Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Act 2024 · Updated to 2 Feb 2024 · Part II · Registration
3. Requirement for registration of tobacco product, etc.
Feedback & supportNo tobacco product, smoking substance or substitute tobacco product shall be imported, manufactured or distributed by any person unless registered under this Act.
tobacco product
“tobacco product” means processed tobacco or any product that contains tobacco which is designed for human consumption;
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smoking
“smoking” means inhaling and expelling the smoke or vapour, of any tobacco product or substitute tobacco product, and includes the holding of or control over any tobacco product or substitute tobacco product which is ignited, heated or vaporized or used in any other methods;
Any person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence and shall, on conviction—
where the person is not a body corporate—
for the first offence, be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both; and
for the second or subsequent offence, be liable to a fine not exceeding thirty thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both; and
where the person is a body corporate—
for the first offence, be liable to a fine not less than twenty thousand ringgit and not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both;
and
for the second or subsequent offence, be liable to a fine not less than fifty thousand ringgit and not exceeding three hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both.