98. Compliance with a registered voluntary industry code a legal defence. (1) Subject to section 99, compliance with a registered voluntary industry code shall not be mandatory. (2) Compliance with a registered voluntary industry code shall be a defence against any prosecution, action or proceeding of any nature, whether in a court or otherwise, taken against a person (who is subject to the voluntary industry code) regarding a matter dealt with in that code. 99. Directions to comply with a registered voluntary industry code. The Commission may direct a person or a class of persons, in accordance with section 51, to comply with a registered voluntary industry code. 100. Civil penalty for non-compliance. (1) Notwithstanding section 53, a person who fails to comply with a direction of the Commission that the person complies with any provision of a voluntary industry code shall be liable to pay to the Commission a fine not exceeding two hundred thousand ringgit. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of any other written law, the fine payable under this section may, without prejudice to any other remedy or sanction, be recoverable as a civil debt. 101. Revocation of a code. The Commission may determine the revocation of a voluntary industry code, in accordance with section 55, if it is satisfied that the voluntary industry code is no longer consistent with all the matters listed in paragraphs 95(4)(a), (b) and (c). 102. Submission of new voluntary industry code by an industry forum. (1) An industry forum may submit a new voluntary industry code to replace an existing voluntary industry code for that industry. (2) The submission of the new code shall be subject to the provisions of this Chapter. (3) If an industry forum submits a new voluntary industry code to the Commission which deals with the same matter as an existing registered code, the existing registered code is taken to be invalid to the extent of any conflict with the new code at the time that the new code is registered under section 95. 103. Register of current voluntary industry code. The Commission shall maintain a register of all current voluntary industry codes, in accordance with Chapter 6 of this Part.