Employment Insurance System Act 2017 s 72
s 72 Fraud or forgery in connection with payment of contributions or claim for benefits
Any person who commits or conspires to commit any act of fraud or forgery in connection with the payment of contributions or a claim for benefits 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)
Fraud atau pemalsuan berkaitan dengan bayaran caruman atau tuntutan bagi faedah
Mana-mana orang yang melakukan atau bersubahat untuk melakukan apa-apa perbuatan fraud atau pemalsuan berkaitan dengan bayaran caruman atau tuntutan bagi faedah 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).