Malaysia legislation

Section 20

of *SEXUAL OFFENCES AGAINST CHILDREN ACT 2017

Section 20

Presumption of age of a child

It is not a defence to a charge for any offence under this Act, or any offence specified in the Schedule where the victim is a child, that an accused believed that the age of the child is or more than that as specified in the respective provisions of such offences at the time the offence is alleged to have been committed unless the accused took all reasonable steps to ascertain the age of the child.

Section 20 — SEXUAL OFFENCES AGAINST CHILDREN ACT 2017