Immigration Act 1959/63 [Act 155] cite [+]
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
Preamble
PART I PRELIMINARY
- 1. Short title and application
- 2. Interpretation
- 3. Appointment and powers of Director General and others
- 4. Power of Minister to issue directions
PART II ADMISSION INTO AND DEPARTURE FROM MALAYSIA
- 5. Entry into or departure from Malaysia
- 6. Control of entry into Malaysia
- 7. Right of entry
- 8. Prohibited immigrants
- 9. Director General's power to prohibit entry, or cancel any Pass or Permit
- 9A. Director General's power to limit entry into Malaysia
PART III ENTRY PERMITS
- 10. Entry Permits
- 11. (Deleted)
- 12. Endorsement of name of wife and children on Permits, Passes and Certificates
- 13. Power to make inquiries
- 14. Cancellation of, and declarations regarding Permits and Certificates
- 15. Unlawful entry or presence in Malaysia
PART IV PROCEDURE ON ARRIVAL IN MALAYSIA
- 16. Immigration signal
- 17. Vessel to proceed to Immigration Anchorage or other place ordered by immigration officer
- 18. Aircraft arriving in Malaysia
- 19. Persons not to board or leave vessel until examination completed
- 20. Prohibition on disembarking from or boarding ships without permission of immigration officer
- 21. Prohibition of removal of articles before examination
- 22. Production of certain lists and persons by masters of vessels and captains of aircraft
- 23. (Omitted)
- 23A. (Omitted)
- 24. Examination of persons arriving by sea or at authorized airport
- 25. (Omitted)
- 26. Examination of persons entering Malaysia by land or at a place other than an authorized airport
- 27. Power to send person to depot for further examination
- 28. Interrogation of travellers
- 29. (Deleted)
- 30. Immigration officer may give instructions to prevent evasion of examination
PART V REMOVAL FROM MALAYSIA
- 31. Removal of prohibited immigrants from Malaysia
- 32. Removal of illegal immigrants
- 33. Removal of persons unlawfully remaining in Malaysia
- 34. Detention of persons ordered to be removed
- 35. Power to arrest person liable to removal
- 36. Unlawful return after removal
- 37. (Deleted)
PART VI MISCELLANEOUS
- 38. Performance of duties of immigration officers
- 39. Authority of immigration officer to arrest and prosecute
- 39A. Immigration officer's powers to make inquiries, etc.
- 40. Power to summon witnesses, etc.
- 40A. Admissibility of deposition of person who cannot be found
- 41. Duty of police officers to execute orders
- 42. Restriction of discharge of member of crew
- 43. Signing on or bringing as one of the crew any person with intent to land contrary to this Act
- 44. Security to prevent unlawful landing
- 45. Reports as to persons failing to continue their journey
- 46. Repatriation
- 47. Masters, captains, owners, etc., liable for expenses
- 48. Obligation to afford free passage
- 48A. Liability for removal
- 49. Power to detain vessel
- 49A. Power to seize, detain and forfeit vessels, vehicles or aircraft
- 50. Powers of interrogation
- 51. Powers of search and arrest
- 51A. Immigration depot
- 51B. Custody deemed lawful
- 52. Registration of particulars for purposes of identification
- 53. Counterfoils, etc., to be prima facie evidence
- 54. Regulations
- 55. Power to exempt
- 55A. Conveying a person to Malaysia contrary to this Act
- 55B. Employing a person who is not in possession of a valid Pass
- 55C. Defence
- 55D. Forgery or alteration of endorsement or document
- 55E. Occupier not to permit illegal immigrant to enter or remain at premises
- 56. Offences
- 57. General penalty
- 58. Trial of offences
- 58A. Power to compound
- 59. Exclusion of right to be heard
- 59A. Exclusion of judicial review
- 59B. Definitions of "Director General" and "order" in sections 59 and 59A
- 59C. Reward
- 60. Repeal and saving
- 61. (Deleted)
PART VII SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR EAST MALAYSIA
CHAPTER 1 GENERAL
- 62. Interpretation
- 63. Delegation of powers
CHAPTER 2 SPECIAL PROVISIONS
- 64. Application of immigration law to each East Malaysian State as separate unit
- 65. General powers of State authority
- 66. Restriction on citizen's right of entry into an East Malaysian State
- 67. Right to enter East Malaysian State for exercise of political rights
- 68. Right to enter East Malaysian State for purposes of Federal Government
- 69. Entry from outside East Malaysia for State purposes
- 70. Temporary protection for potential citizens in an East Malaysian State
- 71. Persons to be treated as belonging to East Malaysian State
CHAPTER 3 SUPPLEMENTARY
- 72. Travel documents required
- 73. Provision for internal travel documents
- 74. Continuation of State subsidiary legislation
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