Employment Insurance System Act 2017 s 78
s 78 Duty to keep returns, particulars, etc.
(1) Every employer shall keep or maintain any return, particulars, register book or record pertaining to each employee.
(2) The Employment Services Officer may request the employer to submit any return, particulars, register book or record referred to in subsection (1).
(3) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) or fails to comply with the request under subsection (2) 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)
Kewajipan untuk menyimpan penyata, butir-butir, dsb.
(1) Tiap-tiap majikan hendaklah menyimpan atau menyenggarakan apa-apa penyata, butir-butir, buku daftar atau rekod berkenaan dengan setiap pekerja.
(2) Pegawai Perkhidmatan Pekerjaan boleh meminta majikan untuk mengemukakan apa-apa penyata, butir-butir, buku daftar atau rekod yang disebut dalam subseksyen (1).
(3) Mana-mana orang yang melanggar subseksyen (1) atau tidak mematuhi permintaan di bawah subseksyen (2) 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).
