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, manager, secretary or other similar 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 management—
(a) may be charged severally or jointly in the same proceedings with the body corporate; and
(b) where the body corporate is found guilty of the offence, shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence unless, having regard to the nature of his functions in that capacity and to all circumstances, he proves—
(i) that the offence was committed without his knowledge, consent or connivance; and
(ii) that he took all reasonable precautions and had exercised due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence.
Malay text (authoritative)
Kesalahan oleh pertubuhan perbadanan
Jika sesuatu pertubuhan perbadanan melakukan suatu kesalahan di bawah Akta ini, mana-mana orang yang pada masa pelakuan kesalahan itu ialah seorang pengarah, pengurus, setiausaha atau pegawai lain yang seumpamanya dalam 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 sedemikian—
(a) boleh dipertuduh secara berasingan atau bersesama dalam prosiding yang sama bersekali dengan pertubuhan perbadanan itu; dan
(b) jika pertubuhan perbadanan itu didapati bersalah melakukan kesalahan itu, hendaklah disifatkan bersalah terhadap kesalahan itu melainkan jika, dengan mengambil kira jenis fungsinya atas sifat itu dan segala hal keadaan, dia membuktikan—
(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.
Text as at 1 March 2017 (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).
