14 Laws of Malaysia ACT 301 Withholding delivery pending decision of Minister 9A. Where a senior authorized officer reasonably suspects that a publication contains any article, caricature, photograph, report, notes, writing, sound, music, statement or any other thing which is likely to be prejudicial to public order, morality, security, or which is likely to alarm public opinion, or which is likely to be contrary to any law or is otherwise prejudicial or is likely to be prejudicial to public interest or national interest, he may withhold delivery of such publication pending the decision of the Minister to deal with it as provided for under section 9. PART V MISCELLANEOUS Deposit 10. A person granted a licence or permit under this Act may be required by the Minister, prior to the issue of such licence or permit to deposit with the Government an amount as may be specially or generally prescribed by rules and the amount or any part thereof may be forfeited by the court upon the commission of any offence under this Act or any rule made thereunder or in the event of breach of any condition of the licence. Printed document to bear name of printer and publisher 11. (1) Every publication printed or published within Malaysia shall have printed legibly in Bahasa Malaysia or the English language on its first or last leaf the name and address of its printer and publisher. (2) No person shall publish, reproduce, sell, circulate or distribute, or offer to publish, reproduce, sell, circulate or distribute, any publication which does not have the name and address of the printer and publisher, or in the case of an audio recording, the name and address of the producer, conspicuously printed on the cover or container and any person who acts in contravention of this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit or to both.

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