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Laws of Malaysia
Act A1485
any person to do, any act which has or
which would, if done, have a seditious
tendency;
(b) utters any seditious words;
(c) prints, publishes or causes to be published,
sells, offers for sale, distributes or
reproduces any seditious publication;
or
(d) propagates any seditious publication,
and by such act causes bodily injury or damage to
property shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on
conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term of
not less than three years but not exceeding twenty
years.”.
New section 5a
5. The principal Act is amended by inserting after section 5 the
following section:
“Power of court to prevent person from leaving Malaysia
5a. (1) When a person is charged with an offence under
section 4 and released on bail, the court shall, on the
application of the Public Prosecutor—
(a) order the person to surrender his travel documents
within such period specified in the order until all
proceedings in relation to the charge against the
person have been concluded; or
(b) in cases where the person has no travel documents
and he is a citizen or permanent resident, order the
Director General of Immigration not to issue any
travel document to the person until all proceedings
in relation to the charge against the person have
been concluded.
(2) Any person who fails to comply with an order made
under paragraph (1)(a), shall be guilty of an offence and
shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding five