Printing Presses And Publications Act 1984 Amended

1 is a grave threat to freedom of press and to freedom of speech and expression.

Printing presses and publications act 1984 amended. B 364 1984 be it enacted by the seri paduka baginda yang di pertuan. The printing presses and publications act 1984 act 301 which is referred to as the principal act in this act is amended by substituting for subsection 3 3 the following subsection. An act to regulate the use of printing presses and the printing importation production reproduction publishing and distribution of publications and for matters connected therewith. 1 september 1984 p u.

The pppa was amended in 1984. The enforcement of printing presses and publications act 1984 with effect from sept. Again more power was given to the government to seize or revoke a printing press or publication licence. He said these laws were the printing presses and publications act 1984 sedition act 1948 peaceful assembly act 2012 prevention of crime act 1959 poca security offences special measures act 2012 sosma prevention of terrorism act 2015 pota and mandatory death sentence.

The printing presses and publications act 1984 malay. Lee teck chee anor defendant. The wide powers granted to the minister of home affairs to clamp down on publications provided in the printing presses and publications act 1984 would lead malaysia towards a more undermocratic direction. Act 301 printing presses and publications act 1984 an act to regulate the use of printing presses and the printing importation production reproduction publishing and distribution of publications and for matters connected therewith.

Akta mesin cetak dan penerbitan 1984 is a malaysian statute governing the usage of printing presses and the printing importation production reproduction publishing and distribution of publications in malaysia. Merrill lynch international bank ltd issue argued. 1 september 1984 p u. The printing presses and publications act was first introduced by the british colonial government as the printing ordinance of 1948 at the beginning of the state of emergency.

Newspaper and printing presses act chapter 206 original enactment. Whether there was publication within jurisdiction foreign newspaper held since there was no evidence that these newspapers were permitted to be imported sold circulated or. 1st january 1975 part i.