Labuan Foundations Act 2010 s 59
s 59 Accounts to be kept
(1) A Labuan foundation shall cause to be kept proper accounting and other records as will sufficiently explain the transaction and financial position of the Labuan foundation.
(2) Every Labuan foundation and the officers of the Labuan foundation shall cause appropriate entries to be made in the accounting and other records of the Labuan foundation within sixty days of the completion of the transactions to which they relate.
(3) The accounting and other records of a Labuan foundation shall be kept at the registered office of the Labuan foundation or at such other place in Labuan as the officers think fit and shall at all times be open to inspection by the council members, supervisory person, officers, and the approved auditor, if one is appointed.
(4) An officer of a Labuan foundation who fails to take all reasonable steps to secure compliance by the Labuan foundation with the requirements of this section, or has by his own wilful act been the cause of any default by the Labuan foundation under this section, commits an offence and shall, upon conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.
(5) Any founder, council member, supervisory person, officer and secretary of a Labuan foundation shall be entitled to be furnished, within seven days after he has made a request to the Labuan foundation, with a copy of the financial statements, accounts and records and report of approved auditor, if any, at no charge and if default is made in furnishing such a copy, the Labuan foundation and every officer is deemed to commit an offence and shall, upon conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.
Malay text (authoritative)
Akaun hendaklah disimpan
(1) Sesuatu yayasan Labuan hendaklah menyebabkan disimpan rekod perakaunan dan rekod lain yang sepatutnya yang akan menjelaskan dengan secukupnya transaksi dan kedudukan kewangan yayasan Labuan itu.
(2) Tiap-tiap yayasan Labuan dan pegawai yayasan Labuan itu hendaklah menyebabkan catatan yang sepatutnya dibuat dalam rekod perakaunan dan rekod lain yayasan Labuan itu dalam tempoh enam puluh hari dari selesainya transaksi yang berkenaan dengannya rekod itu berkaitan.
(3) Rekod perakaunan dan rekod lain sesuatu yayasan Labuan hendaklah disimpan di pejabat berdaftar yayasan Labuan itu atau di mana-mana tempat lain di Labuan sebagaimana yang difikirkan patut oleh pegawai dan hendaklah pada setiap masa boleh didapati untuk diperiksa oleh anggota majlis, orang yang menyelia, pegawai, dan juruaudit diluluskan, jika seorang juruaudit dilantik.
(4) Seseorang pegawai yayasan Labuan yang tidak mengambil segala langkah yang munasabah untuk memastikan pematuhan oleh yayasan Labuan itu akan kehendak seksyen ini, atau disebabkan perbuatan ingkarnya sendiri menyebabkan apa-apa keingkaran oleh yayasan Labuan itu di bawah seksyen ini, adalah melakukan suatu kesalahan dan boleh, apabila disabitkan didenda tidak melebihi sepuluh ribu ringgit atau dipenjarakan bagi suatu tempoh tidak melebihi enam bulan atau kedua-duanya.
(5) Mana-mana pengasas, anggota majlis, orang yang menyelia, pegawai dan setiausaha sesuatu yayasan Labuan berhak diberi, dalam
tempoh tujuh hari selepas dia membuat permintaan kepada yayasan Labuan itu, sesalinan pernyataan kewangan, akaun dan rekod dan laporan juruaudit diluluskan, jika ada, tanpa bayaran dan jika terdapat keingkaran dalam memberikan salinan sedemikian, yayasan Labuan itu dan tiap-tiap pegawai adalah dianggap melakukan suatu kesalahan dan boleh, apabila disabitkan didenda tidak melebihi sepuluh ribu ringgit atau dipenjarakan bagi suatu tempoh tidak melebihi enam bulan atau kedua-duanya.
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Text as at 1 August 2015 (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).