s 65 Offences by body corporate
(1) If a body corporate commits an offence under this Act, any person who at the time of the commission of the offence was a director or 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 managementβ
(a) may be charged severally or jointly in the same proceedings with the body corporate; and
(b) if the body corporate is found to have committed the offence, shall be deemed to have committed that offence unless, having regard to the nature of his functions in that capacity and to all circumstances, he provesβ
(i) that the offence was committed without his knowledge, consent or connivance; and
(ii) that he had taken all reasonable precautions and exercised due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence.
(2) If any person would be liable under this Act to any punishment or penalty for his act, omission, neglect or default, he shall be liable to the same punishment or penalty for every such act, omission, neglect or default of any employee or agent of his, or of the employee of the agent, if the act, omission, neglect or default was committedβ
(a) by that personβs employee in the course of his employment;
(b) by the agent when acting on behalf of that person; or
(c) by the employee of the agent in the course of his employment by the agent or otherwise on behalf of the agent acting on behalf of that person.
Malay text (authoritative)
Kesalahan oleh pertubuhan perbadanan
(1) Jika sesuatu pertubuhan perbadanan melakukan suatu kesalahan di bawah Akta ini, mana-mana orang yang pada masa pelakuan kesalahan itu ialah pengarah atau pegawai pertubuhan
perbadanan itu atau yang berupa bertindak atas apa-apa 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 sedemikianβ
(a) boleh dipertuduh secara berasingan atau bersesama dalam prosiding yang sama bersekali dengan pertubuhan perbadanan itu; dan
(b) jika pertubuhan perbadanan itu didapati telah melakukan kesalahan itu, hendaklah disifatkan telah melakukan kesalahan itu melainkan jika, dengan mengambil kira jenis fungsinya atas sifat itu dan segala hal keadaan, dia membuktikanβ
(i) bahawa kesalahan itu telah dilakukan tanpa pengetahuannya, persetujuannya atau pembiarannya; dan
(ii) bahawa dia telah mengambil segala langkah pencegahan yang munasabah dan telah menjalankan usaha yang wajar untuk mengelakkan pelakuan kesalahan itu.
(2) Jika mana-mana orang boleh dikenakan apa-apa hukuman atau penalti di bawah Akta ini bagi perbuatan, peninggalan, pengabaian atau keingkarannya, dia boleh dikenakan hukuman atau penalti yang sama bagi tiap-tiap perbuatan, peninggalan, pengabaian atau keingkaran mana-mana pekerja atau ejennya, atau pekerja ejen itu, jika perbuatan, peninggalan, pengabaian atau keingkaran itu telah dilakukanβ
(a) oleh pekerja orang itu dalam masa penggajiannya;
(b) oleh ejen itu semasa bertindak bagi pihak orang itu; atau
(c) oleh pekerja ejen itu dalam masa penggajiannya dengan ejen itu atau selainnya bagi pihak ejen itu yang bertindak bagi pihak orang itu.
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Find Act 710 on lom.agc.gov.my β
Text as at 1 August 2024 (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).
