, pengurus, setiausaha atau pegawai lain seumpamanya dalam pertubuhan perbadanan itu atau yang berupa sebagai bertindak atas mana-mana sifat sedemikian atau yang mengikut apa-apa cara atau sehingga apa-apa takat bertanggungjawab bagi pengurusan apa-apa hal ehwal pertubuhan perbadanan itu atau yang membantu dalam pengurusan sedemikian hendaklah, dan juga pertubuhan perbadanan itu, disifatkan telah melakukan kesalahan itu melainkan jika dia membuktikan bahawa kesalahan itu telah dilakukan tanpa pengetahuannya, keizinannya atau pembiarannya dan bahawa dia telah mengambil segala langkah berjaga-jaga yang munasabah dan telah menjalankan usaha yang wajar untuk mengelakkan pelakuan kesalahan itu.
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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).
