ONLINE VERSION OF UPDATED

Interpretation

Functions and powers of the Authority 4A.

Power to issue guidelines 4B.

Power to issue directions 4C.

Power to publish information 5.

Membership of the Authority 6.

Tenure of office 7.

Resignation and revocation 8.

Vacation of office 9.

Power of the Minister to give directions and require information 10.

Authority to determine its own procedure

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Section 11.

Authority may invite others to meetings 12.

Remuneration or allowance 13.

Common seal 14.

Delegation of Authority’s function or powers 15.

Authority may establish committees 16.

Minutes 17.

Disclosure of interest 17A.

Preservation of secrecy

Power to grant loans and make advances to its officers and servants 20.

Disciplinary committees 21.

Appeal against decision of disciplinary committee 22.

Power to make disciplinary regulations 23.

Imposition of surcharge 24.

Notification of surcharge 25.

Withdrawal of surcharge 26.

Recovery of surcharge 27.

Composition of the Authority in special cases 28.

Public servants

PART IIA

ENFORCEMENT POWERS AND PRESERVATION OF INFORMATION

Kuasa untuk mengeluarkan garis panduan 4B. Kuasa untuk mengeluarkan arahan 4C.

Kuasa untuk menyiarkan maklumat

Power to report suspected offence and adverse conditions 28C.

Examination 28D.

Appointment of investigating officer, powers, functions and duties 28E.

Powers of entry, search and seizure

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Section

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Seksyen

Search of a person 28H.

Obstruction to exercise of powers by an investigating officer 28I.

Tipping off 28J.

Admissibility of statements by accused persons 28K.

Admissibility of statements and documents of persons who are dead or cannot be traced

Evidence taken in foreign states 28N.

Admissibility of statements 28O.

Protection of informers 28P.

Assistance to other authority

Expenditure to be charged on the Fund

Levies 32A.

Power to impose and collect fee 33.

Accounts and reports 34.

Power to borrow 35.

Investment

Representation in civil proceedings 36AA.

Additional powers of the Authority 36B.

Compounding of offences 36C.

Liability of director, officer, controller, etc.

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Section 36E.

Application for winding up 36F.

Additional monetary punishment 36G.

Power to impose administrative penalties 36H.

Injunctions or other relief 36I.

Special audit 37.

Power to make regulations 38.

Power of the Minister to make modifications 38A.

Power to amend Schedule 38B.

Service of documents on Labuan financial institutions 38C.

Public Authorities Protection Act 1948 38D.

Conflict between laws 38E.

Procedure where none laid down 39.

Savings and transitional

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Act 545

An Act to establish the Labuan Financial Services Authority and to provide for its functions and powers, and for matters connected therewith.

[15 February 1996, P.U. (B) 66/1996]

BE IT ENACTED by the Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan

Agong with the advice and consent of the Dewan Negara and Dewan

Rakyat in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:

PART I

PRELIMINARY

Short title and commencement

1. This Act may be cited as the Labuan Financial Services Authority

Act 1996 and shall come into force on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint; and the Minister may appoint different dates for the coming into force of different provisions of this

Act.

Interpretation

2. (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

“accounting officer” includes every officer and servant who is charged with the duty of collecting, receiving, or accounting for, or

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who in fact collects, receives or accounts for, any money of the Fund, or who is charged with the receipt, custody or disposal of, or the accounting for, any store and property of the Authority or who in fact receives, holds or disposes of such store and property;

“Authority” means the Labuan Financial Services Authority established under section 3;

“Bank” means the Central Bank of Malaysia established under the

Central Bank of Malaysia Act 1958 [Act 519];

“Chairman” means the Chairman appointed under section 5;

“committee” means any committee established by the Authority under subsection 15(1);

“corporation” means any body corporate formed or incorporated or existing within Malaysia or outside Malaysia and includes any foreign Labuan company as defined in the Labuan Companies Act 1990 [Act 441] but does not include—

(a)

any corporation sole;

(b)

any trade union registered under any written law; and

(c)

any society registered under any written law relating to co-operative societies;

“dependant”, in relation to an officer or servant of the Authority, means the spouse, parent, children, including adopted children or step-children, or such other person as may be specified by the

Authority with the consent of the Minister from time to time by notice published in the Gazette;

“Director General” means the Director General appointed under section 5;

“Fund” means the Fund established under subsection 29(1);

“Labuan” means the Federal Territory of Labuan;

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“Labuan financial institution” means any person—

(b)

incorporated, registered or established under the laws specified in the Schedule;

“Labuan financial services” means any service provided by any person under any of the laws specified in the Schedule;

“Minister” means the Minister for the time being charged with the responsibility for finance;

“Registrar” means the Registrar of Companies under the

Companies Act 1965 [Act 125], and includes any Regional Registrar,

Deputy Registrar or Assistant Registrar of Companies.

(2)

(Deleted by Act A1365).

PART II

THE AUTHORITY

The Authority and its objectives

3. (1) There is hereby established a body corporate by the name of

“Labuan Financial Services Authority” with perpetual succession and a common seal, which may sue and be sued in its name and, subject to and for the purposes of this Act, may enter into contracts and may acquire, purchase, take, hold and enjoy movable and immovable property of every description and may convey, assign, surrender, yield up, charge, mortgage, demise, reassign, transfer or otherwise dispose of, or deal with, any movable or immovable property or any interest therein vested in the Authority upon such terms as it deems fit.

(2)

The objectives of the Authority are—

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(a)

to promote and develop Labuan as an international centre for business and financial services;

(b)

to develop national objectives, policies and priorities for the orderly development and administration of the international business and financial services in Labuan;

and

(c)

to act as the central regulatory, supervisory and enforcement authority of the international business and financial services industry in Labuan.

Functions and powers of the Authority

4. (1) The functions of the Authority shall be—

(a)

to administer, enforce, carry out and give effect to the provisions of this Act and the laws specified in the

Schedule and anything incidental to such laws and to ensure that such laws are complied with;

(b)

to exercise, discharge and perform such powers, duties and functions under the laws referred to in paragraph (a);

(c)

to maintain the good repute of Labuan as an international business and financial centre;

(d)

to carry out research and commission studies on financial services in Labuan;

(e)

to make recommendations for the creation and improvement of any facility likely to enhance the attraction of Labuan as a centre for financial services;

(f)

to co-operate with Labuan financial institutions and professional and industry associations in Labuan to promote and provide financial services and to foster high standards for Labuan financial services;

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(g)

to advise and make recommendations to the Minister on matters relating to Labuan financial services; and

(h)

to carry out all such activities and to do all such things as are necessary or advantageous and proper for the administration of the Authority, or for such other purposes as may be directed by the Minister.

(2)

The Authority shall have power to do all things expedient or reasonably necessary for, or incidental to, the performance of its functions and, in particular, but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing—

(a)

to appoint such agents as it deems fit for the purpose of performing its functions;

(b)

to impose fees or any other charges it deems fit for giving effect to any of its functions or powers;

(c)

to do such other things as it deems fit to enable it to carry out its functions and powers effectively.

(4)

The Authority may, with the written approval of the Minister, establish or participate in any body corporate—

(a)

for the purpose of promoting research and training in relation to offshore financial services;

(b)

for the purpose of enhancing the development of offshore financial services; or

(c)

if such establishment or participation is expedient or reasonably necessary for, or incidental to, the performance of the Authority’s functions provided under this Act or the laws specified in the Schedule.

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(6)

(Deleted by Act A1365).

Power to issue guidelines

4A. (1) The Authority may, in respect of this Act or the laws specified in the Schedule or any other matter relating to Labuan financial services, issue guidelines to clarify any provision of this Act or the laws specified in the Schedule to facilitate compliance with the law by a Labuan financial institution or any other matters relating to

Labuan financial services.

(2)

The Authority may amend or revoke any guideline issued under this section.

Power to issue directions

4B. (1) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in any other law relating to Labuan financial services, when the Authority is satisfied that it is necessary to do so for the purpose of giving effect to the objectives of the Authority, the Authority may issue directions to a Labuan financial institution in respect of all or any of the following matters:

(a)

the policy to be followed by the Labuan financial institution relating to the conduct of the institution’s business in Labuan;

(b)

the supervision and regulation of the Labuan financial institution pursuant to the laws relating to Labuan financial services;

(c)

the monetary policy to be given effect to by the Labuan financial institution; and

(d)

the action to be taken by the Labuan financial institution relating to its members or servants.

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and

Power to publish information

4C. (1) The Authority may publish any information with respect to any matter relating to Labuan financial services or any other information deemed by the Authority to be of public interest.

(2)

Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the

Authority may publish any information relating to any action taken by the Authority against any Labuan financial institution.

Membership of the Authority

5. (1) The Authority shall consist of the following members who shall be appointed by the Minister:

(a)

a Chairman;

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(b)

the Director General; and

(c)

not less than three and not more than seven other persons, two of whom shall be from the public sector.

(3)

The Director General shall be the chief executive officer of the Authority and shall be entrusted with the day-to-day administration of the Authority.

(4)

In the event of the Director General being absent or unable to act due to illness or any other cause, the Chairman shall appoint any member of the Authority to carry out the functions of the Director

General.

Tenure of office

6. Subject to such conditions as may be specified in his instrument of appointment, a member of the Authority shall, unless he sooner resigns or vacates his office or his appointment is sooner revoked, hold office for a term not exceeding three years and is eligible for reappointment.

Resignation and revocation

7. (1) The appointment of any member may at any time be revoked by the Minister.

(2)

A member may at any time resign his office by a written notice addressed to the Minister.

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Vacation of office

8. The office of a member of the Authority shall be vacated—

(a)

if he dies;

(b)

if he has been convicted of any offence under any law;

(c)

if he becomes a bankrupt;

(d)

if he is of unsound mind or is otherwise incapable of discharging his duties; or

(e)

if he absents himself from three consecutive meetings of the Authority without leave of the Chairman or in the case of the Chairman, without leave of the Minister.

Power of the Minister to give directions and require information

9. (1) The Minister may, from time to time, give to the Authority directions of a general character not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act and such directions shall be binding on the Authority.

(2)

The Minister may, from time to time, require the Authority to furnish the Minister with such returns, accounts and information with respect to the performance of any of its functions under this Act and any other law relating to Labuan financial services and the Authority shall comply with such requirement.

Authority to determine its own procedure

10. Subject to this Act and the approval of the Minister, the Authority shall determine its own procedure.

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Authority may invite others to meetings

11. The Authority may invite any person to attend any meeting or deliberation of the Authority for the purpose of advising it on any matter under discussion, but any person so attending shall have no right to vote at the said meeting or deliberation.

Remuneration or allowance

12. Members of the Authority or any person invited to attend any meeting or deliberation of the Authority under section 11 may be paid such remuneration or allowance as the Minister may determine.

Common seal

13. (1) The Authority shall have a common seal and such seal may from time to time be broken, changed, altered and made anew as the

Authority thinks fit.

(2)

Until a seal is provided by the Authority, a stamp bearing the words “Labuan Financial Services Authority” may be used and shall be deemed to be the common seal of the Authority.

(3)

The common seal shall be kept in the custody of the

Chairman or such other person as may be authorized by the

Authority, and shall be authenticated by either the Chairman or such authorized person or by any officer authorized by the Chairman in writing; and all deeds, documents and other instruments purporting to be sealed with the said seal, authenticated as aforesaid, shall, until the contrary is proven, be deemed to have been validly executed:

Provided that any document or instrument which, if executed by a person not being a body corporate, would not be required to be under seal may in like manner be executed by the Authority, and any such document or instrument may be executed on behalf of the Authority by any officer or servant of the Authority generally or specially authorized by the Authority in that behalf.

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(4)

The common seal of the Authority shall be taken judicial notice of for all official purposes.

Delegation of Authority’s function or powers

14. (1) The Authority may delegate any of its functions or powers to—

(a)

any member of the Authority;

(b)

any committee established by the Authority; or

(c)

any officer or servant of the Authority.

(2)

A delegation under this section shall not preclude the

Authority itself from performing or exercising at any time any of the functions or powers under this Act or the laws specified in the Schedule so delegated.

Authority may establish committees

15. (1) The Authority may establish such committees as it considers necessary or expedient to assist it in the performance of its functions under this Act or the laws specified in the Schedule.

(2)

The Authority may appoint any person to be a member of any committee established under subsection (1).

(3)

A committee established under this section may elect any of its members to be chairman and may regulate its own procedure and, in the exercise of its powers under this subsection, such committee shall be subject to and act in accordance with any direction given to the committee by the Authority.

(4)

Meetings of a committee established under this section shall be held at such times and places as the chairman of the committee may, subject to subsection (3), determine.

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(5)

A committee may invite any person, for the purpose of advising it on any matter under discussion, to attend any meeting of the committee but the person so invited shall not be entitled to vote at any such meeting.

(6)

Members of a committee or any person invited to attend any meeting of a committee may be paid such allowances and other expenses as the Authority may determine.

(7)

A member of a committee shall hold office for such term as may be specified in his letter of appointment and is eligible for reappointment.

(8)

The Authority may revoke the appointment of any member of a committee without assigning any reason therefor.

(9)

A member of a committee may at any time resign by giving notice in writing to the Chairman of the Authority.

Minutes

16. (1) The Authority or a committee shall cause minutes of all their meetings to be maintained and kept in proper form.

(2)

Any minutes made of meetings of the Authority or a committee, if duly signed, shall, in any legal proceedings, be admissible as prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein and every meeting of the Authority or a committee in respect of the proceedings of which minutes have been so made shall be deemed to have been duly convened and held and all members thereat to have been duly qualified to act.

Disclosure of interest

17. (1) Any member of the Authority or a committee who has or acquires, directly or indirectly, by himself, or his spouse or children, or his partner or his agent—

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(a)

any share or interest in any Labuan financial institution;

(b)

any share or interest—

(c)

any beneficial interest in land proposed to be acquired, purchased, leased or otherwise dealt with by the

Authority, which he knows to be affected or is likely to be affected by any project, scheme or enterprise approved or proposed to be approved by the Authority, shall declare the nature and extent of his share or interest to the

Authority or the committee, as the case may be.

(2)

Subject to subsection (7), the declaration required to be made by a member under subsection (1) shall be made—

(a)

in the case of paragraph (1)(a), at the first meeting of the

Authority or committee held after he acquires such share or interest;

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(3)

For the purposes of this section, a general notice given to the other members by a member to the effect that he is a shareholder or director of any specified company or firm and is to be regarded as interested in any contract which may, after the date of the notice, be made with or by that company or firm, shall be deemed to be a sufficient declaration of interest in relation to any contract so made.

(4)

A notice given under subsection (3) shall be of no effect unless it is given at a meeting of the Authority or the committee, as the case may be, or the member concerned takes reasonable steps to secure that it is brought up and read at the next meeting of the

Authority or the committee after it is given.

(5)

Every declaration made in pursuance of subsection (1) shall be recorded in the minutes of the meeting at which it was made or read.

(a)

take part in any deliberation (except by invitation of the

Authority or the committee, as the case may be) on any matter affecting any Labuan financial institution in which he has any share or interest, whether or not he has declared his share or interest, or in any decision relating thereto or in any matter incidental thereto; or

(b)

vote upon any resolution or question relating to any contract, acquisition, purchase, lease, dealing, project or scheme in which he has any share or interest, whether or not he has declared his share or interest, or take part in any deliberation (except by invitation of the Authority or the committee, as the case may be) or any decision relating thereto or any matter incidental thereto,

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and if he does so—

(7)

A member who, before his appointment as a member of the

Authority or a committee, has already acquired the share or interest referred to in subsection (1) shall declare the nature and extent of his share or interest to the Authority or committee, as the case may be, immediately upon his appointment by a general notice to be given to the Authority or the committee.

(8)

Any member of the Authority or a committee who fails to disclose his share or interest as provided under this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both.

Preservation of secrecy

17A. (1) No member, officer, servant, agent or consultant of the

Authority or person who has by any means access to any record, book, register, correspondence, document, material or information, relating to the business and affairs of the Authority in the performance of his duties or the exercise of his functions, shall give, divulge, reveal, publish or otherwise disclose to any person such record, book, register, correspondence, document, material or information unless he is lawfully required to do so by any court or under any written law.

(2)

Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to both.

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Appointment of officers and servants of the Authority

18. (1) The Authority may, from time to time, employ persons who shall be paid such remuneration and allowances and shall hold their employment on such other terms and conditions as the Authority may determine.

(2)

The Authority may make arrangements for the payment to its officers and servants and their dependants of such retirement benefits, gratuities or other allowances as it may determine.

Establishment of staff welfare fund

18A. (1) The Authority may, with the written approval of the

Minister, out of the funds of the Authority, create and maintain a trust account to be known as the “Labuan Financial Services Authority

Staff Welfare Fund” for the benefits of its officers and employees including their dependants.

(2)

The Labuan Financial Services Authority Staff Welfare Fund shall be utilized for such purposes conducive to the welfare of the officers and employees of the Authority, including their dependants, as may from time to time be provided in trust directions to be issued by the Authority with the approval of the Minister, and such directions may provide for the manner and the procedure for the making of the grant, loans or other payments from such Fund.

Power to grant loans and make advances to its officers and servants

19. The Authority may grant loans and make advances to its officers and servants on such terms and conditions as the Authority may determine.

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Disciplinary committees

20. (1) The Authority shall have disciplinary authority over all its officers and servants and shall exercise disciplinary control in respect of all such persons in accordance with this Act and any regulations made under section 22.

(2)

For the purposes of this section—

(a)

there shall be established a disciplinary committee of the

Authority in respect of the Director General consisting of—

(b)

the Authority may, by notification in the Gazette, establish different disciplinary committees for different categories of officers or servants of the Authority.

(3)

The following shall apply to any disciplinary committee established pursuant to paragraph (2)(b):

(a)

such committee shall consist of any number of members of the Authority, other than the Chairman of the

Authority, or officers of the Authority, or any combination of such members and officers; and

(b)

an officer who is a member of a disciplinary committee shall not be lower in rank than any officer or servant over whom the committee of which he is a member has disciplinary authority.

(4)

The committee established pursuant to paragraph (2)(b) shall exercise its powers in all matters relating to the discipline of officers and servants placed under its jurisdiction.

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(5)

In the exercise of its disciplinary functions and powers, a disciplinary committee referred to under subsection (2) shall have the power to take disciplinary action and impose any disciplinary punishment or any combination of two or more disciplinary punishments as may be provided for under any regulations made under section 22.

Appeal against decision of disciplinary committee

21. (1) A decision of the disciplinary committee under paragraph 20(2)(a) shall be appealable to the Minister.

(2)

A decision of the disciplinary committee under paragraph 20(2)(b) shall be appealable to the Disciplinary Appeal Board which shall consist of the following members:

(a)

the Chairman of the Authority, who shall be the chairman of the Disciplinary Appeal Board and having a casting vote; and

(b)

three members of the Authority, not being members of the disciplinary committee whose decision is the subject matter of the appeal, to be appointed by the chairman of the Disciplinary Appeal Board with the approval of the

Authority for the purpose of the appeal.

(3)

The Minister or the Disciplinary Appeal Board, as the case may be, may confirm, reverse or vary the decision of the disciplinary committee.

(4)

When the Disciplinary Appeal Board considers an appeal under subsection (2), a member of the disciplinary committee against whose decision the appeal is made who is also a member of the

Authority shall not be present or in any way participate in any proceedings relating to that appeal.

(5)

The decision of the Minister or the Disciplinary Appeal

Board under subsection (3) shall be final and conclusive.

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Power to make disciplinary regulations

22. (1) The Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, make such regulations as it deems necessary or expedient to provide for the discipline of the officers and servants of the Authority.

(2)

The disciplinary regulations made under this section—

(a)

may create disciplinary offences;

(b)

may provide for disciplinary punishments as the Authority may deem appropriate, and the punishments may extend to warning, fine, forfeiture of emoluments, a deferment of salary movement, reduction of salary, reduction in rank and dismissal;

(c)

hall provide for an opportunity to the person against whom disciplinary proceedings are taken to make representations against the disciplinary charge laid against him before a decision is arrived at by the disciplinary committee except in the following cases:

(i)

where an officer or servant of the Authority is dismissed or reduced in rank on the ground of conduct in respect of which a criminal charge has been proved against him;

(ii)

where the Authority, on the recommendations of the

Minister charged with home affairs, is satisfied that in the interest of the security of the Federation or any part thereof it is not expedient to carry out the requirements of this paragraph; or

(iii)

where there has been made against an officer or servant of the Authority any order of detention, supervision, restricted residence, banishment or deportation, or where there has been imposed on such officer or servant of the Authority any form of restriction or supervision by bond or otherwise,

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under any law relating to the security of the

Federation or any part thereof, prevention of crime, preventive detention, restricted residence, banishment, immigration, or protection of women and girls;

(d)

may provide for the interdiction with reduced emoluments of an officer or servant of the Authority during the pendency of a criminal proceedings against him or disciplinary proceedings against him with the view to his dismissal or reduction in rank; and

Imposition of surcharge

23. (1) A person who is or was in the employment of the Authority may be surcharged if it appears to the Authority that the person—

(a)

has failed to collect money owing to the Authority for the collection of which he is or was responsible;

(b)

is or was responsible for any improper payment of money from the Authority or for any payment of money which is not duly approved;

(c)

is or was responsible, directly or indirectly, for any deficiency in, or for the destruction of, any money, store or other property of the Authority;

(d)

being or having been an accounting officer, fails or has failed to keep proper accounts or records; or

(e)

has failed to make any payment, or is or was responsible for any delay in the payment from the Authority, of

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money to any person to whom such payment is due under any law or under any contract, agreement or arrangement entered into between that person and the Authority.

(2)

The Authority shall, before the person is surcharged, serve on him a written notice calling on him to show cause why he should not be surcharged.

(3)

If a satisfactory explanation is not received within fourteen days from the date of service of the aforesaid notice, the Authority may—

Notification of surcharge

24. The Authority shall notify the person surcharged in respect of any surcharge made under subsection 23(3).

Withdrawal of surcharge

25. Notwithstanding subsection 23(3) and section 24, the Authority may at any time withdraw any surcharge in respect of which a satisfactory explanation has been received or if it otherwise appears that no surcharge should have been made, and the Authority shall forthwith notify the person surcharged of the withdrawal.

Recovery of surcharge

26. The amount of any surcharge made under subsection 23(3) and not withdrawn under section 25 shall be a debt due to the Authority

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from the person surcharged and may be sued for and recovered in any court at the suit of the Authority and may also, if the Authority so directs, be recovered by deduction—

(a)

from the salary of the person surcharged; or

(b)

from the pension of the person surcharged, by equal monthly instalments not exceeding one-fourth of the total monthly salary or pension, as the case may be, of that person.

Composition of the Authority in special cases

27. In any action for surcharge against the Director General, the composition of the Authority for the purposes of sections 23 to 26

shall not include the Director General.

Public servants

28. All members of the Authority or any of its committees or any officer, servant or agent of the Authority while discharging their duties as such member, officer, servant or agent shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of the Penal Code [Act 574].

PART IIA

ENFORCEMENT POWERS AND PRESERVATION OF

INFORMATION

Interpretation in relation to Part IIA

28A. In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires—

“authority” means any authority vested with supervisory and regulatory or enforcement powers situated within or outside

Malaysia;

“criminal offence” means any offence under—

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(a)

any law in Malaysia relating to offshore financial services;

(b)

the Penal Code;

(c)

the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 [Act 234];

(d)

the Dangerous Drugs (Forfeiture of Property) Act 1988

[Act 340];

(e)

the Kidnapping Act 1961 [Act 365]; or

(f)

any other written law in Malaysia that is punishable with imprisonment;

“domestic law enforcement agency” includes a body or agency that is for the time being responsible in Malaysia for the enforcement of laws relating to the prevention, detection and investigation of any criminal offence;

“home supervisory authority” means any relevant authority or body in Malaysia or of any other country which exercises supervisory functions over the operations of offshore financial institutions;

“licensed offshore bank” has the meaning assigned to it in the

Offshore Banking Act 1990;

“police officer” means any member of the Royal Malaysia Police as defined in the Police Act 1967 [Act 344];

“property” means—

(a)

assets of every kind, whether corporeal or incorporeal, moveable or immoveable, tangible or intangible, however acquired; and

(b)

legal documents or instruments in any form evidencing title to or interest in the assets referred to in paragraph (a), including bank cheques, money orders, shares, securities, bonds, drafts and letters of credit.

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Submission of information

28B. (1) The Authority may, in the exercise of its supervisory functions under this Act or the laws specified in the Schedule, require any offshore financial institution or any corporation related to the offshore financial institution to submit to the Authority any information—

(a)

relating to the identity, affairs, account or particulars of any person who is a customer of the offshore financial institution or any corporation related to the offshore financial institution, or his nominee or beneficiary;

(c)

which the Authority deems necessary or expedient for the performance of such supervisory functions.

(3)

(Deleted by Act A1337).

(4)

(Deleted by Act A1365).

(5)

Any information obtained by the Authority under subsection

Schedule shall be confidential and a secret between the Authority and the person supplying it, and no person who has any information or document which to his knowledge has been disclosed in contravention of this subsection shall in any manner disclose the information or document to any other person.

(6)

Notwithstanding subsection (5), the Authority may give, divulge, reveal, publish or otherwise disclose any information submitted under subsection (1)—

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(a)

to any person in a consolidated or aggregated manner if it deems fit to do so, and such disclosure shall be confined to such information which does not relate to an individual

Labuan financial institution;

(b)

to the home supervisory authority of the Labuan financial institution and the disclosure may include any information which relates to an individual Labuan financial institution under the supervision of the home supervisory authority if the home supervisory authority has the necessary provision in its constituent documents or corresponding laws to safeguard such information from unlawful disclosure;

(c)

to the domestic law enforcement agency, when there is reasonable suspicion based on the evidence made available to the Authority that a criminal offence is about to be committed or is being committed or has been committed provided that the domestic law enforcement agency has executed a secrecy undertaking in favour of the Authority relating to any information provided under this subsection;

(d)

pursuant to an order by any court of competent jurisdiction in any proceedings, where the order obtained has been obtained by an ex-parte application, the

Authority may notify the person affected by the order and upon receipt of such notification, the affected person may file in the necessary application to the court to contest the order or otherwise comply with the order accordingly;

(e)

with the consent of the Labuan financial institution or the customer of such Labuan financial institution; or

(f)

in giving effect to any legal arrangement or memorandum of understanding or agreement with any foreign government or home supervisory authority entered into by—

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Schedule.

(8)

(Deleted by Act A1365).

(9)

(Deleted by Act A1365).

(a)

in the case of an individual person to a fine not exceeding one million and five hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both; and

(b)

in the case of a corporation or partnership to a fine not exceeding three million ringgit.

Power to report suspected offence and adverse conditions

28BA. (1) Where the Authority in the course of the exercise of any of its powers, or the discharge of any of its duties, or the performance of any of its functions, under this Act or the laws specified in the

Schedule, suspects any person to have committed any offence under this Act or under the laws specified in the Schedule, it shall be lawful

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for the Authority to give information of such commission to a police officer in charge of a police station or to any other police officer, or to convey any information in relation to such offence to any banking institution, or to any other financial institution or other person affected by such offence, or to any authority or person having power to investigate under, or enforce, the provision of the law under which the offence is suspected by the Authority to have been committed.

(2)

The Authority may inform the home supervisory authority, under condition of secrecy, of any adverse conditions in a Labuan financial institution if the Authority is satisfied that such information is necessary for the supervisory functions of the home supervisory authority.

Examination

28C. (1) The Director General or any person authorized by the

Authority shall, for the purposes of administering, enforcing, carrying out and giving effect to the provisions of this Act or the laws specified in the Schedule, have the power—

(a)

to request, inquire, examine and inspect; or

(b)

to make copies of or take extracts from, any record, report or document from any Labuan financial institution or any corporation related to any Labuan financial institution.

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Appointment of investigating officer, powers, functions and duties 28D. (1) For the purposes of carrying out investigation of any offence under this Act or under the laws specified in the Schedule, the Authority may appoint, by an instrument in writing, any officer or employee of the Authority or any other suitable person to be an investigating officer.

(2)

Subject to subsection (3), an investigating officer appointed under subsection (1) shall have all the powers, functions, and duties conferred on an investigating officer under this Act or the laws specified in the Schedule, and where such investigating officer is not an officer or employee of the Authority, he shall, in relation to such powers, functions and duties—

(a)

be subject to; and

(b)

enjoy such rights, privileges, protections, immunities and indemnities as may be specified in, the provision of this Act or other written law applicable to an officer or employee of the Authority.

(3)

An investigating officer shall be subject to the direction and control of the Authority, or of such other officer of the Authority as may be authorized by the Authority to act on behalf of the Authority, and of any other investigating officer or officers superior to him in rank, and shall exercise his powers, perform his functions, and discharge his duties referred to in subsection (2) in compliance with such directions, instructions, conditions, restrictions or limitations as the Authority, or an officer of the Authority authorized to act on behalf of the Authority or an investigating officer superior to him in rank, may specify orally or in writing, either generally, or in any particular case or circumstance.

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(6)

(Deleted by Act A1365).

Powers of entry, search and seizure

28E. (1) Where an investigating officer is satisfied, or has reason to suspect, that a person has committed any offence under this Act or the laws specified in the Schedule, he may, if in his opinion it is reasonably necessary to do so for the purpose of investigating into such offence—

(a)

enter any premises of a Labuan financial institution or any corporation related to any Labuan financial institution;

(b)

search the premises for any property, record, report, object, article, material, thing, book, minute book, account, register or document;

(c)

inspect, make copies of or take extracts from any record, report, object, article, material, thing, book, minute book, account, register or document so seized and detained;

(d)

take possession of and remove from the premises, any property, record, report, object, article, material, thing, book, minute book, account, register or document so seized and detained and detain it for such periods as he deems necessary;

(e)

search any person who is in, or on, such premises, if the investigating officer has reason to suspect that, that person has on his person any property, record, report, object, article, material, thing, book, minute book, account, register or document, including personal documents, necessary, in the investigating officer’s opinion, for the purpose of investigating into any criminal offence;

(f)

break open, examine and search any article, container or receptacle; or

(g)

stop, detain or search any conveyance.

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(2)

An investigating officer may, if it is necessary to do so—

(a)

break open any outer or inner door of such premises or conveyance and enter such premises or conveyance;

(b)

remove by force any obstruction to such entry, search, seizure, detention or removal as he is empowered to effect; or

(c)

detain any person found on such premises, or in such conveyance, until the search is completed.

(3)

Notwithstanding any provision under this Act to the contrary, any detention of any person under this section shall not be for more than twenty four hours without the authorisation of a Magistrate.

(4)

An investigating officer may seize, take possession of, and detain for such duration as he thinks necessary, any property, record, report, object, article, material, thing, book, minute book, account, register or document produced before him in the course of his investigation or found on the person who is being searched by him.

(5)

A list of all things seized in the course of a search made under this section and of the premises in which they are respectively found shall be prepared by the investigating officer conducting the search and signed by him.

(6)

The occupant of the premises entered under subsection (1), or some person on his behalf, shall be permitted to attend during the search, and a copy of the list prepared and signed under this section shall be delivered to such occupant or person at his request.

(7)

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions, no investigating officer of the Authority shall enter any premises by the use of force without a search warrant by a Magistrate unless he has reasonable grounds for believing that, by reason of the delay in obtaining a search warrant, any property, record, report, object, article, material, thing, book, minute book, account, register or document may be

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interfered with or destroyed or the object of any entry is likely to be frustrated.

(8)

An investigating officer shall, unless otherwise ordered by any court—

(a)

on the close of investigations or any proceedings arising therefrom; or

(b)

with the prior written consent of his superior officer, at any time before the close of investigations, release any property, record, report, object, article, material, thing, book, minute book, account, register or document seized, detained or removed by him, to such person as he determines to be lawfully entitled to the property, record, report, object, article, material, thing, book, minute book, account, register or document if he is satisfied that it is not required for the purpose of any prosecution or proceedings under this Act, or for the purpose of any prosecution under any other written law.

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Power to examine persons

28F. (1) Notwithstanding any written law, or oath, undertaking or requirement of secrecy or confidentiality to the contrary, or an obligation under an agreement or arrangement, express or implied, to the contrary, an investigating officer conducting an investigation shall have the power to administer an oath or affirmation to the person being examined.

(a)

order any person to attend before him for the purpose of being examined orally in relation to any matter which may, in his opinion, assist in the investigation into the offence;

(b)

order any person to produce before him any property, record, report, object, article, material, thing, book, minute book, account, register or document or any certified copy thereof, or any other article which may, in his opinion assist in the investigation into the offence; or

(c)

by written notice require any person to furnish a statement in writing made on oath or affirmation setting out therein all such information which may be required under the notice, being information which, in such officer’s opinion, would be of assistance on the investigation into the offence.

(4)

A person to whom an order under paragraph (2)(a) has been given shall—

(a)

attend in accordance with the terms of the order to be examined, and shall continue to attend from day to day where so directed until the examination is completed; and

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(b)

during such examination, disclose all information which is within his knowledge, or which is available to him, in respect of the matter in relation to which he is being examined, and answer any question put to him truthfully and to the best of his knowledge and belief, and shall not refuse to answer any question on the ground that it tends to incriminate him or his spouse.

(5)

A person to whom an order has been given under paragraph (2)(b) shall not conceal, destroy, alter, remove from

Malaysia, or deal with, expend, or dispose of, any book, record, report, document or article specified in the order, or alter or deface any entry in any such book or document, or cause such act to be done, or assist or conspire to do such act.

(6)

A person to whom a written notice has been given under paragraph (2)(c) shall, in his statement, furnish and disclose truthfully all information required under the notice which is within his knowledge, or which is available to him, or which is capable of being obtained by him, and shall not refuse to furnish or disclose the information on the ground that it tends to incriminate him or his spouse.

(7)

A person to whom an order or a notice is given under subsection (2) shall comply with such order or notice and with subsections (4), (5) and (6) notwithstanding any written law or rule of law to the contrary.

(8)

Where any person discloses any information or produces any book, record, report, document or article pursuant to subsections (2),

(9)

An investigating officer examining a person under paragraph (2)(a) shall record in writing any statement made by the

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person and the statement so recorded shall be read to and signed by the person, and where such person refuses to sign the record, the officer shall endorse thereon under his hand the fact of such refusal and the reasons therefore, if any, stated by the person examined.

Act or the laws specified in the Schedule, regardless whether such proceedings are against the person who was examined, or who produced the book, record, report, document or article, or who made the written statement on oath or affirmation, or against any other person.

Search of a person

28G. (1) An investigating officer searching any person under subsection 28E(1) may detain the person for such period as may be necessary to have the search carried out, which shall not in any case exceed twenty-four hours without the authorization of a Magistrate, and may, if necessary, remove the person in custody to another place to facilitate such search.

(2)

No person shall be searched under this Part except by an investigating officer of the same gender and such search shall be carried out with strict regard to decency.

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Obstruction to exercise of powers by an investigating officer

28H. (1) Any person who—

(a)

refuses any investigating officer access to any premises, or fails to submit to the search of his person;

(b)

assaults, obstructs, hinders or delays an investigating officer in effecting any entrance which he is entitled to effect;

(c)

fails to comply with any lawful demands of any investigating officer in the execution of his duties under this Part;

(e)

fails to produce to, or conceal or attempt to conceal from, an investigating officer, any property, record, report or document, which the investigating officer requires;

(f)

rescues or attempts to rescue any thing which has been duly seized;

(h)

before or after any search or seizure, breaks or otherwise destroys any thing to prevent its seizure, or the securing of the property, record, report or document, commits an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one million ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both, and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding one thousand ringgit for each day during which the offence continues after conviction.

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Tipping off

28I. (1) Any person who—

(a)

knows or has reason to suspect that an investigating officer is acting, or is proposing to act, in connection with an investigation which is being, or is about to be, conducted under or for the purposes of this Act or the laws specified in the Schedule and discloses to any other person information or any other matter which is likely to prejudice that investigation or proposed investigation; or

(b)

knows or has reason to suspect that a disclosure has been made to an investigating officer under this Act or the laws specified in the Schedule and discloses to any other person information or any other matter which is likely to prejudice any investigation which might be conducted following the disclosure, commits an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one million ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both.

(2)

Nothing in subsection (1) makes it an offence for an advocate and solicitor or his employee to disclose any information or other matter—

(a)

to his client or the client’s representative in connection with the giving of advice to the client in the course and for the purpose of the professional employment of the advocate and solicitor; or

(b)

to any person in contemplation of, or in connection with and for the purpose of, any legal proceedings.

(3)

Subsection (2) does not apply in relation to any information or other matter which is disclosed with a view to furthering any illegal purpose.

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(4)

In proceedings against a person for an offence under this section, it is a defence to prove that—

(a)

he did not know or suspect that the disclosure made under paragraph (2)(b) was likely to prejudice the investigation;

or

(b)

he had lawful authority or reasonable excuse for making the disclosure.

Admissibility of statements by accused persons

28J. (1) In any trial or inquiry by a court into a criminal offence under this Act or under the laws specified in the Schedule, any statement, whether the statement amounts to a confession or not or is oral or in writing, made at any time, whether before or after the person is charged and whether in the course of an investigation or not and whether or not wholly or partly in answer to questions, by an accused person to or in the hearing of any investigating officer of the

Authority, whether or not interpreted to him by any officer of the

Authority or any other person, whether concerned or not in the arrest of that person, shall, notwithstanding any written law or rule of law to the contrary, be admissible at his trial in evidence and, if that person tenders himself as a witness, any such statement may be used in cross-examination and for the purpose of impeaching his credit.

(3)

Where any person is arrested or is informed that he may be prosecuted for any criminal offence, he shall be served with a notice

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in writing, which shall be explained or interpreted to him, as the case may be, to the following effect:

“You have been arrested/informed that you may be prosecuted for

.... (the possible criminal offence). Do you wish to say anything?

If there is any fact on which you intend to rely in your defence in court, you are advised to mention it now. If you hold it back till you go to court, your evidence may be less likely to be believed and this may have an adverse effect on your case in general. If you wish to mention any fact now, and you would like it written down, this will be done.”.

(4)

Notwithstanding subsection (3), a statement by any person accused of any offence made before there is time to serve a notice under that subsection shall not be rendered inadmissible in evidence merely by reason of no such notice having been served on him if such notice has been served on him as soon as is reasonably possible after the statement is made.

(5)

No statement made by an accused person in answer to a written notice served on him pursuant to subsection (3) shall be construed as a statement caused by any inducement, threat or promise as is described in subsection (2), if it is otherwise voluntary.

(6)

Where in any criminal proceedings against a person for an offence, evidence is given that the accused, on being informed that he might be prosecuted for it, failed to mention any such fact, being a fact which in the circumstances existing at the time he could reasonably have been expected to mention when so informed, the court, in determining whether the prosecution has made out a prima facie case against the accused and in determining whether the accused is guilty of the offence charged, may draw such inferences from the failure as appear proper; and the failure may, on the basis of those inferences, be treated as, or as capable of amounting to, corroboration of any evidence given against the accused in relation to which the failure is material.

(7)

Nothing in subsection (6) shall in any criminal proceedings—

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(a)

prejudice the admissibility in evidence of the silence or other reaction of the accused in the face of anything said in his presence relating to the conduct in respect of which he is charged, in so far as evidence of it would be admissible apart from that subsection; or

(b)

be taken to preclude the drawing of any inference from any such silence or other reaction of the accused which could be drawn apart from that subsection.

Admissibility of statements and documents of persons who are dead or cannot be traced

28K. Notwithstanding any written law to the contrary, in any proceedings against any person for an offence under this Act or the laws specified in the Schedule—

(a)

any statement made by any person to an investigating officer in the course of an investigation into any offence under this Act or the laws specified in the Schedule; and

(b)

any document, or copy of any document, seized from any person by an investigating officer of the Authority in exercise of his powers under this Act or the laws specified in the Schedule, shall be admissible in evidence in any proceedings in Malaysia before any court, where the person who made the statement or the document or the copy of the document is dead, or cannot be traced or found, or has become incapable of giving evidence, or whose attendance cannot be procured without an amount of delay or expense which appears to the court unreasonable.

Admissibility of translation of documents

28L. (1) Where any document which is to be used in any proceedings against any person is in a language other than the national language or English language, a translation of such document into the national

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language or English language shall be admissible in evidence where the translation is accompanied by a certificate of the person who translated the document setting out that it is an accurate, faithful and true translation and the translation had been done by such person at the instance of the officer authorized by the Authority, the Public

Prosecutor or an officer of any domestic law enforcement agency.

(2)

Subsection (1) shall apply to a document which is translated, regardless whether the document was made in or outside Malaysia, or whether the translation was done in or outside Malaysia, or whether possession of such document was obtained by the authorized officer of the Authority, the Public Prosecutor or an officer of any domestic law enforcement agency in or home supervisory authority outside

Malaysia.

Evidence taken in foreign states

28M. (1) Where any evidence is obtained by the Authority in any

Malaysian embassy, such evidence shall be admissible for any legal proceedings in Malaysia and such evidence shall be deemed to be obtained in Malaysia, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any written law.

(2)

For the purposes of this section, “Malaysian embassy” means such embassy established by the Malaysian Government in any foreign state.

Admissibility of statements

28N. The record of an examination, any property, record, report or document produced, or any statement recorded by the Authority under this Act shall, notwithstanding any written law or rule of law to the contrary, be admissible as evidence in any proceedings in any court for, or in relation to, an offence or any other matter under this

Act or any offence under any other written law, regardless whether such proceedings are against the person who was examined, or who produced the property, record, report or document, or who made the written statement on oath or affirmation, or against any other person.

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Protection of informers

28O. (1) Subject to subsection (2), where any complaint made by an officer of the Authority states that the complaint is made in consequence of information received by the officer making the complaint, the identity of the person from whom such information is received shall be secret between the officer who made the complaint and the person who gave the information, and everything contained in such information relating to the identity of the person who gave the information, shall not be disclosed or be ordered or required to be disclosed in any civil, criminal or other proceedings in any court, tribunal or other authority.

contains any entry or other matter in which any person who gave the information is named or described or shown, or which might lead to his discovery, the court before which the proceedings are held shall cause all such parts thereof or passages therein to be concealed from view or to be obliterated or otherwise removed so far as is necessary to protect such person from discovery.

(3)

Any person who gives the information referred to in subsection (1) knowing that the information is false shall be guilty of an offence and shall on conviction be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years, and shall also be liable to a fine not exceeding one million ringgit; and for the purposes of any investigation into, or prosecution of, any offence under this subsection, subsections (1) and (2) shall not apply.

Assistance to other authority

28P. (1) The Authority may on its own initiative, or upon the lawful request of any authority—

(a)

supply to the requesting authority a copy of any property, record, report, object, article, material, thing, book, minute

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book, account, register or document seized, detained or taken possession of under section 28E or produced under paragraph 28F(2)(b), or of any written statement on oath or affirmation made under paragraph 28F(2)(c), or any record of examination made under subsection 28F(9), or otherwise in the course of any examination under section 28F, and such requesting authority may make use of such copy of such property, record, report, object, article, material, thing, book, minute book, account, register or document, statement or examination record as may be necessary or expedient in relation to the exercise of his powers, the performance of his functions, or the discharge of his duties, in respect of any person; or

(b)

allow the requesting authority to have access to and inspect any property record, report, object, article, material, thing, book, minute book, account, register or document which had been produced before, or seized, detained or taken possession of, by an investigating officer under this Act or the laws specified in the

Schedule, and such requesting authority may make use of any knowledge gained by such access or inspection as may be necessary or expedient in relation to the exercise of his powers, the performance of his functions, or the discharge of his duties, in respect of any person.

(2)

Where the Authority agrees to provide such assistance to the requesting authority, the Authority may exercise all or any part of the power of the investigating officer as provided under this Act or the law as specified in the Schedule or under the laws administered by the requesting authority.

(3)

Nothing in this Act shall be construed to empower the requesting authority to divulge, disclose or otherwise publish the information or material provided under subsection (1) without the consent of the Authority.

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PART III

FINANCE

The Fund

29. (1) There is hereby established, for the purposes of this Act, a fund to be administered and controlled by the Authority.

(2)

The Fund shall consist of—

(a)

such sums as may be provided from time to time for the purposes of this Act by Parliament;

(b)

sums borrowed by the Authority for the purposes of meeting any of its obligations or discharging any of its duties;

(c)

levies payable under section 32;

(d)

fees, costs or other charges imposed by the Authority under this Act or other laws relating to offshore financial services;

(e)

any compound paid under this Act or other laws relating to offshore financial services;

(ea)

all monies collected by the Authority for any administrative penalties under section 36G or under the laws specified in the Schedule; and

(f)

all other sums or property which may in any manner become payable to or vested in the Authority in respect of any matter incidental to its functions and powers.

Expenditure to be charged on the Fund

30. The Fund shall be expended for the purpose of—

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(a)

paying any expenditure lawfully incurred by the

Authority, including legal fees and costs and other fees and costs, and the remuneration of officers and servants of the

Authority, including the granting of loans, superannuation allowances or gratuities;

(b)

paying any other expenses, costs or expenditure properly incurred or accepted by the Authority in the performance of its functions or the exercise of its powers under this

Act;

(c)

purchasing or hiring equipment, machinery and any other materials, acquiring land and erecting buildings, and carrying out any other works and undertakings in the performance of its functions or the exercise of its powers under this Act;

(d)

repaying any moneys borrowed under this Act and the interest due thereon; and

(e)

generally, paying any expenses for carrying into effect the provisions of this Act.

Conservation of Fund

31. It shall be the duty of the Authority to conserve the Fund by so performing its functions and exercising its powers under this Act as to secure that the total revenues of the Authority are sufficient to meet all sums properly chargeable to its revenue account including depreciation and interest on capital taking one year with another.

Levies

32. (1) An Labuan financial institution shall be liable, in the case of any Labuan financial service provided by it, to pay a levy to the

Authority.

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Labuan financial services.

(3)

The amount of any levy payable under this section shall be recoverable as a civil debt due to the Authority.

(4)

The Minister may make regulations providing for—

(a)

the payment of levies under this section;

(b)

subject to the provisions relating to secrecy under any written law relating to offshore financial institutions, the keeping, examination and audit of the accounts of the

Labuan financial institutions relating to the collection of such levies.

Power to impose and collect fee

32A. Notwithstanding any provision under any other law relating to

Labuan financial services, the Authority may, with the approval of the Minister, by order published in the Gazette, impose and collect any fee for any service provided by or on behalf of the Authority under this Act or any other law relating to offshore financial services and for the grant or issuance of any licence, permit, registration, approval or exemption which the Authority may grant or issue under any law.

Accounts and reports

33. (1) The Authority shall cause proper accounts of the Fund and proper reports of its activities to be kept and shall, as soon as practicable after the end of each financial year, cause to be prepared—

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(a)

a statement of accounts of the Authority which shall include a balance sheet and an account of income and expenditure; and

(b)

a statement of its activities, for that financial year.

(3)

The Statutory Bodies (Accounts and Annual Reports)

Act 1980 [Act 240] shall apply to the Authority.

Power to borrow

34. The Authority may from time to time, with the approval of the

Minister, borrow, at such rate of interest and for such period and upon such terms as to the time and method of repayment and otherwise as the Minister may approve, any sums required by the

Authority for meeting any of its obligations or performing any of its functions under this Act.

Investment

35. The moneys of the Authority shall, in so far as they are not required to be expended by the Authority under this Act, be invested in such manner as the Authority deems fit.

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PART IV

GENERAL

Protection against suit and legal proceedings

36. (1) No action, suit, prosecution or other proceedings shall lie or be brought, instituted or maintained in any court or before any other authority against—

(a)

the Minister;

(b)

the Authority;

(c)

any member, officer, committee, servant, agent of the

Authority; or

(d)

any other person lawfully acting on behalf of, or in compliance with instructions of the Authority, for or on account of, or in respect of, any act done or statement made or omitted to be done or made, or purporting to be done or made or omitted to be done or made, in pursuance or in execution of, or intended pursuance of or execution of, this Act or the laws specified in the Schedule, or any guideline, direction, information or other thing issued under this Act or the laws specified in the Schedule if such act or statement was done or made, or was omitted to be done or made, in good faith.

(2)

For the purposes of Part IIA, no action, suit or prosecution or other proceeding shall lie or be brought or maintained in any court or before any other authority against any person for complying with any provision under Part IIA.

(3)

The foregoing provisions shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, the Public Authorities Protection Act 1948 [Act 198], and for the purposes of that Act, every person mentioned in the foregoing provisions shall be deemed to be a public officer or a person engaged or employed in the performance of a public duty.

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Representation in civil proceedings

36A. (1) Notwithstanding any other written law—

(a)

in any civil proceedings by or against the Authority; or

(b)

in any other civil proceedings in which the Authority is required or permitted by the court to be represented or to be heard, or is otherwise entitled to be represented or to be heard, any person authorized in writing by the Authority for such purpose may, on behalf of the Authority, institute such proceedings or appear in such proceedings and may make all appearances and applications and do all acts in respect of such proceedings on behalf of the

Authority.

(2)

For the purposes of this section, any person shall include—

(a)

any director, officer or employee of the Authority who has been admitted as an advocate and solicitor under the Legal

Profession Act 1976 [Act 166];

(b)

any advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya or the High Court of Sabah and Sarawak; or

(c)

a federal counsel or senior federal counsel in the Attorney

General’s Chambers.

Additional powers of the Authority

36AA. (1) Without prejudice to any provision under any written law, the Authority shall have the locus standi or legal right—

(a)

to appear, institute and conduct proceedings (whether civil or criminal) in any court in respect of any matter relating to its functions and powers under this Act or any laws specified in the Schedule;

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(b)

to apply and obtain such relief available to any civil litigant including but not limited to the relief under the

Specific Relief Act 1950 [Act 137];

(c)

to seek guidance and directions from the High Court on any point of law or as to the interpretation or implementation of any provisions of this Act or the laws specified in the Schedule; and

(d)

to intervene in any proceedings in which a Labuan financial institution is a party.

(2)

Notwithstanding subsection (1), the Authority may claim for the recovery of fees, sum of money payable under this Act or legal costs incurred in the exercise of its powers under this Act from the relevant person or Labuan financial institution, as the case may be.

Compounding of offences

36B. (1) The Authority may, with the written consent of the Public

Prosecutor, in a case where he deems it fit and proper so to do, compound any offence committed by any person which is punishable under this Act by making a written offer to such person to compound the offence on payment to the Authority, within such time as may be specified in the offer, of an amount which shall not exceed fifty per centum of the amount of the maximum fine to which that person would have been liable if he had been convicted of the offence.

(3)

Where the amount specified in the offer under subsection (1)

is not paid within the time specified in the offer, or within such extended period as the Authority may grant, prosecution of the offence may be instituted at any time after that against the person to whom the offer was made.

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(4)

Where an offence has been compounded under subsection (1), no prosecution shall be instituted after that in respect of such offence against the person to whom the offer to compound was made.

Liability of director, officer, controller, etc.

36C. Where any offence against any provision of this Act has been committed by any Labuan financial institution, any person who at the time of the commission of the offence was a director, officer, or controller, of the Labuan financial institution 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 such Labuan financial institution, or was assisting in such management, shall be guilty of that offence unless he proves that the offence was committed without his consent or connivance and that he exercised all such 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.

Power to prosecute offences

36D. (1) Any person authorized by the Authority may, with the written authorization of the Public Prosecutor, prosecute in any court any case in respect of any offence committed under this Act or any offences committed under the laws specified in the Schedule.

(2)

For the purposes of section 380 of the Criminal Procedure

Code [Act 593], an officer or employee of the Authority authorized under subsection (1) shall be deemed to be a public officer.

(a)

any director, officer or employee of the Authority who has been admitted as an advocate and solicitor under the Legal

Profession Act 1976; or

(b)

any advocate and solicitor of the High Court of Malaya or the High Court of Sabah and Sarawak, as the case may be.

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Application for winding up

36E. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of the Companies Act 1965

or the laws specified in the Schedule, any corporation registered under the Labuan Companies Act 1990 [Act 441], whether or not the corporation is being wound up voluntarily, may be wound up under an order of the court on the petition of the Authority, in accordance with the provisions of the Labuan Companies Act 1990.

(2)

The court may order the winding up on a petition made under subsection (1) if the corporation referred to in subsection (1)—

(a)

has been registered under the Labuan Companies Act 1990, and that registration has been revoked or surrendered; or

(b)

has contravened any provisions of this Act or the laws specified in the Schedule, whether or not the corporation has been charged with an offence in respect of the contravention, or whether or not the contravention has been proved in a prosecution.

Additional monetary punishment

36F. Where a person has been convicted of an offence under this Act or the laws specified in the Schedule, the court may, where it is satisfied that as a result of the commission of the offence the convicted person acquired a monetary benefit or that monetary benefit accrued to the benefit of such person, order the convicted person to pay, notwithstanding the maximum amount of any fine that may otherwise be imposed under this Act or the laws specified in the

Schedule, an additional fine in an amount equal to the court’s estimation of the amount of the monetary benefit.

Power to impose administrative penalties

36G. (1) The Authority may impose an administrative penalty on any person who fails to comply with any provision of this Act or the laws specified in the Schedule.

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(2)

The Authority shall, before making a decision to impose an administrative penalty on a person, serve on him a written notice calling on him to show cause why the administrative penalty should not be imposed upon him.

(3)

If a satisfactory explanation is not received within such period as may be specified in the written notice, the Authority may impose an administrative penalty in an amount not exceeding five hundred ringgit for each day of the non-compliance and such amount shall not in total exceed the sum of ten thousand ringgit.

Authority.

Injunctions or other relief

36H. (1) The Authority may apply to the Judge in Chambers or to any court of competent jurisdiction for an order in respect of any matter relating to its functions under section 4.

(2)

Without prejudice to subsection (1), an order under that subsection may direct the person to do any specified act or refrain from doing any specified act, for the purposes of—

(a)

preventing or desisting any contravention of the provisions of this Act or the laws specified in the

Schedule;

(b)

compelling any person to comply with any directions issued under section 4B;

(c)

remedying the effects of any contravention of the provisions of this Act or the laws specified in the

Schedule;

(d)

preservation of assets; or

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(e)

compensating persons who have suffered loss as a result of a contravention.

(3)

Where the Authority makes an application to the court for the grant of an injunction or an order under this section, the court may, if it deems just and equitable to do so, not require the Authority, as a condition of granting the injunction or order, to give any undertaking as to damages.

(4)

Any person who contravenes an injunction or an order granted by the court under this section that is applicable to him shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or both.

(5)

Where the court has granted an injunction or an order under this section, the court may, on application by any person affected by the injunction or order, rescind or vary the injunction or order.

(6)

Subsection (4) shall not affect the powers of the court in relation to the punishment for contempt of court.

(7)

Pending an injunction or an order by the court under this section, the Authority may, where it has reasonable grounds to believe that a Labuan financial institution—

(a)

would not be able to maintain the status quo of the property in or under its possession or control;

(b)

would abscond with the property or do any act to such effect;

(c)

would move the property to any place, location or jurisdiction to frustrate any impending proceeding or its judgment thereof; or

(d)

would manage the property in the manner detrimental to any interested party including its investors, beneficiary and the Authority,

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issue an order freezing any property of that person, as the case may be, wherever the property may be, or in his possession, under his control or due from any source to him.

(a)

an order to direct that the property, or such part of the property as is specified in the order, is not to be disposed of, or otherwise dealt with, by any person, except in such manner and in such circumstances, if any, as are specified in the order; and

(b)

an order to authorize any of its officers to take custody and control of the property, or such part of the property as is specified in the order if the Authority is satisfied that the circumstances so require.

(9)

An order made under subsection (7) shall cease to have effect after thirty days from the date of the order.

Authority may apply to the court to extend the validity of the order to such duration as the court deems fit.

was not made in good faith.

Special audit

36I. (1) Where there is a failure on the part of any Labuan financial institution or any person to comply with the provisions of this Act or the laws specified in the Schedule, the Authority may issue a

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direction under section 4B to compel such Labuan financial institution to appoint a special auditor to carry out a special audit of the Labuan financial institution.

(2)

The special auditor appointed under this section shall submit his report to the Authority within such time as the Authority may determine.

(3)

A special auditor under this section shall include an

“approved auditor” defined under section 2 of the Labuan Companies

Act 1990.

Power to make regulations

37. (1) The Minister may, on the recommendation of the Authority, make such regulations as may be expedient or necessary for carrying out or giving effect to the provisions of this Act.

(2)

Regulations made under this section—

(a)

may provide that any contravention of any provision thereof shall be an offence; and

(b)

may provide for the imposition of penalties which shall not exceed twenty-five thousand ringgit for any offence thereunder.

Power of the Minister to make modifications

38. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Minister may, whenever it appears to him necessary or expedient so to do whether for the purpose of removing difficulties or in consequence of the passing of this Act, by order make such modifications to any provision in any law relating to offshore financial services as he may think fit.

(2)

The Minister shall not exercise the power conferred under subsection (1) after the expiration of two years from the commencement of this Act.

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Power to amend Schedule

38A. The Minister may, on the recommendation of the Authority, by order published in the Gazette, amend the Schedule.

Service of documents on Labuan financial institutions

38B. (1) Any document or notice required to be served by the

Authority on a Labuan financial institution may be effected by—

(a)

leaving it at the registered office of the Labuan financial institution; or

(b)

sending it by post to the registered office of the Labuan financial institution.

(2)

Where a document or notice has been served in accordance with subsection (1), the document or notice is deemed to have been properly served on the Labuan financial institution.

Public Authorities Protection Act 1948

38C. (1) The Public Authorities Protection Act 1948 shall apply to any action, suit, prosecution or proceedings against the Authority or against any member of the Authority, any member of a committee, or any officer, servant or agent of the Authority in respect of any act, or omission done or omitted by it or him in such capacity.

(2)

The person referred to in subsection (1) shall for the purposes of the application of the Public Authorities Protection Act 1948, be deemed to be a public officer or a person engaged or employed in the performance of a public duty.

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Conflict between laws

38D. Where there is a conflict between the provisions of this Act and the provisions of any other law relating to Labuan financial services, the provisions of this Act shall prevail.

Procedure where none laid down

38E. In the event that any act or step is required or permitted to be done or taken under this Act or the laws specified in the Schedule and no form is prescribed or procedure laid down either in this Act or the regulations, application may be made to the Authority for directions as to the manner in which the same may be done or taken, and any act or step done or taken in accordance with the directions of the

Authority shall be a valid performance of such act or step.

Savings and transitional

39. (1) All regulations, instructions, directions, orders or decisions made by the Registrar or the Bank, as the case may be, under any law relating to offshore financial services existing before the commencement of this Act shall be deemed to have been made by the

Authority unless amended or revoked or until the date upon which they expire.

(3)

All applications, approvals or decisions pending before the

Registrar or the Bank, as the case may be, under any law relating to offshore financial services shall, upon the commencement of this Act, be dealt with by the Authority.

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(4)

All applications, approvals or decisions pending before the

Minister responsible for the Offshore Companies Act 1990 and the

Labuan Trust Companies Act 1990 under those Acts shall, upon the commencement of this Act, be dealt with by the Minister charged with the responsibility for finance.

Registrar or the Bank, as the case may be, under any law relating to offshore financial services before the commencement of this Act shall, upon the commencement of this Act, be deemed to be lodged with the Authority.

______________________

1. Labuan Companies Act 1990 [Act 441]

2. Labuan Business Activity Tax Act 1990 [Act 445]

3. Labuan Trusts Act 1996 [Act 554]

4. Labuan Foundations Act 2010 [Act 706]

5. Labuan Islamic Financial Services and Securities Act 2010

[Act 705]

6. Labuan Limited Partnerships and Limited Liability Partnerships

Act 2010 [Act 707]

7. Labuan Financial Services and Securities Act 2010 [Act 704]

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LIST OF AMENDMENTS

Amending law

Short Title

In force from

Labuan Offshore Financial

Services Authority (Amendment)

Act 1998

Labuan Offshore Financial Services

Authority (Amendment) Act 2008

Labuan Offshore Financial Services

Authority (Amendment) Act 2010

15-10-1998

15-06-2009

11-02-2010

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LIST OF SECTIONS AMENDED

Section

Amending authority

In force from

Long Title

1

2

3

4

4A-4C

9

13

14

15

17

17A

18A

Part IIA

11-02-2010

11-02-2010

15-10-1998 15-06-2009 11-02-2010

11-02-2010

15-10-1998 15-06-2009 11-02-2010

11-02-2010

11-02-2010

11-02-2010

11-02-2010

11-02-2010

11-02-2010

15-06-2009

15-10-1998 11-02-2010

11-02-2010

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Section

Amending authority

In force from

28A

28B

28BA

28C

28D

28E-28P

29

32

32A

36

36A

36AA

36B

36C

36D-36I

37

38A-38E

Act A1365 15-10-1998 15-06-2009 11-02-2010

15-10-1998 15-06-2009 11-02-2010

11-02-2010

15-10-1998 15-06-2009 11-02-2010

15-10-1998 11-02-2010

11-02-2010

15-10-1998 11-02-2010

11-02-2010

15-10-1998 11-02-2010

15-10-1998 11-02-2010

15-10-1998 11-02-2010

11-02-2010

15-10-1998 11-02-2010

15-10-1998 11-02-2010

11-02-2010

11-02-2010

11-02-2010

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Section

Amending authority

In force from

11-02-2010

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BAHAGIAN IIA

KUASA PENGUATKUASAAN DAN PEMELIHARAAN MAKLUMAT

Halangan terhadap penjalanan kuasa pegawai penyiasat 28I. Pemberian maklumat 28J. Kebolehterimaan pernyataan orang tertuduh 28K. Kebolehterimaan pernyataan dan dokumen orang yang sudah mati atau tidak dapat dikesan

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Seksyen 31.

Pemeliharaan Kumpulan Wang

Kuasa untuk mengenakan dan memungut fi

Hukuman kewangan tambahan 36G. Kuasa untuk mengenakan penalti pentadbiran 36H. Injuksi atau relief lain 36I. Audit khas

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JADUAL

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AKTA LEMBAGA PERKHIDMATAN

KEWANGAN LABUAN 1996

Suatu Akta untuk menubuhkan Lembaga Perkhidmatan Kewangan

Labuan dan untuk mengadakan peruntukan bagi fungsi dan kuasanya dan perkara yang berkaitan dengannya.

[15 Februari 1996, P.U. (B) 66/1996]

MAKA INILAH DIPERBUAT UNDANG-UNDANG oleh Seri

Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong dengan nasihat dan persetujuan Dewan Negara dan Dewan Rakyat yang bersidang dalam

Parlimen, dan dengan kuasa daripadanya, seperti yang berikut:

BAHAGIAN I

PERMULAAN

Tajuk ringkas dan permulaan kuat kuasa

1. Akta ini bolehlah dinamakan Akta Lembaga Perkhidmatan

Kewangan Labuan 1996 dan hendaklah mula berkuat kuasa pada tarikh yang ditetapkan oleh Menteri melalui pemberitahuan dalam

Warta; dan Menteri boleh menetapkan tarikh yang berlainan bagi mula berkuatkuasanya peruntukan yang berlainan dalam Akta ini.

Tafsiran

2. (1) Dalam Akta ini, melainkan jika konteksnya menghendaki makna yang lain—

“Bank” ertinya Bank Negara Malaysia yang ditubuhkan di bawah

Akta Bank Negara Malaysia 1958 [Akta 519];

“institusi kewangan Labuan” ertinya mana-mana orang yang ─

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“jawatankuasa” ertinya mana-mana jawatankuasa yang ditubuhkan oleh Lembaga di bawah subseksyen 15(1);

“Ketua Pengarah” ertinya Ketua Pengarah yang dilantik di bawah seksyen 5;

“Kumpulan Wang” ertinya Kumpulan Wang yang ditubuhkan di bawah subseksyen 29(1);

“Labuan” ertinya Wilayah Persekutuan Labuan;

“Lembaga” ertinya Lembaga Perkhidmatan Kewangan Labuan yang ditubuhkan di bawah seksyen 3;

“Menteri” ertinya Menteri yang pada masa ini dipertanggungkan dengan tanggungjawab bagi kewangan;

“orang tanggungan”, berhubung dengan pegawai atau pekhidmat

Lembaga, ertinya isteri atau suami, ibu atau bapa, anak, termasuk anak angkat atau anak tiri, atau mana-mana orang lain yang ditentukan oleh Lembaga dengan persetujuan Menteri dari semasa ke semasa melalui notis yang disiarkan dalam Warta;

“pegawai perakaunan”

termasuklah tiap-tiap pegawai dan pekhidmat yang dipertanggungkan dengan kewajipan memungut, menerima, atau mengakaunkan, atau yang sebenarnya memungut, menerima, atau mengakaunkan, apa-apa wang dalam Kumpulan

Wang, atau yang dipertanggungkan dengan penerimaan, penjagaan atau pelupusan, atau pengakaunan, apa-apa barang simpanan dan harta Lembaga atau yang sebenarnya menerima, memegang atau melupuskan barang simpanan dan harta sedemikian;

“Pendaftar” ertinya Pendaftar Syarikat di bawah Akta Syarikat 1965 [Akta 125], dan termasuklah mana-mana Pendaftar Rantau,

Timbalan Pendaftar atau Penolong Pendaftar Syarikat;

“Pengerusi” ertinya Pengerusi yang dilantik di bawah seksyen 5;

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“perbadanan” ertinya mana-mana pertubuhan perbadanan yang ditubuhkan atau diperbadankan atau wujud di dalam atau di luar

Malaysia dan termasuklah mana-mana syarikat Labuan asing sebagaimana yang ditafsirkan dalam Akta Syarikat Labuan 1990

[Akta 441] tetapi tidak termasuk—

“perkhidmatan kewangan Labuan” ertinya apa-apa perkhidmatan yang disediakan oleh mana-mana orang di bawah mana-mana undang-undang yang dinyatakan dalam Jadual.

(2)

(Dipotong oleh Akta A1365).

BAHAGIAN II

LEMBAGA

Lembaga dan objektifnya

3. (1) Suatu pertubuhan perbadanan bernama

“Lembaga

Perkhidmatan Kewangan Labuan” ditubuhkan yang kekal turun-temurun dan mempunyai suatu meterai perbadanan, yang boleh membawa guaman dan dibawa guaman atas namanya dan, tertakluk kepada dan bagi maksud Akta ini, boleh membuat kontrak dan boleh memperoleh, membeli, mengambil, memegang dan menikmati apa-apa jenis harta alih dan harta tak alih dan boleh memindahkan, menyerahhakkan, menyerahkan balik, memulangkan, menggadaikan, menggadai janji, mendemis, menyerahhakkan semula, memindahkan hakmilik atau dengan apa-apa cara lain melupuskan, atau membuat apa-apa urusan mengenai, apa-apa harta alih atau harta tak alih atau apa-apa kepentingan mengenainya yang terletak hak pada Lembaga, atas apa-apa terma yang difikirkannya patut.

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Labuan; dan

Labuan.

Fungsi dan kuasa Lembaga

4. (1) Fungsi Lembaga adalah—

(a)

untuk mentadbir, menguatkuasakan, menjalankan dan melaksanakan peruntukan Akta ini dan undang-undang yang dinyatakan dalam Jadual dan apa-apa jua yang bersampingan dengan undang-undang itu dan untuk memastikan bahawa undang-undang itu dipatuhi;

Labuan;

(e)

untuk membuat syor bagi mewujudkan dan memperbaiki apa-apa kemudahan yang akan meningkatkan daya tarikan

Labuan sebagai pusat bagi perkhidmatan kewangan;

(f)

untuk bekerjasama dengan institusi kewangan Labuan dan persatuan profesional dan industri di Labuan untuk memajukan dan mengadakan perkhidmatan kewangan dan

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menggalakkan standard yang tinggi bagi perkhidmatan kewangan Labuan;

(2)

Lembaga hendaklah mempunyai kuasa untuk melakukan segala benda yang suai manfaat atau yang semunasabahnya perlu bagi, atau bersampingan dengan, pelaksanaan fungsinya dan, khususnya, tetapi tanpa menjejaskan keluasan yang tersebut di atas—

(c)

untuk melakukan apa-apa benda lain yang difikirkannya patut untuk membolehkannya menjalankan fungsi dan kuasanya dengan berkesan.

(3)

(Dipotong oleh Akta A1365).

(4)

Lembaga boleh, dengan kelulusan bertulis

Menteri, menubuhkan atau mengambil bahagian dalam mana-mana pertubuhan perbadanan—

(c)

jika penubuhan atau pengambilbahagian itu suai manfaat atau semunasabahnya perlu bagi, atau bersampingan dengan, pelaksanaan fungsi Lembaga yang diperuntukkan

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di bawah Akta ini atau mana-mana undang-undang yang dinyatakan dalam Jadual.

Kuasa untuk mengeluarkan garis panduan

4A. (1) Lembaga boleh, berkenaan dengan Akta ini atau mana-mana undang-undang yang dinyatakan dalam Jadual atau apa-apa perkara lain yang berhubungan dengan perkhidmatan kewangan Labuan, mengeluarkan apa-apa garis panduan untuk menjelaskan mana-mana peruntukan Akta ini atau undang-undang yang dinyatakan dalam

Jadual atau untuk memudahkan pematuhan undang-undang oleh institusi kewangan Labuan atau apa-apa perkara yang berhubungan dengan perkhidmatan kewangan Labuan.

(2)

Lembaga boleh meminda atau membatalkan mana-mana garis panduan yang dikeluarkan di bawah seksyen ini.

Kuasa untuk mengeluarkan arahan

4B. (1) Walau apa pun mana-mana peruntukan yang berlawanan dalam mana-mana undang-undang lain yang berhubungan dengan perkhidmatan kewangan Labuan, jika Lembaga berpuas hati bahawa adalah perlu untuk berbuat demikian bagi maksud melaksanakan objektif Lembaga, Lembaga boleh mengeluarkan arahan kepada suatu institusi kewangan Labuan berkenaan dengan semua atau mana-mana perkara yang berikut:

Labuan itu yang berhubungan dengan penjalanan perniagaan institusi itu di Labuan;

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Labuan itu yang berhubungan dengan anggotanya atau pekhidmatnya.

(2)

Mana-mana institusi kewangan Labuan yang tidak mematuhi mana-mana arahan yang dikeluarkan di bawah subseksyen (1)

melakukan suatu kesalahan dan boleh didenda, apabila disabitkan—

Kuasa untuk menyiarkan maklumat

4C. (1) Lembaga boleh menyiarkan apa-apa maklumat berkenaan dengan apa-apa perkara yang berhubungan dengan perkhidmatan kewangan Labuan atau apa-apa maklumat lain yang disifatkan oleh

Lembaga mempunyai kepentingan awam.

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Keanggotaan Lembaga

5. (1)

Lembaga hendaklah terdiri daripada anggota yang berikut yang hendaklah dilantik oleh Menteri:

(2)

Anggota yang dilantik di bawah perenggan (1)(c) hendaklah daripada kalangan orang yang mempunyai pengalaman yang relevan dalam perkara kewangan, komersil atau undang-undang.

(3)

Ketua Pengarah hendaklah menjadi ketua pegawai eksekutif

Lembaga dan hendaklah dipertanggungjawabkan dengan pentadbiran harian Lembaga.

(4)

Sekiranya Ketua Pengarah tiada atau tidak dapat bertindak kerana sakit atau apa-apa sebab lain, Pengerusi hendaklah melantik mana-mana anggota Lembaga untuk menjalankan fungsi Ketua

Pengarah.

Tempoh jawatan

6. Tertakluk kepada apa-apa syarat yang dinyatakan dalam surat cara pelantikannya, seseorang anggota

Lembaga hendaklah, melainkan jika dia terlebih dahulu meletakkan atau mengosongkan jawatannya atau pelantikannya terlebih dahulu dibatalkan, memegang jawatan selama tempoh tidak melebihi tiga tahun dan layak untuk dilantik semula.

Perletakan jawatan dan pembatalan

7. (1)

Pelantikan mana-mana anggota boleh pada bila-bila masa dibatalkan oleh Menteri.

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(2)

Seseorang anggota boleh pada bila-bila masa meletakkan jawatannya dengan notis bertulis yang dialamatkan kepada Menteri.

Pengosongan jawatan

8. Jawatan seseorang anggota Lembaga hendaklah menjadi kosong—

Pengerusi, tanpa kebenaran Menteri.

Kuasa Menteri memberikan arahan dan menghendaki maklumat

9. (1) Menteri boleh, dari semasa ke semasa, memberikan kepada

Lembaga arahan yang bersifat am yang selaras dengan peruntukan

Akta ini dan arahan sedemikian hendaklah mengikat Lembaga.

Lembaga hendaklah menentukan tatacaranya sendiri

10. Tertakluk kepada Akta ini dan kelulusan Menteri, Lembaga hendaklah menentukan tatacaranya sendiri.

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Lembaga boleh mengundang orang lain ke mesyuarat

11. Lembaga boleh mengundang mana-mana orang untuk menghadiri mana-mana mesyuarat atau pertimbangtelitian Lembaga bagi maksud menasihatinya mengenai apa-apa perkara yang dibincangkan, tetapi mana-mana orang yang hadir sedemikian tidaklah mempunyai hak mengundi pada mesyuarat atau pertimbangtelitian itu.

Saraan atau elaun

12. Anggota Lembaga atau mana-mana orang yang diundang untuk menghadiri mana-mana mesyuarat atau pertimbangtelitian Lembaga di bawah seksyen 11 boleh dibayar apa-apa saraan atau elaun yang ditentukan oleh Menteri.

Meterai perbadanan

13. (1) Lembaga hendaklah mempunyai suatu meterai perbadanan dan meterai itu boleh dari semasa ke semasa dipecahkan, ditukar, diubah dan dibuat baharu sebagaimana yang difikirkan patut oleh

Lembaga.

boleh digunakan dan hendaklah disifatkan sebagai meterai perbadanan Lembaga.

Pengerusi atau mana-mana orang lain yang diberi kuasa oleh

Lembaga, dan hendaklah disahkan sama ada oleh Pengerusi atau oleh orang yang diberi kuasa itu atau oleh mana-mana pegawai yang diberi kuasa oleh Pengerusi secara bertulis; dan semua surat ikatan, dokumen dan surat cara lain yang berupa sebagai dimeteraikan dengan meterai tersebut, disahkan sebagaimana yang disebut terdahulu, hendaklah disifatkan telah disempurnakan dengan sah sehingga dibuktikan sebaliknya:

Dengan syarat bahawa apa-apa dokumen atau surat cara yang, jika disempurnakan oleh seseorang yang bukan suatu pertubuhan perbadanan, tidak akan dikehendaki dimeteraikan boleh

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disempurnakan oleh Lembaga mengikut cara yang serupa, dan mana-mana dokumen atau surat cara itu boleh disempurnakan bagi pihak

Lembaga oleh mana-mana pegawai atau pekhidmat Lembaga yang diberi kuasa secara am atau khusus oleh Lembaga bagi maksud itu.

Lembaga hendaklah diberikan pengiktirafan kehakiman bagi semua maksud rasmi.

Pewakilan fungsi atau kuasa Lembaga

14. (1) Lembaga boleh mewakilkan mana-mana fungsi atau kuasanya kepada—

Lembaga boleh menubuhkan jawatankuasa

15. (1) Lembaga boleh menubuhkan apa-apa jawatankuasa yang difikirkannya perlu atau suai manfaat untuk membantunya dalam melaksanakan fungsinya di bawah Akta ini atau undang-undang yang dinyatakan dalam Jadual.

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hendaklah bertindak mengikut apa-apa arahan yang diberikan kepada jawatankuasa oleh Lembaga.

Pengerusi Lembaga.

Minit

16. (1) Lembaga atau sesuatu jawatankuasa hendaklah menyebabkan minit semua mesyuaratnya disenggarakan dan disimpan dalam bentuk yang sepatutnya.

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berkenaan dengan prosiding yang mengenainya minit telah dibuat sedemikian hendaklah disifatkan telah dipanggil dan diadakan sewajarnya dan semua anggota pada mesyuarat itu adalah layak sewajarnya untuk bertindak.

Penzahiran kepentingan

17. (1) Mana-mana anggota Lembaga atau sesuatu jawatankuasa yang mempunyai atau memperoleh secara langsung atau tidak langsung, sendiri, atau melalui isterinya atau suaminya atau anaknya, atau pekongsinya atau ejennya—

dalam apa-apa kontrak yang dibuat dengan Lembaga;

dalam apa-apa kerja yang dilakukan untuk Lembaga;

atau dalam mana-mana syarikat atau firma yang dengannya

Lembaga bercadang hendak membuat kontrak berkenaan dengan apa-apa pengusahaan; atau

hendaklah dibuat—

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

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Lembaga atau jawatankuasa yang diadakan selepas dia memperoleh syer atau kepentingan itu;

pada mesyuarat Lembaga atau jawatankuasa yang dalamnya apa-apa soal yang berhubungan dengan kontrak, perolehan, pembelian, pemajakan, urus niaga, projek atau skim yang disebut dalam perenggan itu mula-mula dipertimbangkan;

jika anggota itu tidak mempunyai apa-apa syer atau kepentingan sebagaimana yang disebut dalam subperenggan (i) pada tarikh mesyuarat yang disebut dalam subperenggan itu, pada mesyuarat sedemikian yang berikutnya yang diadakan selepas dia memperoleh syer atau kepentingan itu; atau jika seseorang anggota memperoleh apa-apa syer atau kepentingan dalam apa-apa kontrak dengan Lembaga selepas kontrak itu dibuat, pada mesyuarat yang pertama yang diadakan selepas anggota itu memperoleh syer atau kepentingan itu.

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

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hendaklah direkodkan dalam minit mesyuarat yang padanya perisytiharan itu dibuat atau dibaca.

(kecuali dengan undangan Lembaga atau jawatankuasa, mengikut mana-mana yang berkenaan) mengenai apa-apa perkara yang menyentuh mana-mana institusi kewangan

Labuan yang dalamnya dia mempunyai apa-apa syer atau kepentingan, sama ada atau tidak dia sudah mengisytiharkan syer atau kepentingannya itu, atau dalam apa-apa keputusan yang berhubungan dengannya atau dalam apa-apa perkara yang bersampingan dengannya;

atau apa-apa keputusan yang berhubungan dengannya atau apa-apa perkara yang bersampingan dengannya, dan jika dia berbuat sedemikian—

Lembaga atau jawatankuasa, mengikut mana-mana yang berkenaan, sebaik sahaja dia dilantik melalui notis am yang hendaklah diberikan kepada Lembaga atau jawatankuasa.

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Pemeliharaan kerahsiaan

17A. (1) Tiada anggota, pegawai, pekhidmat, ejen atau perunding

Lembaga atau orang yang dengan apa-apa cara mempunyai akses kepada apa-apa rekod, buku, daftar, surat-menyurat, dokumen, bahan atau maklumat, yang berhubungan dengan urusan dan hal ehwal

Lembaga dalam pelaksanaan tugasnya atau penjalanan fungsinya, boleh memberikan, memaparkan, mendedahkan, menyiarkan atau selainnya menzahirkan kepada mana-mana orang rekod, buku, daftar, surat-menyurat, dokumen, bahan atau maklumat itu melainkan jika dia secara sah dikehendaki untuk berbuat demikian oleh mana-mana mahkamah atau di bawah mana-mana undang-undang bertulis.

Pelantikan pegawai dan pekhidmat Lembaga

18. (1) Lembaga boleh, dari semasa ke semasa, mengambil kerja orang yang hendaklah dibayar apa-apa saraan dan elaun dan orang itu hendaklah diambil kerja atas apa-apa terma dan syarat lain yang ditentukan oleh Lembaga.

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Penubuhan tabung kebajikan kakitangan

18A. (1) Lembaga boleh, dengan kelulusan bertulis Menteri, dengan menggunakan wang Lembaga, menubuhkan dan menyenggara suatu akaun amanah yang dikenali sebagai “Tabung Kebajikan Kakitangan

Lembaga Perkhidmatan Kewangan Labuan” bagi faedah pegawai dan pekerjanya termasuk tanggungan mereka.

Kebajikan

Kakitangan

Lembaga

Perkhidmatan

Kewangan Labuan hendaklah digunakan bagi maksud yang sesuai dengan kebajikan pegawai dan pekerja Lembaga, termasuk tanggungan mereka, sebagaimana yang dari semasa ke semasa diperuntukkan dalam arahan amanah yang dikeluarkan oleh Lembaga dengan kelulusan

Menteri, dan arahan tersebut boleh memperuntukkan cara dan tatacara bagi pembuatan pemberian, pinjaman atau bayaran lain daripada Tabung itu.

Kuasa untuk memberikan pinjaman dan membuat pendahuluan kepada pegawai dan pekhidmat

19. Lembaga boleh memberikan pinjaman dan membuat pendahuluan kepada pegawai dan pekhidmatnya atas apa-apa terma dan syarat yang ditentukan oleh Lembaga.

Jawatankuasa tatatertib

20. (1) Lembaga hendaklah mempunyai kuasa tatatertib ke atas semua pegawai dan pekhidmatnya dan hendaklah menjalankan kawalan tatatertib berkenaan dengan semua orang sedemikian mengikut Akta ini dan mana-mana peraturan yang di buat di bawah seksyen 22.

Lembaga berkenaan dengan Ketua Pengarah yang terdiri daripada—

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Lembaga, atau Pegawai Lembaga, atau apa-apa kombinasi anggota dan pegawai itu; dan

hendaklah menjalankan kuasanya dalam segala perkara yang berhubungan dengan tatatertib pegawai dan pekhidmat yang diletakkan di bawah bidang kuasanya.

Rayuan terhadap keputusan jawatankuasa tatatertib

21. (1) Sesuatu keputusan jawatankuasa tatatertib di bawah perenggan 20(2)(a) boleh dirayu kepada Menteri.

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Lembaga Rayuan Tatatertib dan mempunyai undi pemutus; dan

Lembaga, yang bukannya anggota jawatankuasa tatatertib yang keputusannya ialah hal perkara rayuan itu, yang hendaklah dilantik oleh pengerusi Lembaga

Rayuan Tatatertib dengan kelulusan Lembaga bagi maksud rayuan itu.

Kuasa membuat peraturan-peraturan tatatertib

22. (1) Lembaga boleh, dengan kelulusan Menteri, membuat apa-apa peraturan yang difikirkannya perlu atau suai manfaat untuk mengadakan peruntukan bagi tatatertib pegawai dan pekhidmat

Lembaga.

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meliputi amaran, denda, perlucuthakan emolumen, penangguhan pergerakan gaji, pengurangan gaji, penurunan pangkat dan buang kerja;

jika seseorang pegawai atau pekhidmat Lembaga dibuang kerja atau diturunkan pangkat atas alasan kelakuan yang berkenaan dengannya suatu pertuduhan jenayah telah dibuktikan terhadapnya;

jika

Lembaga, atas syor

Menteri yang dipertanggungkan dengan hal ehwal dalam negeri, berpuas hati bahawa demi kepentingan keselamatan

Persekutuan atau mana-mana bahagiannya adalah tidak suai manfaat untuk menjalankan kehendak perenggan ini; atau jika telah dibuat terhadap seseorang pegawai atau pekhidmat

Lembaga apa-apa perintah tahanan, pengawasan, kediaman terhad, buang negeri atau pengusiran, atau jika telah dikenakan terhadap pegawai atau pekhidmat Lembaga apa-apa bentuk sekatan atau pengawasan dengan bon atau selainnya di bawah mana-mana undang-undang yang berhubungan dengan keselamatan Persekutuan atau mana-mana bahagiannya, pencegahan jenayah, tahanan pencegahan, kediaman terhad, buang negeri, imigresen, atau perlindungan wanita dan gadis;

(i)

(ii)

(iii)

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pegawai atau pekhidmat itu telah disabitkan oleh mana-mana mahkamah jenayah atau jika suatu perintah tahanan atau sekatan telah dibuat berkenaan dengan atau dikenakan terhadap pegawai atau pekhidmat itu.

Pengenaan surcaj

23. (1) Seseorang yang sedang atau telah bekerja dengan Lembaga boleh disurcaj jika ternyata kepada Lembaga bahawa orang itu—

Lembaga yang pemungutannya menjadi tanggungjawabnya;

Lembaga;

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Pemberitahuan surcaj

24. Lembaga hendaklah memberitahu orang yang disurcajkan berkenaan dengan surcaj yang dikenakan di bawah subseksyen 23(3).

Penarikbalikan surcaj

25. Walau apa pun subseksyen 23(3) dan seksyen 24, Lembaga boleh pada bila-bila masa menarik balik apa-apa surcaj yang berkenaan dengannya penjelasan yang memuaskan hati telah diterima atau jika ternyata selainnya bahawa tiada surcaj patut dibuat, dan Lembaga hendaklah dengan serta-merta memberitahu orang yang disurcajkan itu akan penarikbalikan itu.

Mendapatkan surcaj

26. Amaun apa-apa surcaj yang dikenakan di bawah subseksyen 23(3) dan tidak ditarik balik di bawah seksyen 25 hendaklah menjadi hutang yang kena dibayar kepada Lembaga daripada orang yang terhadapnya surcaj itu dikenakan dan boleh didakwa dan diperdapatkan di dalam mana-mana mahkamah atas guaman

Lembaga dan boleh juga, jika diarahkan sedemikian oleh Lembaga, diperdapatkan melalui potongan—

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dengan ansuran bulanan yang sama banyak yang tidak melebihi satu perempat daripada jumlah gaji atau pencen bulanan, mengikut mana-mana yang berkenaan, orang itu.

Keanggotaan Lembaga dalam kes khas

27. Dalam apa-apa tindakan surcaj terhadap Ketua Pengarah, keanggotaan Lembaga bagi maksud seksyen 23 hingga 26 tidaklah termasuk Ketua Pengarah.

Pekhidmat awam

28. Semua anggota Lembaga atau mana-mana jawatankuasanya atau mana-mana pegawai, pekhidmat atau ejen Lembaga semasa menunaikan kewajipan mereka sebagai anggota, pegawai, pekhidmat atau ejen sedemikian hendaklah disifatkan sebagai pekhidmat awam dalam pengertian Kanun Keseksaan [Akta 574].

BAHAGIAN IIA

KUASA PENGUATKUASAAN DAN PEMELIHARAAN MAKLUMAT

Tafsiran berhubung dengan Bahagian IIA

28A. Dalam Bahagian ini, melainkan jika konteksnya menghendaki makna yang lain—

“agensi penguat kuasa undang-undang tempatan” termasuklah suatu badan atau agensi yang pada masa ini bertanggungjawab di Malaysia bagi penguatkuasaan undang-undang yang berhubungan dengan pencegahan, pengesanan dan penyiasatan mana-mana kesalahan jenayah;

“bank luar pesisir berlesen” mempunyai erti yang diberikan kepadanya dalam Akta Bank Luar Pesisir 1990;

“harta” ertinya—

“kesalahan jenayah” ertinya mana-mana kesalahan di bawah—

Malaysia yang berhubungan dengan perkhidmatan kewangan Labuan;

[Akta340];

“pegawai polis” ertinya mana-mana anggota Polis Diraja Malaysia sebagaimana yang ditakrifkan dalam Akta Polis 1967 [Akta 344];

“pihak berkuasa” ertinya mana-mana pihak berkuasa yang diletakhakkan dengan kuasa penyeliaan dan pengawalseliaan atau kuasa penguatkuasaan yang terletak di dalam atau di luar Malaysia;

“pihak berkuasa pengawalseliaan tempatan” ertinya mana-mana pihak berkuasa atau badan yang berkaitan di Malaysia atau mana-mana negara lain yang menjalankan fungsi pengawalseliaan ke atas operasi institusi kewangan luar pesisir.

Penyerahan maklumat

28B. (1) Lembaga boleh, dalam menjalankan fungsi pengawasannya di bawah Akta ini atau undang-undang yang dinyatakan dalam

Jadual, menghendaki mana-mana institusi kewangan luar pesisir atau mana-mana perbadanan yang berkaitan dengan institusi kewangan

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luar pesisir itu supaya menyerahkan kepada Lembaga apa-apa maklumat—

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maklumat yang tidak berkaitan dengan mana-mana satu institusi kewangan Labuan;

Labuan di bawah pengawalseliaan pihak berkuasa pengawalseliaan tempatan itu jika pihak berkuasa pengawalseliaan tempatan itu mempunyai peruntukan yang perlu dalam dokumen konstituennya atau undang-undang yang bersamaannya untuk melindungi maklumat itu daripada penzahiran yang menyalahi undang-undang;

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Jadual.

Kuasa untuk melaporkan kesalahan yang disyaki dan keadaan yang tidak memuaskan

28BA. (1) Jika Lembaga dalam menjalankan mana-mana kuasanya atau dalam menunaikan kewajipannya, atau dalam melaksanakan

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mana-mana fungsinya, di bawah Akta ini atau undang-undang yang dinyatakan dalam Jadual, mengesyaki mana-mana orang telah melakukan apa-apa kesalahan di bawah Akta ini atau di bawah undang-undang yang dinyatakan dalam Jadual, adalah sah bagi

Lembaga untuk memberikan maklumat tentang pelakuan itu kepada pegawai polis yang menjaga balai polis atau kepada mana-mana pegawai polis lain, atau untuk menyampaikan apa-apa maklumat berhubung dengan kesalahan itu kepada mana-mana institusi bank, atau kepada mana-mana institusi kewangan lain atau orang lain yang tersentuh oleh kesalahan itu, atau kepada mana-mana pihak berkuasa atau orang yang mempunyai kuasa untuk menyiasat di bawah, atau untuk menguatkuasakan, peruntukan undang-undang yang di bawahnya kesalahan itu disyaki oleh Lembaga telah dilakukan.

Lembaga berpuas hati bahawa maklumat itu perlu bagi fungsi pengawalseliaan pihak berkuasa pengawalseliaan tempatan itu.

Pemeriksaan

28C. (1) Ketua Pengarah atau mana-mana orang yang diberi kuasa oleh Lembaga hendaklah, bagi maksud mentadbir, menguatkuasakan, menjalankan dan memberi kuat kuasa peruntukan Akta ini atau undang-undang yang dinyatakan dalam Jadual, mempunyai kuasa—

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Pelantikan pegawai penyiasat, kuasa, fungsi dan kewajipan

28D. (1) Bagi maksud menjalankan penyiasatan apa-apa kesalahan di bawah Akta ini atau di bawah undang-undang yang dinyatakan dalam

Jadual, Lembaga boleh melantik, melalui surat cara bertulis, mana-mana pegawai atau pekerja Lembaga atau mana-mana orang lain yang sesuai untuk menjadi pegawai penyiasat.

Lembaga yang diberi kuasa oleh Lembaga untuk bertindak bagi pihak

Lembaga, dan mana-mana pegawai atau pegawai penyiasat lain yang lebih tinggi pangkatnya daripada dia, dan hendaklah menjalankan kuasanya, melaksanakan fungsinya dan menunaikan kewajipannya yang disebut dalam subseksyen (2) dengan mematuhi mana-mana perintah, arahan, syarat, batasan atau had yang dinyatakan oleh

Lembaga, atau pegawai Lembaga yang diberi kuasa untuk bertindak bagi pihak Lembaga, atau seorang pegawai penyiasat yang lebih tinggi pangkatnya daripada dia, secara lisan atau bertulis, sama ada secara am, atau dalam hal atau keadaan yang tertentu.

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Kuasa untuk masuk, menggeledah dan menyita

28E. (1) Jika seseorang pegawai penyiasat berpuas hati, atau mempunyai apa-apa sebab untuk mengesyaki, bahawa seseorang telah melakukan apa-apa kesalahan di bawah Akta ini atau undang-undang yang dinyatakan dalam Jadual, dia boleh, jika pada pendapatnya adalah semunasabahnya perlu untuk berbuat demikian bagi maksud menyiasat kesalahan itu—

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peribadi, yang pada pendapat pegawai penyiasat itu, adalah perlu bagi maksud menyiasat apa-apa kesalahan jenayah;

Majistret.

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Lembaga boleh masuk ke dalam mana-mana premis melalui penggunaaan kekerasan tanpa waran penggeledahan yang dikeluarkan oleh seorang Majistret melainkan jika dia mempunyai alasan yang munasabah untuk mempercayai bahawa kelengahan dalam mendapatkan waran penggeledahan itu akan menyebabkan apa-apa harta, rekod, laporan, objek, barang, bahan, benda, buku, buku minit, akaun, daftar atau dokumen boleh diganggu atau dimusnahkan atau matlamat apa-apa kemasukan mungkin terkecewa.

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itu yang menyatakan dengan terperinci hal keadaan dan sebab bagi, pelepasan itu.

Kuasa untuk memeriksa orang

28F. (1) Walau apa pun apa-apa undang-undang bertulis, atau sumpah, aku janji atau kehendak kerahsiaan atau sulit yang berlawanan, atau suatu obligasi di bawah suatu perjanjian atau perkiraan, yang nyata atau tersirat yang berlawanan, seseorang pegawai penyiasat yang menjalankan penyiasatan hendaklah mempunyai kuasa untuk mentadbir sumpah atau ikrar kepada orang yang diperiksa.

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dengan bersumpah atau dengan ikrar yang menerangkan dalamnya segala maklumat yang dikehendaki di bawah notis itu, iaitu maklumat yang, pada pendapat pegawai penyiasat itu, akan dapat membantu dalam penyiasatan kesalahan itu.

tidak boleh menyembunyikan, memusnahkan, mengubah, mengalihkan dari

Malaysia, atau mengurusniagakan, menjual, atau melupuskan apa-apa buku, rekod, laporan, dokumen atau barang yang dinyatakan dalam perintah itu, atau mengubah atau mencacatkan apa-apa catatan dalam mana-mana buku atau dokumen itu, atau menyebabkan supaya perbuatan itu dilakukan, atau membantu atau berkomplot untuk melakukan perbuatan itu.

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boleh enggan untuk memberikan atau mendedahkan maklumat itu atas alasan bahawa maklumat itu mungkin menunjukkan bahawa dia atau suami atau isterinya bersalah.

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terhadap orang yang telah diperiksa, atau yang mengemukakan buku, rekod, laporan, dokumen atau barang itu, atau yang telah membuat pernyataan bertulis dengan bersumpah atau ikrar, atau terhadap mana-mana orang lain.

Pemeriksaan ke atas seseorang

28G. (1) Seseorang pegawai penyiasat yang melakukan pemeriksaan ke atas mana-mana orang di bawah subseksyen 28E(1) boleh menahan orang itu selama apa-apa tempoh yang perlu untuk menjalankan pemeriksaan itu, yang tidak boleh dalam mana-mana hal melebihi dua puluh empat jam tanpa kebenaran seorang Majistret, dan boleh, jika perlu, memindahkan orang dalam jagaan ke tempat lain untuk memudahkan pemeriksaan itu.

Halangan terhadap penjalanan kuasa pegawai penyiasat

28H. (1) Mana-mana orang yang—

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Pemberian maklumat

28I. (1) Mana-mana orang yang—

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Kebolehterimaan pernyataan orang tertuduh

28J. (1) Dalam mana-mana perbicaraan atau siasatan oleh sesuatu mahkamah terhadap suatu kesalahan di bawah Akta ini atau di bawah undang-undang yang dinyatakan dalam Jadual, apa-apa pernyataan, sama ada pernyataan itu boleh disamakan dengan suatu pengakuan atau tidak atau dalam bentuk lisan atau bertulis, yang dibuat pada bila-bila masa, sama ada sebelum atau selepas orang itu dipertuduh dan sama ada semasa penjalanan penyiasatan atau tidak dan sama ada atau tidak secara keseluruhannya atau sebahagiannya pada menjawab soalan, oleh seseorang tertuduh kepada atau dengan didengar oleh mana-mana pegawai penyiasat Lembaga, agensi penguat kuasa, sama ada atau tidak diterjemahkan kepadanya oleh mana-mana pegawai

Lembaga atau mana-mana orang lain, sama ada yang terlibat atau tidak dalam penangkapan orang itu, hendaklah, walau apa pun mana-mana undang-undang bertulis atau rukun undang-undang yang berlawanan, boleh diterima sebagai keterangan dalam perbicaraan orang itu dan, jika orang itu mengemukakan dirinya sebagai saksi, mana-mana pernyataan sedemikian boleh digunakan dalam pemeriksaan balas dan bagi maksud mencabar kebolehpercayaannya.

“Kamu telah ditangkap/dimaklumkan bahawa kamu didakwa atas.....(kesalahan jenayah yang mungkin dipertuduhkan). Adakah kamu hendak mengatakan apa-apa? Jika ada apa-apa fakta yang hendak kamu gunakan dalam pembelaan kamu di mahkamah,

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kamu dinasihati supaya menyatakannya sekarang. Jika kamu tidak menyatakannya sehingga kamu pergi ke mahkamah, kurang kemungkinan keterangan kamu akan dipercayai dan ini akan membawa kesan buruk kepada kes kamu pada amnya. Jika kamu ingin menyatakan apa-apa fakta sekarang, dan kamu mahu fakta itu ditulis, ini akan dilakukan.”.

apa jua pun dikatakan dalam kehadirannya berhubung dengan kelakuan yang berkenaan dengannya dia dipertuduh, setakat yang keterangan itu boleh diterima selain oleh sebab subseksyen itu; atau

Kebolehterimaan pernyataan dan dokumen orang yang sudah mati atau tidak dapat dikesan

28K. Walau apa pun mana-mana undang-undang bertulis lain yang berlawanan, dalam apa-apa prosiding terhadap mana-mana orang atas sesuatu kesalahan di bawah Akta ini atau undang-undang yang disebut dalam Jadual—

Akta ini dan undang-undang yang dinyatakan dalam Jadual, hendaklah boleh diterima sebagai keterangan dalam mana-mana prosiding di Malaysia di hadapan mana-mana mahkamah, jika orang yang membuat pernyataan atau dokumen itu atau salinan dokumen itu sudah mati, atau tidak dapat dikesan atau ditemui, atau sudah menjadi tidak berupaya untuk memberikan keterangan, atau yang kehadirannya tidak dapat diperoleh tanpa kelengahan atau perbelanjaan yang pada pendapat mahkamah adalah tidak munasabah.

Kebolehterimaan terjemahan dokumen

28L. (1) Jika apa-apa dokumen yang hendak digunakan dalam mana-mana prosiding terhadap mana-mana orang adalah dalam sesuatu bahasa selain bahasa kebangsaan atau bahasa Inggeris, terjemahan dokumen itu dalam bahasa kebangsaan atau bahasa Inggeris

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hendaklah boleh diterima sebagai keterangan jika terjemahan itu disertakan dengan perakuan orang yang menterjemahkan dokumen itu yang menyatakan bahawa terjemahan itu suatu terjemahan yang tepat, benar dan betul dan terjemahan itu telah dibuat oleh orang itu atas kehendak pegawai yang diberi kuasa oleh Lembaga, Pendakwa

Raya atau seseorang pegawai mana-mana agensi penguat kuasa undang-undang tempatan.

Malaysia.

Keterangan yang diambil di negara asing

28M. (1) Jika apa-apa keterangan diperoleh Lembaga di mana-mana kedutaan Malaysia, keterangan itu boleh diterima bagi mana-mana prosiding undang-undang di Malaysia dan keterangan itu hendaklah disifatkan telah diperoleh di Malaysia, walau apa pun apa-apa yang berlawanan dengan mana-mana undang-undang bertulis.

Kebolehterimaan pernyataan

28N. Rekod sesuatu pemeriksaan, apa-apa harta, rekod, laporan atau dokumen yang dikemukakan, atau apa-apa pernyataan yang direkodkan oleh Lembaga di bawah Akta ini hendaklah, walau apa pun mana-mana undang-undang bertulis atau rukun undang-undang yang berlawanan, boleh diterima sebagai keterangan dalam apa-apa prosiding dalam mana-mana mahkamah bagi, atau berhubung dengan, suatu kesalahan atau apa-apa perkara lain di bawah Akta ini atau di bawah mana-mana undang-undang bertulis lain, tidak kira sama ada prosiding itu adalah terhadap orang yang diperiksa, atau yang mengemukakan harta, rekod, laporan atau dokumen itu, atau

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yang telah membuat pernyataan bertulis dengan bersumpah atau ikrar, atau terhadap mana-mana orang lain.

Perlindungan pemberi maklumat

28O. (1) Tertakluk kepada subseksyen (2), jika apa-apa aduan yang dibuat oleh seseorang pegawai Lembaga menyatakan bahawa aduan telah dibuat berikutan maklumat yang diterima oleh pegawai yang membuat aduan itu, identiti orang yang daripadanya maklumat itu diterima hendaklah menjadi rahsia antara pegawai yang membuat aduan itu dengan orang yang memberikan maklumat itu, dan segala yang terkandung dalam maklumat itu yang berhubungan dengan identiti orang yang memberikan maklumat itu, tidak boleh dizahirkan atau dikehendaki untuk dizahirkan dalam apa-apa prosiding sivil, jenayah atau prosiding lain dalam mana-mana mahkamah, tribunal atau kuasa lain.

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Bantuan kepada pihak berkuasa lain

28P. (1) Lembaga boleh atas inisiatifnya sendiri, atau atas permintaan sah mana-mana pihak berkuasa—

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tanpa keizinan Lembaga.

BAHAGIAN III

KEWANGAN

Kumpulan wang

29. (1) Bagi maksud Akta ini, suatu kumpulan wang ditubuhkan yang hendaklah ditadbirkan dan dikawal oleh Lembaga.

Akta ini atau undang-undang lain yang berhubungan dengan perkhidmatan kewangan luar pesisir;

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Perbelanjaan yang hendaklah dipertanggungkan pada

Kumpulan Wang

30. Kumpulan Wang hendaklah dibelanjakan bagi maksud—

Lembaga dalam melaksanakan fungsinya atau menjalankan kuasanya di bawah Akta ini;

Akta ini dan bunga yang kena dibayar atasnya; dan

Pemeliharaan Kumpulan Wang

31. Menjadi kewajipan Lembaga memelihara Kumpulan Wang dengan melaksanakan fungsinya dan menjalankan kuasanya di bawah

Akta ini dengan sedemikian cara supaya pasti bahawa jumlah hasil

Lembaga cukup untuk membayar semua jumlah wang yang dipertanggungkan sepatutnya kepada akaun hasilnya termasuk susut nilai dan bunga atas modal, dari setahun ke setahun.

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Levi

32. (1) Sesuatu institusi kewangan Labuan bertanggungan, dalam hal mana-mana perkhidmatan kewangan Labuan yang diadakan olehnya, membayar suatu levi kepada Lembaga.

Lembaga.

Kuasa untuk mengenakan dan memungut fi

32A. Walau apa pun mana-mana peruntukan di bawah mana-mana undang-undang lain yang berhubungan dengan perkhidmatan kewangan Labuan, Lembaga boleh, dengan kelulusan Menteri, melalui perintah yang disiarkan dalam Warta, mengenakan dan memungut apa-apa fi bagi apa-apa pekhidmatan yang diberikan oleh atau bagi pihak Lembaga di bawah Akta ini atau mana-mana undang-undang lain yang berhubungan dengan perkhidmatan kewangan

Labuan dan bagi pemberian atau pengeluaran apa-apa lesen, permit, pendaftaran, kelulusan atau pengecualian yang boleh dibenarkan atau dikeluarkan oleh Lembaga di bawah mana-mana undang-undang.

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Akaun dan laporan

33. (1) Lembaga hendaklah menyebabkan disimpan akaun yang sepatutnya bagi Kumpulan Wang dan laporan yang sepatutnya mengenai aktivitinya dan hendaklah, dengan seberapa segera yang praktik selepas berakhirnya setiap tahun kewangan, menyebabkan disediakan—

Lembaga yang hendaklah mengandungi kunci kira-kira dan akaun pendapatan dan perbelanjaan; dan

Majlis Parlimen.

[Akta 240] hendaklah terpakai bagi Lembaga.

Kuasa untuk meminjam

34. Lembaga boleh dari semasa ke semasa, dengan kelulusan

Menteri, meminjam, pada apa-apa kadar bunga dan bagi apa-apa tempoh dan atas apa-apa terma tentang masa dan kaedah pembayaran balik dan selainnya sebagaimana yang diluluskan oleh Menteri, apa-apa jumlah wang yang diperlukan oleh Lembaga bagi memenuhi mana-mana obligasinya atau bagi melaksanakan mana-mana fungsinya di bawah Akta ini.

Pelaburan

35. Wang Lembaga hendaklah, setakat yang ia tidak dikehendaki untuk dibelanjakan oleh Lembaga di bawah Akta ini, dilaburkan mengikut apa-apa cara yang difikirkan patut oleh Lembaga.

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Perlindungan daripada tindakan guaman dan prosiding undang-undang

36. (1) Tiada tindakan, guaman, pendakwaan atau prosiding lain boleh diambil atau dibawa, dimulakan atau dikekalkan dalam mana-mana mahkamah atau di hadapan mana-mana pihak berkuasa yang lain terhadap—

Jadual, atau apa-apa garis panduan, arahan, maklumat atau benda lain yang dikeluarkan di bawah Akta ini atau undang-undang yang dinyatakan dalam Jadual jika perbuatan atau pernyataan itu dilakukan atau dibuat, atau ditinggalkan daripada dilakukan atau dibuat, dengan suci hati.

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Pewakilan dalam prosiding sivil

36A. (1) Walau apa pun mana-mana undang-undang bertulis yang lain—

Lembaga; atau

Tinggi Malaya atau Mahkamah Tinggi Sabah dan Sarawak; atau

Kuasa tambahan Lembaga

36AA. (1) Tanpa menjejaskan mana-mana peruntukan di bawah mana-mana undang-undang bertulis, Lembaga hendaklah mempunyai locus standi atau hak undang-undang—

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dengan fungsinya dan kuasanya di bawah Akta ini atau mana-mana undang-undang yang dinyatakan dalam Jadual;

[Akta 137];

Mahkamah Tinggi tentang apa-apa perkara undang-undang atau tentang tafsiran atau pelaksanaan mana-mana peruntukan Akta ini atau undang-undang yang dinyatakan dalam Jadual; dan

Labuan yang berkaitan, mengikut mana-mana yang berkenaan.

Pengkompaunan kesalahan

36B. (1) Lembaga boleh, dengan persetujuan bertulis Pendakwa

Raya, dalam sesuatu kes jika dia berfikir sesuai dan layak berbuat demikian, mengkompaunkan apa-apa kesalahan yang dilakukan oleh mana-mana orang yang boleh dihukum di bawah Akta ini dengan membuat suatu tawaran bertulis kepada orang itu untuk mengkompaunkan kesalahan itu apabila dibayar kepada Lembaga, dalam masa yang ditentukan dalam tawaran itu, suatu amaun yang tidak melebihi lima puluh peratus daripada amaun denda maksimum yang boleh dikenakan ke atas orang itu jika dia disabitkan atas kesalahan itu.

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Lembaga, pendakwaan bagi kesalahan itu boleh dimulakan pada bila-bila masa selepas itu terhadap orang yang kepadanya tawaran itu dibuat.

Tanggungan pengarah, pegawai, pengawal, dsb.

36C. Jika mana-mana kesalahan terhadap mana-mana peruntukan

Akta ini telah dilakukan oleh mana-mana institusi kewangan Labuan, mana-mana orang yang pada masa perlakuan kesalahan itu ialah seorang pengarah, pegawai, atau pengawal, dalam institusi kewangan

Labuan itu atau berupa sebagai bertindak dalam mana-mana sifat sedemikian, atau telah dengan apa-apa cara sehingga apa-apa takat bertanggungjawab tentang pengurusan mana-mana hal ehwal institusi kewangan Labuan itu, atau telah membantu dalam pengurusan sedemikian melakukan kesalahan itu melainkan jika dia membuktikan bahawa kesalahan itu telah dilakukan tanpa dipersetujui atau dibiarkan olehnya dan bahawa dia telah menjalankan segala usaha untuk mencegah perlakuan kesalahan itu sebagaimana yang patut dijalankan olehnya, dengan memberikan perhatian kepada jenis fungsinya atas sifat itu dan segala hal keadaan.

Kuasa untuk mendakwa kesalahan

36D. (1) Mana-mana orang yang diberi kuasa oleh Lembaga boleh, dengan kebenaran secara bertulis oleh Pendakwa Raya, mendakwa dalam mana-mana mahkamah apa-apa kes berkenaan dengan mana-mana kesalahan yang dilakukan di bawah Akta ini atau mana-mana kesalahan yang dilakukan di bawah undang-undang yang dinyatakan dalam Jadual.

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Tinggi Malaya atau Mahkamah Tinggi Sabah dan Sarawak, mengikut mana-mana yang berkenaan.

Permohonan bagi penggulungan

36E. (1) Walau apa pun peruntukan Akta Syarikat 1965 atau undang-undang yang dinyatakan dalam Jadual, mana-mana perbadanan yang berdaftar di bawah Akta Syarikat Labuan 1990 [Akta 441], sama ada atau tidak perbadanan itu sedang digulung secara sukarela, boleh digulung di bawah suatu perintah mahkamah atas petisyen Lembaga, mengikut peruntukan Akta Syarikat Labuan 1990.

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Hukuman kewangan tambahan

36F. Jika seseorang telah disabitkan dengan suatu kesalahan di bawah Akta ini atau undang-undang yang dinyatakan dalam Jadual, mahkamah boleh, jika ia berpuas hati bahawa oleh sebab pelakuan kesalahan itu orang disabitkan itu memperoleh faedah kewangan atau faedah kewangan itu terakru bagi manfaat orang itu, memerintahkan orang yang disabitkan itu untuk membayar, walau apa pun amaun maksimum apa-apa denda yang selainnya boleh dikenakan di bawah

Akta ini atau undang-undang yang dinyatakan dalam Jadual, suatu denda tambahan dalam amaun yang bersamaan dengan amaun faedah kewangan yang dianggarkan oleh mahkamah.

Kuasa untuk mengenakan penalti pentadbiran

36G. (1) Lembaga boleh mengenakan penalti pentadbiran ke atas mana-mana orang yang tidak mematuhi mana-mana peruntukan Akta ini atau undang-undang yang dinyatakan dalam Jadual.

Injunksi atau relief lain

36H. (1) Lembaga boleh memohon kepada Hakim dalam Kamar atau kepada mana-mana mahkamah yang mempunyai bidang kuasa

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kompeten bagi sesuatu perintah berkenaan dengan apa-apa perkara yang berhubungan dengan fungsinya di bawah seksyen 4.

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Audit khas

36I. (1) Jika terdapat kegagalan di pihak mana-mana institusi kewangan Labuan atau mana-mana orang untuk mematuhi peruntukan Akta ini atau undang-undang yang dinyatakan dalam

Jadual, Lembaga boleh mengeluarkan suatu arahan di bawah seksyen 4B untuk memaksa institusi kewangan Labuan itu untuk melantik seorang juruaudit khas untuk menjalankan audit khas ke atas institusi kewangan Labuan itu.

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Kuasa membuat peraturan-peraturan

37. (1) Menteri boleh, atas syor Lembaga, membuat apa-apa peraturan yang suai manfaat atau perlu bagi melaksanakan atau menguatkuasakan peruntukan Akta ini.

Kuasa Menteri untuk membuat ubah suaian

38. (1) Tertakluk kepada subseksyen (2), Menteri boleh, bilamana didapatinya perlu atau suai manfaat dibuat sedemikian sama ada bagi maksud menghapuskan kesulitan atau berikutan dengan terlulusnya

Akta ini, melalui perintah membuat apa-apa ubah suaian kepada mana-mana peruntukan dalam mana-mana undang-undang yang berhubungan dengan perkhidmatan kewangan luar pesisir sebagaimana yang difikirkannya patut.

Kuasa untuk meminda Jadual

38A. Menteri boleh, atas syor Lembaga, melalui perintah yang disiarkan dalam Warta, meminda Jadual.

Penyampaian dokumen kepada institusi kewangan Labuan

38B. (1) Apa-apa dokumen atau notis yang dikehendaki untuk disampaikan oleh Lembaga kepada sesuatu institusi kewangan

Labuan boleh disampaikan dengan—

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Labuan itu; atau

Labuan itu.

Akta Perlindungan Pihak Berkuasa Awam 1948

38C. (1) Akta Perlindungan Pihak Berkuasa Awam 1948 hendaklah terpakai bagi apa-apa tindakan, guaman, pendakwaan atau prosiding terhadap Lembaga atau terhadap mana-mana anggota Lembaga, mana-mana anggota suatu jawatankuasa, atau mana-mana pegawai, pekerja atau ejen Lembaga berkenaan dengan apa-apa perbuatan atau peninggalan yang dibuat atau ditinggalkan olehnya atas sifatnya itu.

Percanggahan undang-undang

38D. Jika terdapat percanggahan antara peruntukan Akta ini dengan peruntukan mana-mana undang-undang lain yang berhubungan dengan perkhidmatan kewangan Labuan, peruntukan Akta ini hendaklah mengatasi.

Tatacara jika tiada yang ditetapkan

38E. Sekiranya apa-apa perbuatan atau langkah dikehendaki atau dibenarkan untuk dilakukan atau diambil di bawah Akta ini atau undang-undang yang disebut dalam Jadual dan tiada cara atau tatacara ditetapkan sama ada dalam Akta ini atau peraturan-peraturan, permohonan boleh dibuat kepada Lembaga untuk arahan tentang cara

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yang mengikutnya perbuatan atau langkah itu boleh dilakukan atau diambil, dan apa-apa perbuatan atau langkah yang dilakukan atau diambil mengikut arahan Lembaga hendaklah menjadi pelaksanaan yang sah perbuatan atau langkah itu.

Kecualian dan peralihan

39. (1) Semua peraturan, petunjuk, arahan, perintah atau keputusan yang dibuat oleh Pendaftar atau Bank, mengikut mana-mana yang berkenaan, di bawah mana-mana undang-undang yang berhubungan dengan perkhidmatan kewangan luar pesisir yang wujud sebelum mula berkuatkuasanya Akta ini hendaklah disifatkan telah dibuat oleh

Lembaga sehingga dipinda atau dibatalkan atau sehingga tarikh ia habis tempoh.

Luar Pesisir 1990 dan Akta Syarikat Amanah Labuan 1990 di bawah

Akta-Akta itu yang wujud sebelum mula berkuatkuasanya Akta ini hendaklah disifatkan telah dibuat oleh

Menteri yang dipertanggungkan dengan tanggungjawab bagi kewangan melainkan jika dipinda atau dibatalkan atau sehingga tarikh ia habis tempoh.

Syarikat Luar Pesisir 1990 dan Akta Syarikat Amanah Labuan 1990

di bawah Akta-Akta itu hendaklah, apabila mula berkuatkuasanya

Akta ini, diuruskan oleh Menteri yang dipertanggungkan dengan tanggungjawab bagi kewangan.

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Akta ini hendaklah, apabila mula berkuatkuasanya Akta ini, disifatkan telah diserah simpan dengan Lembaga.

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JADUAL

1. Akta Syarikat Labuan 1990 [Akta 441]

2. Akta Cukai Aktiviti Perniagaan Labuan 1990 [Akta 445]

3. Akta Amanah Labuan 1996 [Akta 554]

4. Akta Yayasan Labuan 2010 [Akta 706]

5. Akta Perkhidmatan Kewangan dan Sekuriti Islam Labuan 2010 [Akta 705]

6. Akta Perkongsian Terhad dan Perkongsian Liabiliti Terhad Labuan 2010

[Akta 707]

7. Akta Perkhidmatan Kewangan dan Sekuriti Labuan 2010 [Akta 704]

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SENARAI PINDAAN

Undang-undang Tajuk ringkas Berkuat kuasa dari yang meminda

Akta A1036 Akta Lembaga 15-10-1998

Perkhidmatan

Kewangan Luar Pesisir

Labuan (Pindaan) 1998

Akta A1337 Akta Lembaga 15-06-2009

Perkhidmatan

Kewangan Luar Pesisir

Labuan (Pindaan) 2008

Akta A1365 Akta Lembaga 11-02-2010

Perkhidmatan

Kewangan Luar Pesisir

Labuan (Pindaan) 2010

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SENARAI SEKSYEN YANG DIPINDA

Seksyen

Kuasa meminda

Berkuat kuasa dari

Tajuk panjang

1

2

3

4

4A-4C

9

13

14

15

17

17A

18A

Bahagian IIA

28A

Akta A1365

Akta A1365

Akta A1036

Akta A1337

Akta A1365

Akta A1365

Akta A1036

Akta A1337

Akta A1365

Akta A1365

Akta A1365

Akta A1365

Akta A1365

Akta A1365

Akta A1365

Akta A1337

Akta A1036

Akta A1365

Akta A1365

Akta A1036

Akta A1337

Akta A1365 11-02-2010

11-02-2010

15-10-1998 15-06-2009 11-02-2010

11-02-2010

15-10-1998 15-06-2009 11-02-2010

11-02-2010

11-02-2010

11-02-2010

11-02-2010

11-02-2010

11-02-2010

15-06-2009

15-10-1998 11-02-2010

11-02-2010

15-10-1998 15-06-2009 11-02-2010

Akta A1036 15-10-1998

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Seksyen

Kuasa meminda

Berkuat kuasa dari

28B

28BA

28C

28D

28E-28P

29

32

32A

36

36A

Akta A1337

Akta A1365

Akta A1365

Akta A1036

Akta A1337

Akta A1365

Akta A1036

Akta A1365

Akta A1365

Akta A1036

Akta A1365

Akta A1365

Akta A1036

Akta A1365

Akta A1036

Akta A1365

Akta A1036

Akta A1365

15-06-2009 11-02-2010

11-02-2010

15-10-1998 15-06-2009 11-02-2010

15-10-1998 11-02-2010

11-02-2010

15-10-1998 11-02-2010

11-02-2010

15-10-1998 11-02-2010

15-10-1998 11-02-2010

15-10-1998 11-02-2010

36AA

36B

36C

36D-36I

37

38A-38E

Jadual

Akta A1365

Akta A1036

Akta A1365

Akta A1036

Akta A1365

Akta A1365

Akta A1365

Akta A1365

Akta A1365

11-02-2010

15-10-1998 11-02-2010

15-10-1998 11-02-2010

11-02-2010

11-02-2010

11-02-2010

11-02-2010