Malaysia legislation

Section 41

of EMPLOYMENT (AMENDMENT) ACT 2022

Section 41

The principal Act is amended in Part XVII by inserting before section 91 the following section:

“Forced labour 90b.  Any employer who threatens, deceives or forces an employee to do any activity, service or work and prevents that employee from proceeding beyond the place or area where such activity, service or work is done, commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to both.”.