Group members Jasper Tan Li Jen and Muhammad Afnan Bin Nazim were assigned a research project on Section 179 of the Malaysian Capital Markets and Services Act. Their objectives were to analyze Malaysian case law interpreting Section 179, investigate if corporate mismanagement should be a crime under this section, and determine the extent common law fraud elements apply. The document discusses interpretation of Section 179 in cases dealing with corporate mismanagement and the relationship between common law fraud and Section 179.

1. FACULTY OF LAW
SEMERTER II 2013/2014
UUUK 4573 UNDANG-UNDANG KEWANGAN KORPORAT
LECTURER
ASSOC. PROF. DR. HASANI BIN MOHD ALI
ASSIGNMENT II
S.179 OF THE CMSA: ISSUES IN THE USE OF MANIPULATIVE
AND DECEPTIVE DEVICES

2. GROUP MEMBERS: A 137777 JASPER TAN LI JEN
A 139450 MUHAMMAD AFNAN BIN NAZIM
INTRODUCTION
BACKGROUND
OBJECTIVE OF RESEARCH
1. To analyse Malaysian case laws in interpreting section 179;
2. To investigate whether corporate mismanagement should be a crime under
section 179; and
3. To determine to what extend the elements of common law fraud apply to an
action under section 179.
INTERPRETATION OF SECTION 179
This section attempts to analyse the cases dealing with
CORPORATE MISMANAGEMENT AND S.179
This section attempts to a

3. COMMON LAW FRAUD AND S. 179