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Immigration Act 1959/63 s 14

Immigration Act 1959/63 s 14

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s 14 Cancellation of, and declarations regarding Permits and Certificates

(1) Where the holder of any Permit seeks to enter Malaysia accompanied by any child whose name is not endorsed upon the Permit under section 12 and who is not otherwise entitled to enter Malaysia under this Act, the Director General may cancel the Permit issued to that person. (2) Where, upon the arrival in Malaysia of any person to whom a Permit or Certificate has been issued, the Director General is satisfied, as a result of inquiries made under section 24 or 26, or from other information, that the Permit or Certificate was issued as a result of any false representation or concealment of a material fact the Director General may cancel the Permit or Certificate. (3) Where at any time, during the period of validity of any Permit or Certificate, the Director General is satisfied that the holder of the Permit or Certificate is a prohibited immigrant, the Director General shall cancel the Permit or Certificate. (4) Where any person has entered Malaysia by virtue of a Permit or Certificate, and the Director General is satisfied— (a) that any material statement made in or in connection with the application for that Permit or Certificate was false or misleading; or (b) that the person is a prohibited immigrant, the Director General may declare at any time after the date of the entry, that the presence of that person in Malaysia is unlawful. (5) On making any cancellation under subsection (2) or (3) or on making any declaration under subsection (4) the Director General shall, by notification, which, if the address of the person is known shall be sent to him at that address and otherwise shall be published in such manner as the Director General deems fit, inform the person affected thereby of the grounds on which the cancellation or declaration has been made and the person may appeal against the cancellation or declaration, as the case may be, within such time and in such manner as may be prescribed, to the Minister*, whose decision shall be final.

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Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.

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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