Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2007 · Updated to 30 Sep 2025 · Part III
18. Fraudulent travel or identity documents
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
Any person who makes, obtains, gives, sells or possesses a fraudulent travel or identity document for the purpose of facilitating an act of trafficking in persons commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding ten years, and shall also be liable to a fine of not less than fifty thousand ringgit but not exceeding five hundred thousand ringgit.
fraudulent travel or identity document
“fraudulent travel or identity document” means a travel or identity document that— (a) has been made, or altered in a material way, by a person other than a person or agency lawfully authorised to make or issue the travel or identity document on behalf of a country; (b) has been issued or obtained through misrepresentation, corruption or duress or in any other unlawful manner; or (c) is being improperly used by a person other than the rightful holder;
Terms defined in s 2
fraudulent travel or identity document
Defined · s 2“fraudulent travel or identity document” means a travel or identity document that— (a) has been made, or altered in a material way, by a person other than a person or agency lawfully authorised to make or issue the travel or identity document on behalf of a country; (b) has been issued or obtained through misrepresentation, corruption or duress or in any other unlawful manner; or (c) is being improperly used by a person other than the rightful holder;
trafficking in persons
Defined · s 2“trafficking in persons” means all actions of recruiting, conveying, transferring, acquiring, maintaining, harbouring, providing or receiving, a person, for the purpose of exploitation, by the following means: (a) threat or use of force or other forms of coercion; (b) abduction; (c) fraud; (d) deception; (e) abuse of power; (f) abuse of the position of vulnerability of a person to an act of trafficking in persons; or (g) the giving or receiving of payments or benefits to obtain the consent of a person having control over the trafficked person;
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