Malaysia to require customs declaration form for air passengers

The Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia CAAM chief executive officer Captain Chester Voo CheeVoo Chee Son said in an advisory on Tuesday October 4 that this is to comply with the requirements set by the Royal Malaysian Customs Department RMCD issued on Sep 5, that travellers arriving in or leaving Malaysia by air will have to fill up a customs declaration form.

The department said in a letter to CAAM that there was a declaration of customs form No. 7 K 7 is a requirement under several legal provisions, namely Section 103 of the Customs Act 1967 and the Customs Regulation 2019.

Captain Voo said that all airlines entering Malaysia have been asked to make an announcement to passengers on the requirement to fill up the form in compliance with the provisions of the legislation.

To comply with the provisions of the legislation for passengers arriving in Malaysia by air, the RMCD requests the cooperation of all airlines entering Malaysia to make announcements to passengers on the requirement to fill up Form K 7 and submit it to the duty officer of customs at the airport, said Captain Voo.

According to the form, each person arriving in or leaving Malaysia must declare all dutiable or prohibited goods, cash, and or bearer Negotiated Instrument BNI exceeding the equivalent of US $10,000 in his or her possession.

It said that failure to make a declaration will be an offence.

A customs department spokeswoman told CNA that the requirement to fill up the form will only apply to air travellers.

There was no reason for the resumption of this practice which was stopped many years ago by the Malaysian media.

Before the directive came into effect, all passengers were only required to verbally declare dutiable goods, prohibited items or any amount above US $10,000 to the customs officers.