Section 4
Definition of membership of civilian component of visiting force
In Part II references to a member of a civilian component of a visiting force are references to a person for the time being fulfilling the following conditions, that is to say:
(a)
that he holds a passport issued in respect of him by a
Government, not being a passport issued by the passport authorities of Malaysia;
(b)
that the passport contains an uncancelled entry made by or on behalf of the appropriate authority of the sending country stating that he is a member of a civilian component of a visiting force of that country; and
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(c)
that the passport contains a note of recognition of that entry by or on behalf of the Minister charged with responsibility for immigration which has not been cancelled and as respects which no notification in writing has been given by or on behalf of (such) Minister to the appropriate authority of the sending country stating that the recognition is withdrawn.
(2)
The reference in paragraph (1)(c) to a note of recognition of an entry in a passport is a reference to any mark or indication made in the passport by or on behalf of the Minister charged with responsibility for immigration signifying that the entry has been noted and approved.
(3)
In this section the expression “passport” includes any document which, in accordance with the law for the time being in force in
Malaysia, would be treated as the equivalent of a passport in the case of a person entering Malaysia, being a national of the country by whose Government the document is issued.