Malaysia legislation
Section 7
Section 7
Section 24 of the principal Act is amended—
(a)
by renumbering the existing subsection (1) as subsection (1c);
(b)
by inserting before the renumbered subsection (1c)
the following subsections:
“(1) Every person arriving by sea or by air at an authorized airport in Malaysia shall, before entering
Malaysia, be subjected to an examination—
(a)
by an immigration officer; or
(b)
if so required by an immigration officer, through an automated system.
(1a)
The examination under subsection (1) shall include the verification of personal identifier and biometric data provided under section 22a.
(1b)
If examination under paragraph (1)(b) could not be completed, the person shall then appear before an immigration officer for examination.”;
(c)
in the renumbered subsection (1c), by substituting for the words “Every person arriving by sea or by air at an authorized airport in Malaysia shall appear before an immigration officer at such time and place as the officer may direct; and the officer, after such examination as he
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may consider necessary, shall inform any person whom he considers to be prohibited from entering Malaysia under this Act of his finding” the words “If upon examination an immigration officer finds that a person shall be prohibited from entering Malaysia, the immigration officer shall inform the person of his finding”;
(d)
in subsection (2)—
(i)
in paragraph (a), by substituting for the words
“refuses or neglects to appear before an immigration officer as required by subsection (1)” the words
“refuses or neglects to be examined under subsection (1)”; and
(ii)
in subparagraph (b)(ii), by substituting for the words
“subsection (1)” the words “subsection (1c)”;
(e)
in paragraph (3)(b), by substituting for the words
“subsection (1)” the words “subsection (1c)”;
(f)
in subsection (4), by substituting for the words “subsection (1)”
the words “subsection (1c)”;
(g)
in subsection (5), by substituting for the words “subsection (1)”
the words “subsection (1c)”; and
(h)
in subsection (7), by substituting for the words “subsection (1)”
the words “subsection (1c)”.
Amendment of section 26