Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2007 s 12
Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2007 s 12
s 12 Offence of trafficking in persons
Any person, who traffics in persons not being a child, for the purpose of exploitation, commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be punished with imprisonment for a term not exceeding fifteen years, and shall also be liable to fine.
Malay text (authoritative)
Kesalahan pemerdagangan orang
Mana-mana orang, yang memperdagangkan orang yang bukan merupakan seorang kanak-kanak, bagi maksud eksploitasi, melakukan suatu kesalahan dan hendaklah, apabila disabitkan, dihukum dengan pemenjaraan selama tempoh tidak melebihi lima belas tahun, dan boleh juga didenda.
Text as at 1 November 2014 (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).