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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.

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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).

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