Malaysia Maritime Enforcement Agency Act 2004
Malaysia s legal response to the threat of maritime terrorism.
Malaysia maritime enforcement agency act 2004. The malaysian maritime enforcement agency act 2004 malay. Country territory malaysia document type legislation date 2004 source fao faolex long title an act to establish the malaysian maritime enforcement agency to perform enforcement functions for ensuring the safety and security of the malaysian maritime zone with a view to the protection of maritime and other national interests in such zone and for matters necessary thereto or connected therewith. Subsequently the act received the royal assent from the yang di pertuan agong on 25 june 2004 and was gazetted on 1 july of the same year. The malaysian maritime enforcement agency act 2004.
Malaysian maritime enforcement agency act no. An act to establish the malaysian maritime enforcement agency to perform enforcement functions for ensuring the safety and security of the malaysian maritime zone with a view to the protection of maritime and other national interests in such zone and for matters necessary thereto or connected therewith. 1 this act may be cited as the malaysian maritime enforcement agency act 2004. The agency achieved operational status on 30 november 2005 with a soft launch.
Subsequently the act was gazetted on 1 july 2004 and came into force on 15 february 2005. Laws of malaysia act 633 reprinting malaysian maritime enforcement agency act 2004 contains all amendments to 1 january 2006 published by the commissioner of law revision under the authority of law revision act 1968 in collaboration with percetakan nasional malaysia bhd 2006 laws of malaysia act 633 malaysian maritime enforcement agency act 2004 date of assent. Malaysian maritime enforcement agency laws of malaysia reprint act 633 malaysian maritime enforcement agency act 2004 incorporating all amendments up to 1 january 2006 published by the commissioner of law revision malaysia under the authority of the revision of laws act 968 in collaboration with percetakan nasional malaysia bhd 2006. 004 june 5 the date of.
The agency was formally established with the enactment of the malaysian maritime enforcement agency act 2004 by the malaysian parliament in may 2004. Akta agensi penguatkuasaan maritim malaysia 2004 is an act to establish the malaysian maritime enforcement agency to perform enforcement functions for ensuring the safety and security of the malaysia maritime zone with a view to the protection of maritime and other national interests in that zone. On 11 september 2001 the world watched in horror as commercial passenger jets that were hijacked by suicide terrorists crashed into the twin towers of the world trade centre in new york. 2 this act comes into operation on a date to be appointed by the minister by notification in the gazette and the minister may appointed different dates for the coming into operation of different provisions of this act in different parts of malaysia.