Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2007 · Updated to 30 Sep 2025 · Part V
44. Taking a person into temporary custody
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
An enforcement officer may, on reasonable suspicion that any person who is found or rescued is a trafficked person, take that person into temporary custody and produce him before a Magistrate within twenty-four hours, exclusive of the time necessary for the journey to the Magistrate’s Court, for the purpose of obtaining an interim protection order.
enforcement officer
“enforcement officer” means any officer specified in subsection 27(1) or any public officer appointed under subsection 27(1a);
The Magistrate shall make an interim protection order for the person to be placed at a place of refuge for a period of twenty-one days for the purpose of carrying out an investigation and enquiry under section 51.
Protection Order
“Protection Order” means an order made by a Magistrate for the care and protection of a trafficked person under paragraph 51(3)(a);
The enforcement officer shall, upon obtaining the order issued under subsection (2), surrender the trafficked person to a
trafficked person
“trafficked person” means any person who is the victim or object of an act of trafficking in persons;
Protection Officer to place that trafficked person at the place of refuge specified in the order.
Protection Officer
“Protection Officer” means any officer appointed under section 43;
Terms defined in s 2
enforcement officer
Defined · s 2“enforcement officer” means any officer specified in subsection 27(1) or any public officer appointed under subsection 27(1a);
place of refuge
Defined · s 2“place of refuge” means a place of refuge declared by the Minister under subsection 42(1) of this Act. Scope of application
Protection Officer
Defined · s 2“Protection Officer” means any officer appointed under section 43;
Protection Order
Defined · s 2“Protection Order” means an order made by a Magistrate for the care and protection of a trafficked person under paragraph 51(3)(a);
trafficked person
Defined · s 2“trafficked person” means any person who is the victim or object of an act of trafficking in persons;
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