Sexual Offences against Children 5 LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 792 SEXUAL OFFENCES AGAINST CHILDREN ACT 2017 An Act to provide for certain sexual offences against children and their punishment in addition to other sexual offences against children and their punishment in other written laws, and in relation to it to provide for the administration of justice for children and connected matters. [ ] ENACTED by the Parliament of Malaysia as follows: Part I PRELIMINARY Short title and commencement 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Sexual Offences against Children Act 2017. (2) This Act comes into operation on a date to be appointed by the Minister by notification in the Gazette. Application 2. (1) This Act shall apply to a child who is under the age of eighteen years and where this Act relates to any other written law, to a child of such age as specified in such written law.