Section 12

(1)

Any person who-

(a)

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;

(c)

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;

(d)

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;

S. 12-131

PASSPORTS

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

(g)

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

(k)

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.

(2)

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.

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