Short title and commencement
s 1
(1) This Act may be cited as the Sexual Offences against Children Act 2017. (2) This Act comes into operation on a date to be appointed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette.
Sexual Offences against Children Act 2017 Part I — PRELIMINARY
Application
s 2
(1) This Act shall apply to a child who is under the age of eighteen years and where this Act relates to any other written law, to a child of such age as specified in such written law. (2) Any reference to a child in respect of any offence under this Act, or any offence specified in the Schedule where the victim is a child shall include a person whom an accused believes is a person of or under the age as specified in the respective provisions of such offences.
Extra-territorial application
s 3
If any offence under this Act, or any offence specified in the Schedule where the victim is a child is committed by a Malaysian citizen against any child in any place outside Malaysia, he may be dealt with in respect of such offence as if the offence was committed at any place within Malaysia.
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Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).
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