Child Act 2001 · Updated to 1 Jul 2023 · Part VI · Children in Need of Protection and Rehabilitation
38. Meaning of child in need of protection and rehabilitation
Feedback & supportA child is in need of protection and rehabilitation if the child—
is being induced to perform any sexual act, or is in any physical or social environment which may lead to the performance of such act;
lives in or frequents any brothel or place of assignation;
brothel
“brothel” means any place occupied or used by any two or more persons whether at the same time or at different times for the purpose of prostitution;
is habitually in the company or under the control of brothel-keepers or procurers or persons employed or directly interested in the business carried on in brothels or in connection with prostitution;
prostitution
“prostitution” means the act of a person offering that person’s body for sexual gratification for hire whether in money or in kind;
has been brought into or is to be sent out of Malaysia and the custody of the child has been acquired either—
after having been purchased; or
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by fraud, false representation or false pretence, whether or not for the purposes of prostitution or for having sexual intercourse with another or for immoral purposes;
has been procured either within or outside Malaysia for the purpose of being used, trained or disposed of as a prostitute; or
is being detained against his will—
for the purposes of prostitution or for having sexual intercourse with another or for immoral purposes; or
for the purposes of being sent out of Malaysia for prostitution or for having sexual intercourse with another or for immoral purposes.
Removal of a child to place of refuge