Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2007 · Updated to 30 Sep 2025 · Part I · Preliminary
5. Prevailing law
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
The provisions of this Act shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, the provisions of any other written law relating to trafficking in persons and smuggling of migrants.
In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of this Act and those of any other written laws, the provisions of this Act shall prevail and the conflicting or inconsistent provisions of such other written laws shall, to the extent of the conflict or inconsistency, be deemed to be superseded.
Part Ia
HIGH LEVEL COMMITTEE
High Level Committee 5a. (1) A High Level Committee shall be established consisting of the ministers of the Ministries who are represented on the
Council.
Council
“Council” means the Council for Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants established under section 6;
The High Level Committee shall be chaired by the Minister.
Minister
“Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for internal security;
Meetings of the Committee 5b. The High Level Committee shall meet as often as may be necessary.
Function of the Committee 5c. The High Level Committee shall deliberate on and decide the recommendations made by the Council.
Terms defined in s 2
Council
Defined · s 2“Council” means the Council for Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants established under section 6;
Minister
Defined · s 2“Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for internal security;
smuggling of migrants
Defined · s 2“smuggling of migrants” means— (a) arranging, facilitating or organizing, directly or indirectly, a person’s unlawful entry into or through, or unlawful exit from, any country of which the person is not a citizen or permanent resident either knowing or having reason to believe that the person’s entry or exit is unlawful; and (b) recruiting, conveying, transferring, concealing, harbouring or providing any other assistance or service for the purpose of carrying out the acts referred to in paragraph (a);
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;
Part II
Council for Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants
Part III
Part IV
Enforcement
Part V
Part VI