Offences relating to Awards Act 2017 s 12

s 12 Receiving and using unrecognized foreign award

(1) A citizen shall not receive an unrecognized foreign award from any person whether within or outside Malaysia. Offences relating to Awards (2) A citizen shall not use and enjoy the appellation and style of an unrecognized foreign award in any form and manner. (3) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years. ILLUSTRATION A receives an unrecognized foreign award in 2010 that carries an appellation and style that A has been using since 2010. Upon the coming into operation of this Act, A is prohibited from using the appellation and style. A uses the appellation and style after the coming into operation of this Act. A commits an offence.

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Text as at 26 June 2024 (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).

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