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Section 72

of Immigration Act 1959/63

ActIn forceProvision 88 of 90

Section 72

(1)

Subject to any exemption granted under section 55 every person entering Peninsular Malaysia or an East Malaysian State from a place in Malaysia outside Peninsular Malaysia or outside that State, as the case may be, shall produce to the immigration

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officer either an internal travel document issued under section 73

or the like passport, or other travel document, having the like visa

(if any), as would be required by the law for the time being in force with respect to passports if he were entering from a place outside

Malaysia.

(2)

A person shall be guilty of an offence against this Act if he enters Peninsular Malaysia or an East Malaysian State contrary to subsection (1), or attempts to do so, or abets any person to do so.