Anti-Fake News
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(2) The application under subsection (1) shall be made in
the form prescribed in the First Schedule and shall be
accompanied by a police report and other documents supporting
such application.
(3) Upon receiving the application under subsection (2) and
after considering such application or such other evidence, if the
Court is satisfied that the publication containing fake news should
be removed, the Court may make an order in the form prescribed
in the Second Schedule for the removal of such publication.
(4) The order made under this section may contain the following
particulars:
(a) the person who is required to remove the publication
containing fake news;
(b) the manner of the removal of the publication containing
fake news;
(c) the time within which the publication containing fake
news shall be removed after the service of the order;
and
(d) any other order as the Court deems fit.
(5) The order made under this section shall be deemed to be
served on the person against whom the order is made if the order
is served by personal service, sent by post to the last known
address of such person, or served by electronic means to such
person.
(6) Any person who fails to comply with the order made
under this section commits an offence and shall, on conviction,
be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand
ringgit.
Explanation—The service of an order under this section by electronic
means to a person against whom the order is made may be done, among
others, by sending the order to his e-mail address or to his social media
account.