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National Wages Consultative Council Act 2011 s 49

s 49 Offences by body corporate, etc.

If an employer who is a body corporate, partnership or society commits an offence under this Act— (a) in the case of a body corporate, any person who at the time of the commission of the offence was a director, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate; (b) in the case of a partnership, every partner in the partnership at the time of the commission of the offence; or (c) in the case of a society, every office-bearer of the society at the time of the commission of the offence, may be charged severally or jointly in the same proceedings with the body corporate, partnership or society and if the body corporate, partnership or society 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 proves— (A) that the offence was committed without his knowledge, consent or connivance; and (B) that he had taken all reasonable precautions and exercised due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence.

Malay text (authoritative)

Kesalahan oleh pertubuhan perbadanan, dsb.

Jika majikan yang merupakan suatu pertubuhan perbadanan, perkongsian atau persatuan melakukan suatu kesalahan di bawah Akta ini— (a) dalam hal suatu pertubuhan perbadanan, mana-mana orang yang pada masa pelakuan kesalahan itu merupakan pengarah, pengurus, setiausaha atau pegawai lain yang seumpama bagi pertubuhan perbadanan itu; (b) dalam hal suatu perkongsian, tiap-tiap pekongsi dalam perkongsian itu pada masa pelakuan kesalahan itu; atau (c) dalam hal suatu persatuan, tiap-tiap pemegang jawatan persatuan itu pada masa pelakuan kesalahan itu, boleh dipertuduh secara berasingan atau bersesama dalam prosiding yang sama dengan pertubuhan perbadanan, perkongsian atau persatuan itu dan jika pertubuhan perbadanan, perkongsian atau persatuan 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 membuktikan— (A) bahawa kesalahan itu telah dilakukan tanpa pengetahuannya, persetujuannya atau pembiarannya; dan (B) bahawa dia telah mengambil segala langkah berhati-hati yang munasabah dan menjalankan segala usaha yang wajar untuk mencegah 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).

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