KUANTAN: A businesswoman was fined RM5,000 in the Magistrate’s Court for submitting a forged marriage certificate to the Pahang National Registration Department. The penalty was imposed after the woman, 41, pleaded guilty to the charge, which involved altering information on her daughter’s birth certificate in 2012.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, Magistrate Tengku Eliana Tuan Kamaruzaman issued the fine in the case, which was prosecuted by Pahang NRD Prosecuting Officer Mohd Nurhisyam Mohd Sofian and Assistant Prosecuting Officer Burhanuddin Hamzah. The woman, represented by lawyer Mohd Azlan Mohd Arish from the National Legal Aid Foundation, paid the fine.

The incident occurred at a JPN counter at 3:16 p.m. on April 30, 2012, when the woman attempted to use the forged document. The charge was brought under Section 36(1)(b) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1957, which stipulates a maximum fine of RM20,000 or up to three years imprisonment, or both, upon conviction.