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Goods and Services Tax Act 2014 s 111

Goods and Services Tax Act 2014 s 111

This legislation has been repealed. Do not cite it as law in force.

s 111 Imprisonment for non-payment of fine

Notwithstanding the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code, the period of imprisonment imposed by any court in respect of the non-payment of any fine under this Act, or in respect of the default of a sufficient distress to satisfy any such fine, shall be such period of such description, as in the opinion of the court will satisfy the justice of the case, but shall not exceed in any case the maximum fixed by the following scale: Where the fine The maximum period does not exceed five thousand two months ringgit exceeds five thousand ringgit but four months does not exceed ten thousand ringgit exceeds ten thousand ringgit but six months does not exceed twenty thousand ringgit with two additional months for every ten thousand ringgit after the first twenty thousand ringgit of the fine until a maximum period of six years is reached.

Malay text (authoritative)

Pemenjaraan kerana tidak membayar denda

Walau apa pun peruntukan Kanun Tatacara Jenayah, tempoh pemenjaraan yang dikenakan oleh mana-mana mahkamah berkenaan dengan ketiadaan bayaran apa-apa denda yang tidak dibayar di bawah Akta ini, atau berkenaan dengan keingkaran suatu distres yang memadai untuk membayar apa-apa denda sedemikian, adalah apa-apa tempoh bagi perihalan sedemikian, yang pada pendapat mahkamah akan mencapai keadilan bagi kes itu, tetapi tidak boleh dalam mana-mana hal melebihi tempoh maksimum yang ditetapkan menurut skala yang berikut: Jika denda itu Tempoh maksimum tidak melebihi lima ribu dua bulan ringgit melebihi lima ribu ringgit empat bulan tetapi tidak melebihi sepuluh ribu ringgit melebihi sepuluh ribu ringgit enam bulan tetapi tidak melebihi dua puluh ribu ringgit dengan dua bulan tambahan bagi tiap-tiap sepuluh ribu ringgit selepas dua puluh ribu ringgit yang pertama denda itu sehingga mencapai suatu tempoh maksimum enam tahun.

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Find Act 762 on lom.agc.gov.my ↗

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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