Tabung Haji Act 1995 · Updated to 1 May 2014 · Part V · Pilgrim Organizer
32. Issue of ticket to pilgrims
Feedback & supportEvery pilgrim organizer shall issue or cause to be issued to a pilgrim whose travel to the Holy Land is organized by him a return air ticket for that pilgrim’s travel to the Holy Land and return therefrom.
pilgrim organizer
“pilgrim organizer” means any person who is licensed under section 28; Tabung Haji 9
Notwithstanding subsection (1), a ticket for the return journey need not be issued to any pilgrim who produces a written authority as mentioned in section 33.
pilgrim
“pilgrim” means any Muslim who travels from any point of exit or other place in Malaysia or elsewhere for the purpose of pilgrimage to the Holy Land;
Every ticket issued under subsection (1) shall be issued within such time as to enable the pilgrim to whom it is issued to perform the pilgrimage.
Any pilgrim organizer who contravenes subsection (1) or (3)
shall be guilty of an offence and shall upon conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.
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Notwithstanding any penalty under subsection (4), the
Lembaga shall, where a pilgrim organizer has failed to comply with subsection (1), be entitled to arrange for the purchase of a ticket for the return journey of a pilgrim and the pilgrim organizer shall be liable for and bear all costs incurred therefor and shall indemnify the
Lembaga for the costs on demand.