Section 31B
of Employee Trust Act ( Formerly Known as Tabung Amanah Pekerja Act )
Section 31B
(1)
Where any contributions remaining unpaid by a body corporate, partnership, association or body of persons, then, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Act or any other written law, the directors or former directors of such body corporate, or the partners or former partners of such partnership, or the members of such association or body of persons or the office bearers of such association or body of persons, as the case may be, during such period in which contributions were liable to be paid, shall together with the body corporate, partnership, association or body of persons liable to pay the contributions, be jointly and severally liable for the contributions due and payable to the Trust.
(2)
In this section, “contributions” includes any dividend, service charge and penalties due on any contributions, charged by the Board under this Act or any regulations or rules made thereunder.