Act of Parliament · 1974 Revised Edition
Passports Act 1966
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PASSPORTS ACT. 1966
Rev ised-1974)
s 1
(This Act may be cited as the Passports Act, 1966.
Slort title.
2Omirted
s 1AIn this Act unless the context otherwise requires lnterpre-tation
"alien means a person who is not a Commonwealth citizen. a British protected person or a citizen of the Republie of Ireland:
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"Commonwealth citizen'
meuns a person who 1S
Commonwealth citizen by virtue of section l of the British
Nationality Act. 1948:
Director General" means the Director General of ch. S6.
Immigration. the Deputy Director General of Immigration.
any Director of Immigration and any Deputy Director of
Tmmigration appointed under section 3 of the Immigration 2/59.
Ordinance. 1959;:
11 and 12
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"entry and "enter means entry and tO enter by land.
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sea or air:
immigration oficer" has the meaning assigned to it in the
Immigration Ordinance. 1959
master includes the pilot of an aireraft:
"officer of customs" has the meaning assigned to it in
Customs Act, 1967:
Act 62/67.
"owner in relation to a vessel includes a charterer:
"passport" means a valid passport which has been issued to a person by or on behalf of the Government of which he is a subject or citizen and includes any form of valid
*Previously inserted as s. 14.
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document of identity issued for the purpose of travel by any Government and recognized as a travel document by the Gov crnment of MalayS1a,
"vessel" includes an aircraft
s 2Prdactron
(1 Eiery person entering Malaysia from any place upin entr besond Malaysia shall produce to an imm1gration officer a assport, and that passport shall, in the case of/an alien, have a valid visa for Malaysia issued on the authority of and by or on behalf of the Government of Malaysia.
of passpoits nto or departure from
Malav sia 2
Every person leaving Malaysia for a place beyond
Malaysia shall, if required so to do by an immigration officer produce to that olficer a passport.
An immigration officer may, in relation to any pass-port produced under this section, put to any person producing that passport such questions as he thinks necessary; and the person shall answer the questions truthfully.
An immigration officer may make on any passport produced under this section such endorsement as he thinks fit.
s 3rto or
Section 2 shall apply to a person entering or leaving West departure 1 rom
West
Malaysia, Sabah or Sarawak from or to any part of Malaysia, as it applies to a person entering or leaving Malaysia from or to any place beyond Malaysia, as if-Malaysia.
Sabah or
Sarawak.
references therein to Malaysia were construed as references to West Malaysia, Sabah or Sarawak, as the case may be; and
references to a passport were construed as including an internal travel document issued under the
Immigration Ordinance, 1959 and the Immigration
Act, 1963.
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Act 27 63.
Exemption.
s 4
The Minister may by order exempt any person or class of persons from section 2 or 3 or both; and any such exemption may be subject to such conditions as he may direct and may be permanent or for a limited period.
Removal of 5. (1) Without prejudice to any penalty that may be imposed upon him by this Act, a person entering Malaysia contrary to this Act shall be liable, upon an order in that behalf being made by the Director General, to be removed persons unlawfully entering
Malaysia.
from Malaysia:
Provided that no such order shall apply to a citizen.
S. 5-8 1
PASSPORTS
An order made by the Dircctor Gencral under sub-scction (1), may providc for the detcntion in custody, for such period as inay be nCCeSsary for the purpose of making rrangements for his renoval, of the person to whom the order applics, and that pcrson may pursuant to the order be detaincd cithcr in a prison or in any other place appointed by the Director Gcncral for that purpose.
Any person to whom an order under subsection (1)
applies may be conducted across the fronticr or placed on board a suitable vessel by an immigration officer, police oflicer or oflicer of customs, and may be lawfully detained on board the vessel during the period that the vessel is within Malaysia or the territorial waters thereof.
s 6
Where an order made under section 5 (1) applies to Expenes a person who was brought into Malaysia in a vessel, the of removal.
master of the vessel and the master of any other vessel belonging to the same owner shall, if required by the Director
General and subject to subsection (2), receive that person on board his vessel and afford him free of charge a passage to the port or place at which the person embarked, and proper accommodation and maintenance during the voyage.
A requirement mentioned under subsection (1) shall have no effect unless it is made within twelve months of the date on which the person aforesaid enters Malaysia.
The master of a vessel failing to comply with sub-section () shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding/one thousand
Gat doltars or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding/six
A months or to both.
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The master and the owners and agents of any vessel Owners as from which any person enters Malaysia contrary to this Act masters shall be jointly and severally liable for all expenses incurred liable for by the Government in detaining and maintaining that person p pending deportation; and the expenses shall be recoverable as a debt due to the Government from the master, owners and agents.
s 8
The master of a vessel may use all reasonable and proper Master e means (including force if necessary) to prevent any person ee prevent unlawfu entry in
Malays from entering Malaysia contrary to this Act.
s 9S. 9-12
Acr 150 1f any qucstion arises m aly proceedin.
or with relerence t0 auylhing done or under this Act, as to whet.
is an alien or nol; or edings under Au e dae
Ous cther a person proot
belongs to any particular cliss of pero from any of the provisions of this sONS eXCmpled
Act, the onus of proving that the person is no he belongs to such class, as
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erson is notan alien or tha be, shall lie upom the case may that persOn.
tempts to ent or IS reason-
s 10Any person who enters or alten to cnter
Malaysia in cOntraventio
Powers ot ably suspected of having entered Malaysia in eolCa by any arrest.
of this Act may be arrested without warrant of this AC r Dolice olicer or ollicer ol customs
Oms.
immigration ofiicer, police oflicer or oflicer of cu for
s 11
Regulations.
The Minister may make regulations gencrall.
the purposes of this Act.
s 12
Any person who-
forges, alters or tampers With any passno
Offences.
or internal travel document, or any visa or endorse-Or ment thereon, or without lawful authority uses or attempts to use, or has in his possession, any passn or internal travel document which has been forged, altered or tampered with;
(h makes any false document intending to use the document as a passport 1or the purpose of this Act, or uses the document for that purpose;
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personates or falsely represents himself to be or not to be a person to whom a passport or internal travel document has been duly issued;
with intent to obtain for himself or any other person a passport, internal travel document, or an endorse-ment or VIsa on a passport, knowingly makes any false statement or produces any document which 1s to his knowledge false in any particular;
e) without lawful authority, has in his possession any passport or internal travel document which has been obtained as a result of making any material stat ment which was false or misleading, or as a io of the production of false evidence;
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PASSPORTS
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A allows any person to have possession of anu his use alone, intending or knowing be used by any other person, port issued for that the passport may uithout lawful authority, has in his possession anv
uSe of some person other than himself:
Lh wilfully assists any person to enter Malaysia contrary passport or interna travel document issued for the to this Act;
wilfully assists any peron to contravene this Act:
() obstructs or hinders any immigration officer, police officer or officer of customs in the discharge of his duty under this Act; or
attempts to commit or abets the commission of any offence under this Act, hall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be ahle to a fine not exceeding ten thousand deBlars or to auGc imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to both.
Any person contravening any of the provisions of this
Act. shall be guilty of an offence and shall, where no other nenalty is provided by this Act, be liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding ten thousand detars or to imprison-ment for a term not exceeding five years or to both.
s 13S/A
The provisions of this Act shall be in addition to and Saving.
not in derogation of the provisions of any law for the time being in force relating to immigration.
[List of Amendments]
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PASSPORTS ACT, 1966
(Revised-1974)
Particulars under section 7 (i) and (ii) of the Revision oj
Laws Act. 1968 (Act )
LIST OF AMENDMENTS
Amending law
Short title
In force from
Act A69 ...
Passports (Amendment) Act. 1971 17-9-1971
LIST OF LAWS OR PARTS THEREOF SUPERSEDED
No.
Title 21 of 19666
Passports Act, 1966.
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