Sedition (Amendment)
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(ii) prohibit the person making or circulating
the prohibited publication from accessing
any electronic device.”;
(c) by substituting for subsection (4) the following
subsection:
“(4) Any person who contravenes a prohibition
order made under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an
offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine
not exceeding five thousand ringgit or to imprisonment
for a term not exceeding three years or to both and,
in the case of a continuing offence, to a fine of
three thousand ringgit for each day during which the
offence continues after conviction and in default of
the payment of the fine, be liable to imprisonment
for a term not exceeding one year.”;
(d) by substituting for subsection (5) the following
subsection:
“(5) Every person who knowingly have in his
possession, power or control a prohibited publication
shall—
(a) forthwith deliver every such prohibited publication
into the custody of the police; and
(b) in the case of a prohibited publication by electronic
means, remove or cause to be removed wholly
or partly the prohibited publication,
and if he fails to do so, he shall be guilty of an
offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine
not exceeding five thousand ringgit or to imprisonment
for a term not exceeding three years or to both and,
in the case of a continuing offence, to a fine of
three thousand ringgit for each day during which the
offence continues after conviction and in default of
the payment of the fine, be liable to imprisonment
for a term not exceeding one year.”; and
(e) by deleting subsection (9).