Malaysia legislation
Section 5
of ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS AND ANTI-SMUGGLING OF MIGRANTS (AMENDMENT) ACT 2022
Section 5
The principal Act is amended by substituting for section 13
the following section:
Quoted provision
Section 13
Any person who commits an offence of trafficking in persons, where the trafficked person not being a child or not being a person who is unable to fully take care of or protect himself because of a physical or mental disability or condition where any of the following applies:
(a)
in committing the offence, the person caused grievous hurt to the trafficked person or to any other person;
(b)
in committing the offence, the person caused death to the trafficked person or to any other person;
(c)
in committing the offence, where caused by or at the time the person was trafficked, the trafficked person committed suicide;
(d)
in committing the offence, the person exposed the trafficked person to life threatening diseases, including the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS);
(e)
in committing the offence, the person engaged in trafficking in persons activities as part of an organized criminal group activity; or
(f)
where the offence of trafficking in persons was committed by a public officer in the performance of his public duties, shall, on conviction, be punished with 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 14