(1) The amount of a fine awarded as a punishment under this Act for an offence other than against section 88 shall not exceed the
aggregate of fourteen days’ pay, and for an offence against section 88—
(a) in any case shall not exceed the aggregate of fourteen days’ pay; and
(b) where the civil offence constituting the offence against that section is punishable by a civil court in the Federation and is so punishable by a fine of a maximum amount less than the said aggregate, shall not exceed that maximum.
(2) For the purposes of this section “pay” means basic pay.
Malay text (authoritative)
Peruntukan mengenai denda
(1) Jumlah sesuatu denda yang diawardkan sebagai hukuman di bawah Akta ini bagi sesuatu kesalahan selain kesalahan terhadap
seksyen 88 tidak boleh melebihi agregat empat belas hari gaji, dan bagi sesuatu kesalahan terhadap seksyen 88—
(a) dalam apa-apa hal pun tidak boleh melebihi agregat empat belas hari gaji; dan
(b) jika kesalahan awam yang menjadi kesalahan terhadap seksyen itu boleh dihukum oleh sesuatu mahkamah awam di dalam Persekutuan dan boleh dihukum sedemikian dengan denda yang jumlah maksimumnya kurang daripada agregat tersebut, tidak boleh melebihi jumlah maksimum itu.
(2) Bagi maksud seksyen ini “gaji” ertinya gaji pokok.
Text as at 15 July 2022 (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).
