Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2007 s 50
s 50 No liability incurred for giving authorization
(1) If a person is examined or treated under this Part—
(a) the enforcement officer who authorises such examination or treatment;
(b) the medical officer who examines or treats the person; and
(c) all persons acting in aid of the medical officer,
shall not incur any liability at law by reason only that a person is examined or treated pursuant to this Part.
(2) Nothing contained in subsection (1) relieves a medical officer from liability in respect of the examination or treatment of the person taken into temporary custody under subsection 44(1), which liability he would have been subject to had the examination or treatment been carried out or administered with the consent of the parent or guardian of the person or person having authority to consent to the examination or treatment.
Malay text (authoritative)
Tiada liabiliti ditanggung kerana memberikan kebenaran
(1) Jika seseorang yang diperiksa atau dirawat di bawah Bahagian ini—
(a) pegawai penguat kuasa yang membenarkan pemeriksaan atau rawatan itu;
(b) pegawai perubatan yang memeriksa atau merawat orang itu; dan
(c) semua orang yang bertindak dalam membantu pegawai perubatan itu,
tidaklah menanggung apa-apa liabiliti di sisi undang-undang hanya oleh sebab seseorang telah diperiksa atau dirawat menurut Bahagian ini
(2) Tiada apa-apa jua yang terkandung dalam subseksyen (1) melepaskan seseorang pegawai perubatan daripada liabiliti berkenaan dengan pemeriksaan atau rawatan orang yang diambil ke dalam jagaan sementara di bawah subseksyen 44(1), yang liabilitinya itu dia akan tertakluk sekiranya pemeriksaan atau rawatan itu dijalankan atau diberikan dengan keizinan ibu atau bapa atau penjaga orang itu atau orang yang mempunyai kuasa untuk mengizinkan pemeriksaan atau rawatan itu.
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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).
