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
Any trafficked person who escapes or is removed from a place of refuge without lawful authority—
trafficked person
“trafficked person” means any person who is the victim or object of an act of trafficking in persons;
may be taken into custody by any enforcement officer and shall be brought back to the place of refuge; and
enforcement officer
“enforcement officer” means any officer specified in subsection 27(1) or any public officer appointed under subsection 27(1a);
shall be placed for such period which is equal to the period during which he was unlawfully at large and for the unexpired residue of his term in the Protection
Order originally made by the Magistrate.
enforcement officer
“enforcement officer” means any officer specified in subsection 27(1) or any public officer appointed under subsection 27(1a);
place of refuge
“place of refuge” means a place of refuge declared by the Minister under subsection 42(1) of this Act. Scope of application
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);
trafficked person
“trafficked person” means any person who is the victim or object of an act of trafficking in persons;
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