Section 16
Offer of fees, etc., prohibited
of Employment Agencies Act 1958
(1)
A licensee or employment agency personnel must not give or offer to give (whether directly or indirectly) to an employer or a prospective employer, any sum or other benefit —
as consideration or as inducement for employing a person as the employee of the employer or prospective employer;
as consideration or as inducement for continuing to employ a person as the employee of the employer or prospective employer; or
as a financial guarantee related, whether directly or indirectly, to the employment of a person as the employee of the employer or prospective employer.
(2)
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.[15