Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2007 · Updated to 30 Sep 2025 · Part V
Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2007 · Updated to 30 Sep 2025 · Part V
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
Where an enforcement officer who takes a person into temporary custody under subsection 44(1) is of the opinion that the person is in need of medical examination or treatment, the enforcement officer may, instead of taking that person before a
enforcement officer
“enforcement officer” means any officer specified in subsection 27(1) or any public officer appointed under subsection 27(1a);
Magistrate, present him to a medical officer.
medical officer
“medical officer” means a registered medical practitioner in the service of the Government and includes a registered medical practitioner in any teaching hospital of a University;
If at the time of being taken into temporary custody, the person is a patient in a hospital, the enforcement officer may leave that person in the hospital.
enforcement officer
“enforcement officer” means any officer specified in subsection 27(1) or any public officer appointed under subsection 27(1a);
medical officer
“medical officer” means a registered medical practitioner in the service of the Government and includes a registered medical practitioner in any teaching hospital of a University;
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