If any offence under this Act, or any offence specified in the Schedule where the victim is a child has been committed by a body corporate, 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 responsible for the management of any of the affairs of such body corporate, or was assisting in such management, shall also be guilty of that offence unless he proves that the offence was committed without his knowledge, consent or connivance, and that he had exercised all due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence as he ought to have exercised, having regard to the nature of his functions in that capacity and to all the circumstances.
Malay text (authoritative)
Kesalahan oleh pertubuhan perbadanan
Jika mana-mana kesalahan di bawah Akta ini, atau mana-mana kesalahan yang dinyatakan dalam Jadual sekiranya mangsa ialah kanak-kanak telah dilakukan oleh suatu pertubuhan perbadanan, mana-mana orang yang pada masa pelakuan kesalahan itu ialah seorang pengarah, pengurus, setiausaha atau pegawai lain seumpamanya pertubuhan perbadanan itu, atau yang berupa sebagai bertindak atas mana-mana sifat sedemikian, atau mengikut apa-apa cara bertanggungjawab bagi pengurusan apa-apa hal ehwal pertubuhan perbadanan itu, atau yang membantu dalam pengurusan sedemikian, hendaklah juga bersalah atas kesalahan itu melainkan jika dia membuktikan bahawa kesalahan itu dilakukan tanpa pengetahuannya, keizinannya atau pembiarannya, dan bahawa dia telah menjalankan segala usaha yang wajar untuk mengelakkan pelakuan kesalahan itu sebagaimana yang dia patut jalankan, dengan mengambil kira jenis fungsinya atas sifat itu dan segala hal keadaan.
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).
