74
Laws of Malaysia
Act 574
Activity detrimental to parliamentary democracy
124b. Whoever, by any means, directly or indirectly, commits an
activity detrimental to parliamentary democracy shall be punished
with imprisonment for a term which may extend to twenty years.
Attempt to commit activity detrimental to parliamentary
democracy
124c. Whoever attempts to commit an activity detrimental to
parliamentary democracy or does any act preparatory thereto shall
be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to
fifteen years.
Printing, sale, etc., of documents and publication detrimental
to parliamentary democracy
124d. Whoever, by any means, directly or indirectly, prints,
publicises, sells, issues, circulates or reproduces any document
or publication detrimental to parliamentary democracy shall be
punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to
fifteen years:
Provided that no person shall be convicted of an offence
under this section if he proves to the satisfaction of the court
that the document or publication in respect of which he is
charged was printed, published, sold, issued, circulated or
reproduced, as the case may be, without his authority, consent
and knowledge, and without any want of due care or caution
on his part, and that he did not know and had no reason to
suspect the nature of the document or publication.
Possession of documents and publication detrimental to
parliamentary democracy
124e. (1) Any person who, without lawful excuse, has in his
possession any document or publication detrimental to parliamentary
democracy or any extract therefrom, shall be punished with
imprisonment for a term which may extend to ten years.
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