Malaysia legislation

Section 10

of ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS AND ANTI-SMUGGLING OF MIGRANTS (AMENDMENT) ACT 2022

Section 10

Amendment of section 26b

(a)

in the national language text, by substituting for the word

“menjalankan” the word “melakukan”;

(b)

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

(c)

in paragraph (c), by substituting for the comma at the end of the paragraph the words “; or”;

(d)

by inserting after paragraph (c) the following paragraph:

“(d) where the offence of smuggling of migrants was committed by a public officer in the performance of his public duties,”; and

(e)

by substituting for the words “imprisonment for a term not less than three years but not exceeding twenty years, and shall also be liable to fine, or to both” the words “imprisonment for life or with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than five years, and shall also be liable to whipping”.

Amendment of section 26c