Short title and commencement
Open ↗(1) This Act may be cited as the Malaysia Border Control and Protection Agency Act 2024.
(2) This Act comes into operation on a date to be appointed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette, and the Minister may appoint different dates—
(a) for the coming into operation of different provisions of this Act;
(b) for the coming into operation of this Act in different parts of Malaysia; or
(c) for the coming into operation of different provisions of this Act in different parts of Malaysia.
Interpretation
Open ↗In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—
“Agency” means the Malaysia Border Control and Protection Agency established under section 3;
“goods” has the same meaning assigned to it in the Customs Act 1967 [Act 235];
“prescribed area” means any area specified in the First Schedule comprising—
(a) any immigration control post, authorized landing place, authorized airport or authorized point of entry, prescribed under the Immigration Act 1959/63 [Act 155];
(b) any legal landing place, customs port, customs airport or place of import and export by road or railway, prescribed under the Customs Act 1967;
(c) any entry point, quarantine station or quarantine premises, specified or declared under the Malaysian Quarantine and Inspection Services Act 2011 [Act 728];
(d) any free zone declared under the Free Zones Act 1990 [Act 438]; or
(e) any quarantine station declared under the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 [Act 342];
“Director General” means the Director General of Malaysia Border Control and Protection Agency appointed under subsection 4(1);
“Minister” means the Minister charged with the responsibility for home affairs;
“ o ff i c e r o f t h e A g e n c y ” m e a n s t h e o ff i c e r o f t h e Malaysia Border Control and Protection Agency appointed under subsection 5(1), and includes the Director General and the Deputy Director General of the Agency;
“competent authorities” includes any ministry, department, office, agency, authority, commission, committee, board, council or other body, of the Federal Government or of any State Government established under any written law or otherwise, which is responsible for the implementation and enforcement of the relevant written laws;
“relevant written laws” means the federal written laws specified in the Second Schedule and includes any subsidiary legislation made under the written laws.
