Counterfeit Goods 🇲🇾 Malaysia
Counterfeit Goods import prohibited
Can I bring Counterfeit Goods into Malaysia?
Counterfeit Goods import prohibited
The section 102 import offence turns on the purpose of trade or manufacture rather than on quantity
- No permits available; KPDNHEP seizure notice issued
Required at the destination customs authority
Full details
Counterfeit Goods import prohibited. Section 102 of the Trademarks Act 2019 makes it an offence to import goods bearing a falsely applied registered trademark for the purpose of trade or manufacture. Documentation: No permits available; KPDNHEP seizure notice issued. In the reverse direction (taking counterfeit goods out of Malaysia): prohibited — Counterfeit goods are unlawful to export from Malaysia — trademark and customs law applies on departure as well as arrival, and carriage risks seizure and fines.
PENALTIES
- Fine: 10000 MYR
- Imprisonment up to 36 months
- Criminal penalty
The offence is importing goods bearing a falsely applied registered trademark for the purpose of trade or manufacture. For an individual it carries a fine of up to RM10,000 for each of the goods, imprisonment of up to three years, or both, rising to RM20,000 and five years for a repeat offence.
WHAT THE LAW SAYS
Trademarks Act 2019 (Act 815), s.102(1)(a) — the offence
“imports into Malaysia for the purpose of trade or manufacture;”lom.agc.gov.my
Trademarks Act 2019, s.102(1)(ii) — penalty for a person who is not a body corporate
“to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit for each of the goods with the falsely applied registered trademark or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both,”lom.agc.gov.my
Penalty sources checked 2026-09-19.
Active — Customs actively enforces this rule.
Leaving Malaysia with counterfeit goods
Exporting counterfeit goods from Malaysia is unlawful under trademark and customs legislation — counterfeits are contraband in both directions, and customs authorities seize them at exit as well as entry. Travellers carrying obviously fake branded goods (even for personal use) risk confiscation universally and fines in many jurisdictions; the EU, US, and others also seize inbound personal counterfeits. Market purchases of imitation goods should be assumed seizable at any border crossed.
Do not carry counterfeit branded goods into Malaysia. Royal Malaysian Customs seizes counterfeits at all ports of entry under IPR enforcement rules; commercial-quantity carriage attracts criminal-trafficking charges in addition to civil forfeiture.
The section 102 import offence turns on the purpose of trade or manufacture rather than on quantity
- No permits available; KPDNHEP seizure notice issued
This page covers destination customs rules in Malaysia. Whether you can carry counterfeit goods through security, in carry-on, or in checked baggage depends on airline and screening rules — see air travel rules.
Counterfeit Goods rules in other countries
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🇺🇸 United States
Seizure and penalties for counterfeit goods
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🇬🇧 United Kingdom
Illegal to import counterfeit goods
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🇩🇪 Germany
EU-wide seizure regime applies
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🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
Active IP enforcement at customs
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🇯🇵 Japan
Strict IP enforcement; zero tolerance
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🇨🇦 Canada
Counterfeit Goods import prohibited