(1) If the person committing an offence under this Act is a company, every person who at the time the offence was committed was a director, general manager, manager, secretary or other officer of the company concerned in the management of the company in the Federation or who was purporting to act in any such capacity, he as well as the company shall be deemed to be guilty of that offence and shall be liable to be proceeded against and punished accordingly:
Provided that it shall be a defence for such person, if he proves that the offence was committed without his consent or connivance and that he exercised such diligence to prevent the commission of the offence as he ought to have exercised having regard to the nature of his functions and to all other circumstances.
(2) For the purpose of this section "company" includes-
(i) any body corporate;
(ii) a firm or other association of individuals;
(iii) a natural and individual person registered or licensed under any written law in force in Malaysia relating to the registration or licensing of businesses.
(3) Where the agent or servant of a person (such person being hereinafter in this section called "the principal") does anything or omits to do anything (which if done or omitted to be done by the principal would constitute an offence under this Act) the principal shall, notwithstanding that he has no knowledge of the offence, be deemed guilty of the offence and be liable to punishment for the offence:
Provided that it shall be a defence for the principal, if he proves-
(a) that the act or omission complained of was not within the ordinary scope of the employment of the agent or servant; and
(b) that the principal did not otherwise or subsequently ratify such act or omission.
(4) Where the agent or servant of the principal does anything or omits to do anything (which if done or omitted to be done by the principal would constitute an offence under this Act) such agent or servant shall also be guilty of that offence.
(5) The provisions of this section shall be in addition to and not in derogation from any other provisions of this Act.