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Weights and Measures Act 1972 s 22

Weights and Measures Act 1972 s 22

s 22 Offence committed by a servant

Where an offence under this Act or any regulations made thereunder is committed by a servant, the master in the course of whose employment the servant who commits the offence is employed shall also be guilty of the offence unless the said master proves to the satisfaction of the Court: (a) that he used due diligence to secure compliance with this Act or any regulations thereunder; and (b) that the offence was committed without his knowledge, consent or connivance.

Malay text (authoritative)

Kesalahan yang dilakukan oleh seorang pekhidmat

Jika sesuatu kesalahan di bawah Akta ini atau mana-mana peraturan yang dibuat di bawahnya dilakukan oleh seorang pekhidmat, majikan bagi pekhidmat yang melakukan kesalahan itu semasa bekerja dengannya hendaklah juga bersalah atas kesalahan itu melainkan majikan itu membuktikan hingga memuaskan hati mahkamah— (a) bahawa ia telah menggunakan usaha yang sepatutnya untuk mematuhi Akta ini atau mana-mana peraturan yang dibuat di bawahnya; dan (b) bahawa kesalahan itu telah dilakukan dengan tiada pengetahuan, persetujuan atau dibiarkan olehnya.

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Find Act 71 on lom.agc.gov.my ↗

Text as at 1 January 2009 (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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