Malaysia legislation
Section 6
of ANTI-TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS AND ANTI-SMUGGLING OF MIGRANTS (AMENDMENT) ACT 2022
Section 6
“Aggravated offence of trafficking in persons
(a)
in the shoulder note, by inserting after the word “children”
the words “or a person who is unable to fully take care of or protect himself because of a physical or mental disability or condition”;
(b)
by renumbering the existing section as subsection (1);
(c)
in the renumbered subsection (1)—
(i)
by substituting for the words “a child” the words
“a child or a person who is unable to fully take care of or protect himself because of a physical or mental disability or condition”;
(ii)
by deleting the words “for the purpose of exploitation,”; and
(iii)
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” 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”; and
Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants (Amendment)
(d)
by inserting after the renumbered subsection (1) the following subsection:
“(2) In a prosecution for an offence under this section, the means used against a trafficked person who is a child or a person who is unable to fully take care of or protect himself because of a physical or mental disability or condition is irrelevant and is not a requirement to be proved.”.
Amendment of section 15a