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A "seditious tendency" is defined in a broad and vague manner, and includes wordings like “bring into hatred or contempt or to excite disaffection against any Ruler or against any Government”, “to raise discontent or disaffection” amongst the population, "to promote feelings of ill will and hostility between different races or classes of the population", and "to question any matter, right, status, position, privilege, sovereignty or prerogative” related to the Malay language as the national language, the special privileges accorded to ethnic Malays and Natives of Sabah and Sarawak (otherwise known as Bumiputera), and the sovereignty of the Rulers. However, speech or acts that merely intend to point out mistakes, errors of defects in any of the measures or decisions of the Ruler or the Government are not considered to be seditious by this reason only.5
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This section makes it an offence to perform, prepare or conspire to do an act which has a seditious tendency; to utter any seditious words,and to print, sell, publish, distribute, reproduce or import any seditious publication. The punishment is prescribed is a fine and/or imprisonment up to three years for the first offence. 7
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This section criminalizes those who have any seditious publication in their possession without lawful excuse and prescribes a punishment of fine and/or imprisonment of up to eighteen months for the first offence. 7

Sedition Act 1948 [Act 15]

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Status of Law: Final/Active/Current

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Malaysia

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Latitude: 4.2105

Longitude: 101.9758

Country Location (linked Law): Malaysia

Keywords

Freedom of Expression
Sedition

Adoption Date: Jul 19, 1948

Type of Law: Primary (this category will be deleted)

Research Category: II Fundamental Rights and Freedoms

Is this the Official Copy?: Yes

Date of Most Recent Amendment: Apr 6, 2014

Source URL: Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia, Law of Malaysia

Notes: Though amendments to the Sedition Act were passed in 2015, these amendments are yet to come into force. The text of Sedition (Amendment) Act, 2015 is included under the draft laws.

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Sedition (Amendment) Act 2015 [Act A1485]
Sedition Act 1948 [Act 15]

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Kerajaan Malaysia v. Mat Shuhaimi Bin Shafiei
Public Prosecutor v. Azmi Bin Sharom

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