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Labuan Limited Partnerships and Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2010 s 83

Labuan Limited Partnerships and Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2010 s 83

s 83 Secrecy

(1) No person who has by any means access to any record, book, register, correspondence, document, material or information, relating to the business and affairs of a Labuan limited partnership or Labuan limited liability partnership, as the case may be, shall give, divulge, reveal, publish or otherwise disclose to any person such record, book, register, correspondence, document, material or information. (2) All proceedings, other than criminal proceedings, relating to a Labuan limited partnership or Labuan limited liability partnership shall commence in the High Court, either under the provisions of this Act or for determining the rights or obligations of the partners. (3) The proceedings in subsection (2) and any appeal therefrom, shall, unless the High Court otherwise orders, be heard in camera and no details of the proceedings shall be published by any person without leave of the High Court. (4) The provisions of subsection (1) shall not apply— (a) where disclosure is required— (i) pursuant to an order by any court in any proceedings; (ii) for the purpose of the performance of the Authority’s supervisory functions as may be provided for under the Labuan Financial Services Authority Act 1996; or (iii) for the purposes of section 22 of the Labuan Business Activity Tax Act 1990; or (b) if there is consent of all the partners of the Labuan limited partnership or Labuan limited liability partnership. (5) Where the order referred to in subparagraph (4)(a)(i) has been obtained by an ex-parte application, the limited partners or partners of the Labuan limited partnership or Labuan limited liability partnership, as the case may be, may notify the person affected by the order and upon receipt of such notification, the affected person may file in the necessary application to the court to contest the order or otherwise comply with the order accordingly. (6) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one million ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both. (7) Nothing in this section shall prevent any court from exercising its discretion to require a person to produce any document or to give any evidence in any proceedings before the court which is relevant to those proceedings.

Malay text (authoritative)

Kerahsiaan

(1) Tiada seorang pun yang dengan apa-apa cara mempunyai akses kepada apa-apa rekod, buku, daftar, surat-menyurat, dokumen, bahan atau maklumat, yang berhubungan dengan perniagaan dan hal-ehwal sesuatu perkongsian terhad Labuan atau perkongsian liabiliti terhad Labuan, mengikut mana-mana yang berkenaan, boleh memberikan, membuka, mendedahkan, menyiarkan atau selainnya menzahirkan kepada mana-mana orang rekod, buku, daftar, surat-menyurat, dokumen, bahan atau maklumat itu. (2) Semua prosiding, selain prosiding jenayah, yang berhubungan dengan sesuatu perkongsian terhad Labuan atau perkongsian liabiliti terhad Labuan hendaklah dimulakan dalam mana-mana Mahkamah Tinggi, sama ada di bawah peruntukan Akta ini atau bagi menentukan hak atau obligasi pekongsi. (3) Prosiding dalam subseksyen (2) dan apa-apa rayuan daripada prosiding itu, hendaklah, melainkan jika diperintahkan selainnya oleh Mahkamah Tinggi, didengar secara tertutup dan tiada butir-butir prosiding itu boleh disiarkan oleh mana-mana orang tanpa kebenaran Mahkamah Tinggi. (4) Peruntukan subseksyen (1) tidak terpakai— (a) jika penzahiran dikehendaki— (i) menurut suatu perintah mana-mana mahkamah dalam mana-mana prosiding; (ii) bagi maksud pelaksanaan fungsi penyeliaan Lembaga yang diperuntukkan di bawah Akta Lembaga Perkhidmatan Kewangan Labuan 1996; atau (iii) bagi maksud seksyen 22 Akta Cukai Aktiviti Perniagaan Labuan 1990; atau (b) jika terdapat kebenaran daripada semua pekongsi perkongsian terhad Labuan atau perkongsian liabiliti terhad Labuan. (5) Jika perintah yang disebut dalam subperenggan (4)(a)(i) telah diperoleh melalui suatu permohonan ex-parte, pekongsi terhad atau pekongsi perkongsian terhad Labuan atau perkongsian liabiliti terhad Labuan, mengikut mana-mana yang berkenaan, boleh memberitahu orang yang terjejas dengan perintah itu dan apabila pemberitahuan itu diterima, orang yang terjejas itu boleh memfailkan permohonan yang perlu kepada mahkamah untuk mencabar perintah itu atau selainnya mematuhi perintah itu dengan sewajarnya. (6) Mana-mana orang yang melanggar subseksyen (1) melakukan suatu kesalahan dan boleh, apabila disabitkan, didenda tidak melebihi satu juta ringgit atau dipenjarakan selama tempoh tidak melebihi tiga tahun atau kedua-duanya. (7) Tiada apa-apa jua dalam seksyen ini boleh menghalang mana-mana mahkamah daripada menjalankan budi bicaranya untuk menghendaki mana-mana orang untuk mengemukakan apa-apa dokumen atau untuk memberikan apa-apa keterangan dalam mana-mana prosiding di hadapan mahkamah yang berkaitan dengan prosiding itu.

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Text as at 1 July 2023 (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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