Official Secret Act 1972

The official secrets act 1972 malay.

Official secret act 1972. Official secrets act 1972 an act to revise and consolidate the law relating to the protection of official secrets. Whoever knows what that means angkat tangan. Akta rahsia rasmi 1972 abbreviated osa is a statute in malaysia prohibiting the dissemination of information classified as an official secret. Enacted in 1972 malaysia s official secrets act osa has been criticized for stifling dissent and freedom of expression through its provisions that grant absolute power to the authorities to.

After the recent blowout over the leaked upsr papers many of you may have noticed a throwaway line at the bottom of most news articles reporting the leaks stating that suspects were being investigated under the official secrets act osa 1972. Short title 1. Appointment of public officer to classify official document etc. 1 october 1972 be it enacted by the seri paduka baginda yang di pertuan agong with the advice and consent of the dewan negara and dewan rakyat in parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows.

If you raised your hand good. Official secrets act 1972 act 88 arrangement of sections 1. Official secrets 33 laws of malaysia act 88 the official secrets act 1972 list amendment law short title force amend from act 6 act finance companies 1969 01 06 1969 102 of the banking act 1973 15 04 1973 act 146 national savings bank act 01 12 1974 act 160 currency act 29 08 1975 dollars 1975 act criminal code act a324 event 10 01 1976 amendment and extension act 1976 act a454 banking and. Pandan mp rafizi ramli being brought for his remand hearing at the palace of justice putrajaya.

Rafizi charged for violating official secrets act 1972 updated 08 apr 2016 20 01 h. This act may be cited as the official secrets act 1972. Legislation from this website is not a copy of the gazette printed by the government printer percetakan nasional malaysia berhad for the purposes of section 61 of the interpretation acts 1948 and 1967 act 388 and does not constitute prima facie evidence of the contents of the gazette by virtue of the section. The legislation is based on the official secrets act of the united kingdom after criticism of the act for lacking clarity it was amended in 1986.

This says the governance inte grity accountability and transpa rency giat a coalition of seven civil society organisations should be part of the institutional reform that should be carried out by the government to ensure transparency in the country. Penalties for spying 4. 2 interpretation cite 1 in this act unless the context otherwise requires armed forces includes a any regular or volunteer armed forces of malaysia whether in malaysia or outside malaysia.