Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants (Amendment) Act 2022 · As enacted
10. Amendment of section 26b
Official textFrom Laws of Malaysia Online, unchanged
Section 26b of the principal Act is amended—
in the national language text, by substituting for the word
“menjalankan” the word “melakukan”;
in paragraph (b), by deleting the word “or” at the end of the paragraph;
in paragraph (c), by substituting for the comma at the end of the paragraph the words “; or”;
by inserting after paragraph (c) the following paragraph:
“(d) where the offence of smuggling of migrants was committed by a public officer in the performance of his public duties,”; and
by substituting for the words “imprisonment for a term not less than three years but not exceeding twenty years, and shall also be liable to fine, or to both” the words “imprisonment for life or with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than five years, and shall also be liable to whipping”.