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The Official Secrets Act 1972 ( Malay: Akta Rahsia Rasmi 1972, abbreviated OSA ), is a statute in Malaysia prohibiting the dissemination of information classified as an official secret. 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.
Terms used in Article 153 to categorise people ('Malays', 'natives') are defined in Articles 160 (English · Malay) and 161a (English · Malay). Perhaps unintuitively, only "a person who professes the religion of Islam" may be a 'Malay' (orang Melayu) in the sense of the constitution (for other contexts, see the article at Malays (ethnic group)).
Emergency (Federal Constitution and Constitution of Sarawak) Act, 1966 (Act No. 68 of 1966) Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengganu, 4th Yang di-Pertuan Agong: 14 September 1966: 20 September 1966: Expands powers of the Governor. Repealed: Emergency Ordinance 1969 [P.U.(A)145/1969] Emergency (Essential Powers) Ordinance, 1969 (No. 1) 12 June 1969: 16 ...
In force. Medical Device Authority Act 2012. 738. In force. Medicines (Advertisement and Sale) Act 1956. 290. In force. Members of the Administration and Members of Parliament (Pensions and Gratuities) Act 1971. 23.
The Sedition Act 1948 ( Malay: Akta Hasutan 1948) in Malaysia is a law prohibiting discourse deemed as seditious. The act was originally enacted by the colonial authorities of British Malaya in 1948 to contain the local communist insurgence. [1] The act criminalises speech with "seditious tendency", including that which would "bring into hatred ...
The social contract in Malaysia is a political construct first mooted in the 1980s, allegedly to justify the continuation of the discriminatory preferential policies for the majority Bumiputera [a] at the expense of the non-Bumiputeras, most particularly the Chinese and the Indian citizens of the country. Generally describing the envisaged 20 ...
History of Malaysia • Timeline • Years. This article lists important figures and events in Malaysian public affairs during the year 1969, together with births and deaths of notable Malaysians. Race riots following the general election of 10 May led to the dissolution of parliament and an interim legislative council being put in place.
The Social Security Act refers to government welfare legislation: Social Security Act 1991, for Australia. Social Security Board (Belize), for Belize. Unorganised Workers' Social Security Act 2008, for India. Employees' Social Security Act 1969, for Malaysia. Social Security Act 1938, for New Zealand. Social Security System (Philippines), for ...