Printing Presses And Publications Act 1984 Amended
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Printing presses and publications act 1984 amended. 1st january 1975 part i. B 364 1984 be it enacted by the seri paduka baginda yang di pertuan. Again more power was given to the government to seize or revoke a printing press or publication licence. Newspaper and printing presses act chapter 206 original enactment.
1 september 1984 p u. The pppa was amended in 1984. 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.
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. 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. 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. 3 the minister may grant to any person a licence to keep for use or use a printing press and he may refuse any application.
1 september 1984 p u. 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. 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. Lee teck chee anor defendant.
The printing presses and publications act 1984 malay. 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. 1 is a grave threat to freedom of press and to freedom of speech and expression. Analysis of the press and publications law 1998 as amended 1 executive summary since the 1993 press and publications law which granted significantly greater freedom to jordanians to establish newspapers the rules governing the print media have gone through a number of changes.