Malaysia legislation
Section 2
Section 2
The Immigration Act 1959/63 [Act 155], which is referred to as the “principal Act” in this Act, is amended in subsection 2(1)—
(a)
by inserting before the definition of ‘ “authorized airport”,
“authorized landing place” and “authorized point of entry” ’ the following definition:
‘ “advance passenger information” means information relating to a crew and passenger collected and recorded by the master, captain, driver, owner, charterer, agent or consignee of a vessel, aircraft or train, as the case may be, before arriving in or leaving Malaysia;’;
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(b)
by inserting after the definition of ‘ “authorized airport”,
“authorized landing place” and “authorized point of entry” ’
the following definitions:
‘ “automated system” means an automated identification processing system for the purposes of examination of persons entering or leaving Malaysia;
“biometric data” means any personal data resulting from technical processing relating to the physical, physiological or behavioural characteristics of a person;’;
(c)
in the definition of “crew”—
(i)
by inserting after the words “an aircraft or”
the words “train or”; and
(ii)
by substituting for the words “aircraft while in flight”
the words “aircraft or train while in flight or in motion”;
(d)
in the definition of “passenger”, by substituting for the words “or aircraft” the words “, aircraft or train”;
(e)
by inserting after the definition of “passenger” the following definition:
‘ “passenger name record” means information relating to a passenger of a vessel, aircraft or train including the name, gender, date of birth, nationality, passport number, passport issuing country, voyage plan, flight details and train itinerary of the passenger, collected and recorded in the reservation system of the vessel, aircraft or train, as the case may be, before the vessel, aircraft or train arrives in or leaves
Malaysia;’;
(f)
by inserting after the definition of “Permit” the following definition:
‘ “personal identifier” means any personal information of a person that can be used to identify the person;’; and
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(g)
in the definition of “stowaway”, by substituting for the words “any aircraft who is on board without the consent of the captain” the words “any aircraft or train who is on board without the consent of the captain or driver”.
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