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Amendment Act

Passports (Amendment) Act 2026

Amends the Passports Act 1966

The text

Passports (Amendment)

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PASSPORTS (AMENDMENT) ACT 2026

Bill 2

Date of Royal Assent

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27 February 2026

Date of publication in the

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13 March 2026

Gazette

Publisher’s Copyright C

(Appointed Printer to the Government of Malaysia).

Passports (Amendment)

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PASSPORTS (AMENDMENT) ACT 2026

Preamble

An Act to amend the Passports Act 1966.

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ENACTED by the Parliament of Malaysia as follows:

s 1Short title and commencement

(1)

This Act may be cited as the Passports (Amendment)

Act 2026.

(2)

This Act comes into operation on a date to be appointed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette.

s 2Amendment of section 2

The Passports Act 1966 [Act 150] is amended in section 2—

(a)

in subsection (1), by inserting after the words

“shall produce to an immigration officer” the words

“or provide through an automated system,”; and

(b)

in subsection (2), by inserting after the words “produce to that officer” the words “or provide through an automated system,”.