Employment Insurance System Act 2017 s 70

s 70 Power to require information and conduct inspection

(1) For the purpose of obtaining information as to whether any person has made payment of contributions or any other information relating to a claim of benefits under this Act, the Director General or any officer of the Organization authorized by the Director General may, by notice in writing, require any person who he has reasonable grounds to believe that the person has any information or document, or is capable of giving any evidence, that is relevant to the payment of contributions or to the claim for benefits under this Act— (a) to provide such information to the Director General or any officer of the Organization authorized by the Director General within such time as may be specified in the notice; or (b) to attend personally before the Director General or any officer of the Organization authorized by the Director General and to produce for examination any book, account, record and other documents including an electronic record as the Director General or any officer of the Organization authorized by the Director General deems necessary. (2) Where it appears to any Magistrate upon written information on oath and after such enquiry as he thinks necessary that there is reasonable grounds to believe that in any place or building there is any book, account, record or other documents including an electronic record the production of which has been required under subsection (1) but has not been produced, such Magistrate may issue a warrant authorizing the Director General or any officer of the Organization authorized by the Director General, with or without assistance, enter the place or building, by force if necessary, and inspect the place or building, seize, take possession of and detain any such book, account, record or other documents including electronic record. (3) Any person who fails to comply with subsection (1) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.

Malay text (authoritative)

Kuasa untuk menghendaki maklumat dan menjalankan pemeriksaan

(1) Bagi maksud memperoleh maklumat mengenai sama ada mana-mana orang telah membuat bayaran caruman atau apa-apa maklumat lain yang berhubungan dengan tuntutan bagi faedah di bawah Akta ini, Ketua Pengarah atau mana-mana pegawai Pertubuhan yang diberi kuasa oleh Ketua Pengarah boleh, melalui notis secara bertulis, menghendaki mana-mana orang yang dia mempunyai alasan yang munasabah untuk mempercayai bahawa orang itu mempunyai apa-apa maklumat atau dokumen, atau berupaya untuk memberikan apa-apa keterangan, yang berkaitan dengan bayaran caruman atau tuntutan bagi faedah di bawah Akta ini— (a) untuk memberikan apa-apa maklumat kepada Ketua Pengarah atau mana-mana pegawai Pertubuhan yang diberi kuasa oleh Ketua Pengarah dalam apa-apa masa yang dinyatakan dalam notis itu; atau (b) untuk hadir sendiri di hadapan Ketua Pengarah atau manamana pegawai Pertubuhan yang diberi kuasa oleh Ketua Pengarah dan untuk mengemukakan bagi pemeriksaan apa-apa buku, akaun, rekod dan dokumen lain termasuk rekod elektronik yang difikirkan perlu oleh Ketua Pengarah atau mana-mana pegawai Pertubuhan yang diberi kuasa oleh Ketua Pengarah. (2) Jika ternyata kepada mana-mana Majistret atas maklumat bertulis bersumpah dan selepas apa-apa siasatan yang difikirkannya perlu bahawa terdapat alasan yang munasabah untuk mempercayai bahawa di mana-mana tempat atau bangunan terdapat apa-apa buku, akaun, rekod atau dokumen lain termasuk rekod elektronik yang pengemukaannya telah dikehendaki di bawah subseksyen (1) tetapi tidak dikemukakan, Majistret itu boleh mengeluarkan waran yang memberi kuasa kepada Ketua Pengarah atau mana-mana pegawai Pertubuhan yang diberi kuasa oleh Ketua Pengarah, dengan atau tanpa bantuan, memasuki tempat atau bangunan itu, dengan kekerasan jika perlu, dan memeriksa tempat atau bangunan itu, menyita, mengambil milikan dan menahan apa-apa buku, akaun, rekod atau dokumen lain itu termasuk rekod elektronik. (3) Mana-mana orang yang tidak mematuhi subseksyen (1) melakukan suatu kesalahan dan boleh, apabila disabitkan, didenda tidak melebihi sepuluh ribu ringgit atau dipenjarakan selama tempoh tidak melebihi dua tahun atau kedua-duanya.

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Text as at 1 November 2021 (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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