Section 15

Any person who profits from the exploitation of a trafficked person commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding fifteen years, and shall also be liable to a fine of not less than **five hundred thousand ringgit but not exceeding one million ringgit and shall also be liable to forfeiture of the profits from the offence.

Offence in relation to trafficked person in transit 15a. Any person who brings in transit a trafficked person through

Malaysia by land, sea or air, or otherwise arranges or facilitates such act commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding ***fifteen years, and shall also be liable to fine.

*NOTE—Previously “imprisonment for a term not less than three years but not exceeding twenty years, and shall also be liable to fine”–see subsection 6(c)(iii) of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants (Amendment) Act 2022 [Act A1644] w.e.f. 22 February 2022.

**NOTE—Previously “fifty thousand ringgit but not exceeding five hundred thousand ringgit”–

see section 10 of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons (Amendment) Act 2010 [Act A1385] w.e.f.

15 November 2010.

***NOTE—Previously “seven years”–see section 7 of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons and

Anti-Smuggling of Migrants (Amendment) Act 2022 [Act A1644] w.e.f. 22 February 2022.

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