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Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2007 s 56

Anti-Trafficking in Persons and Anti-Smuggling of Migrants Act 2007 s 56

s 56 Offence of removing or helping a trafficked person to escape from place of refuge

Any person who— (a) removes a trafficked person from a place of refuge without lawful authority; (b) knowingly assists or induces, directly or indirectly, a trafficked person to escape from a place of refuge; or (c) knowingly harbours or conceals a trafficked person who has so escaped, or prevents him from returning to the place of refuge, commits an offence.

Malay text (authoritative)

Kesalahan memindahkan atau membantu orang yang diperdagangkan melarikan diri dari tempat perlindungan

Mana-mana orang yang— (a) memindahkan orang yang diperdagangkan dari tempat perlindungan tanpa kuasa sah; (b) dengan diketahuinya membantu atau mendorong, secara langsung atau tidak langsung, orang yang diperdagangkan untuk melarikan diri dari tempat perlindungan; atau (c) dengan diketahuinya melindungi atau menyembunyikan orang yang diperdagangkan yang telah melarikan diri, atau menghalang orang itu daripada kembali ke tempat perlindungan, melakukan suatu kesalahan.

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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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