Malaysia legislation

Section 35

of CHILD (AMENDMENT) ACT 2016

Section 35

Section 38 of the principal Act is amended—

(a)

by deleting the word “or” at the end of paragraph (b);

(b)

by substituting for the full stop at the end of paragraph (c)

a semicolon; and

(c)

by inserting after paragraph (c) the following paragraphs:

“(d) has been brought into or is to be sent out of

Malaysia and the custody of the child has been acquired either—

(i)

after having been purchased; or

(ii)

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;

(e)

has been procured either within or outside Malaysia for the purpose of being used, trained or disposed of as a prostitute; or

(f)

is being detained against his will—

(i)

for the purposes of prostitution or for having sexual intercourse with another or for immoral purposes; or

(ii)

for the purposes of being sent out of

Malaysia for prostitution or for having sexual intercourse with another or for immoral purposes.”.

Amendment of section 39