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Private Aged Healthcare Facilities and Services Act 2018 s 51

s 51 Offence by body corporate, partnership or society

(1) If a body corporate, a partnership or a society commits an offence under this Act or any regulations made under this Act, a person who at the time of the commission of the offence was a director, chief executive officer, chief operating officer, manager, secretary or other similar officer of the body corporate, partnership or society or was purporting to act in any such capacity or was in any manner or to any extent responsible for the management of any of the affairs of the body corporate, partnership or society or was assisting in such management— (a) may be charged severally or jointly in the same proceedings with the body corporate, partnership or society; and (b) if the body corporate, partnership or society is found guilty of the offence, shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence unless, having regard to the nature of his functions in that capacity and to all circumstances, he proves— (i) that the offence was committed without his knowledge, consent or connivance; and (ii) that he had taken all reasonable precautions and exercised due diligence to prevent the commission of the offence. (2) Whenever any agent or employee in the course of his employment does or omits to do any act the doing or the omission to do of which by his principal or employer would be an offence against this Act or any regulations made under this Act, such agent or employee shall be guilty of that offence, and subsection (3) shall apply to his principal or employer. (3) If any person would be liable under this Act or any regulations made under this Act to any punishment or penalty for his act, omission, neglect or default, he shall be liable to the same punishment or penalty for every such act, omission, neglect or default of any employee or agent of his, or of the employee of the agent, if the act, omission, neglect or default was committed— (a) by that person’s employee in the course of his employment; (b) by the agent when acting on behalf of that person; or (c) by the employee of the agent in the course of his employment by the agent or otherwise on behalf of the agent acting on behalf of that person.

Malay text (authoritative)

Kesalahan oleh pertubuhan perbadanan, perkongsian atau pertubuhan

(1) Sekiranya sesuatu pertubuhan perbadanan, perkongsian atau pertubuhan melakukan suatu kesalahan di bawah Akta ini atau apa-apa peraturan-peraturan yang dibuat di bawah Akta ini, seseorang yang pada masa perlakuan kesalahan itu ialah seorang pengarah, ketua pegawai eksekutif, ketua pegawai operasi, pengurus, setiausaha atau pegawai lain yang seumpamanya dalam pertubuhan perbadanan, perkongsian atau pertubuhan itu atau yang berupa bertindak atas mana-mana sifat sedemikian atau yang dengan apa-apa cara atau pada apa-apa takat bertanggungjawab bagi pengurusan apa-apa hal ehwal pertubuhan perbadanan, perkongsian atau pertubuhan itu atau yang membantu dalam pengurusan sedemikian— (a) boleh dituduh secara berasingan atau bersesama dalam prosiding yang sama bersekali dengan pertubuhan perbadanan, perkongsian atau pertubuhan itu; dan (b) sekiranya pertubuhan perbadanan, perkongsian atau pertubuhan itu didapati bersalah melakukan kesalahan itu, hendaklah disifatkan bersalah atas kesalahan itu melainkan jika, dengan mengambil kira jenis fungsinya atas sifat itu dan segala hal keadaan, dia membuktikan— (i) bahawa kesalahan itu telah dilakukan tanpa pengetahuannya, persetujuannya atau pembiarannya; dan (ii) bahawa dia telah mengambil segala langkah berjaga-jaga yang munasabah dan telah menjalankan segala usaha yang wajar untuk mengelakkan perlakuan kesalahan itu. (2) Bilamana mana-mana ejen atau pekerja semasa menjalankan pekerjaannya melakukan atau meninggalkan sesuatu perbuatan yang dilakukan atau ditinggalkan oleh prinsipal atau majikannya akan menjadi suatu kesalahan terhadap Akta ini atau apa-apa peraturan-peraturan yang dibuat di bawah Akta ini, ejen atau pekerja itu hendaklah bersalah melakukan kesalahan, dan subseksyen (3) hendaklah terpakai bagi prinsipal atau majikannya. (3) Sekiranya mana-mana orang yang akan bertanggungan di bawah Akta ini atau apa-apa peraturan-peraturan yang dibuat di bawah Akta ini kepada apa-apa hukuman atau penalti untuk apa-apa tindakan, peninggalan, kecuaian atau keingkaran, dia hendaklah bertanggungan kepada hukuman atau penalti yang sama untuk setiap tindakan, peninggalan, kecuaian atau keingkaran mana-mana pekerja atau ejennya, atau pekerja ejen itu, sekiranya tindakan, peninggalan, kecuaian atau keingkaran itu telah dilakukan— (a) oleh pekerjanya dalam menjalankan pekerjaannya; (b) oleh ejen yang bertindak bagi pihak orang itu; atau (c) oleh pekerja ejen itu dalam menjalankan pekerjaan yang baginya dia diambil kerja oleh ejen itu atau sebaliknya bagi pihak ejen yang bertindak bagi pihak orang itu.

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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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