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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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