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Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2007 s 17

Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2007 s 17

s 17 Past sexual behaviour irrelevant

A trafficked person’s past sexual behaviour is irrelevant and inadmissible for the purpose of proving that the trafficked person was engaged in other sexual behaviour or to prove the trafficked person’s sexual predisposition.

Malay text (authoritative)

Kelakuan seksual lampau tidak relevan

Kelakuan seksual lampau orang yang diperdagangkan adalah tidak relevan dan tidak boleh diterima bagi maksud membuktikan bahawa orang yang diperdagangkan itu terlibat dengan kelakuan seksual lain atau untuk membuktikan kecenderungan seksual orang yang diperdagangkan itu.

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Find Act 670 on lom.agc.gov.my ↗

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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