Animal Welfare Act 2015 s 56
s 56 Offence committed by body corporate
Where a body corporate commits an offence under this Act or any of its subsidiary legislation, any person who at the time of the commission of the offence was a chief executive officer, 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 the 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 yang dilakukan oleh pertubuhan perbadanan
Jika sesuatu pertubuhan perbadanan melakukan suatu kesalahan di bawah Akta ini atau mana-mana perundangan subsidiarinya, mana-mana orang yang pada masa perlakuan kesalahan itu ialah ketua pegawai eksekutif, pengarah, pengurus, setiausaha atau
pegawai lain yang seumpamanya dalam pertubuhan perbadanan itu atau yang berupa sebagai bertindak atas apa-apa kapasiti sedemikian atau yang dalam apa-apa cara atau kepada apa-apa takat bertanggungjawab bagi pengurusan apa-apa hal ehwal pertubuhan perbadanan itu atau yang membantu dalam pengurusan sedemikian—
(a) boleh dituduh secara berasingan atau bersama dalam prosiding yang sama dengan pertubuhan perbadanan itu; dan
(b) jika pertubuhan perbadanan itu didapati telah melakukan kesalahan itu, hendaklah disifatkan bersalah atas kesalahan itu melainkan jika, dengan mengambil kira sifat fungsinya atas kapasiti itu dan segala keadaan, dia membuktikan—
(i) bahawa kesalahan itu telah dilakukan tanpa pengetahuan, persetujuan atau pembiarannya; dan
(ii) bahawa dia telah mengambil segala langkah-langkah berjaga-jaga yang munasabah dan telah menjalankan ketelitian yang wajar untuk mencegah perlakuan 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).
