Peaceful Assembly Act 2012 Malaysia
1 this act may be cited as the peaceful assembly act 2012.
Peaceful assembly act 2012 malaysia. 1 this act may be cited as the peaceful assembly act 2012. Certain provisions in the law prior to this appeared to. Right of person who has interests p art iii.
Interpretation p art ii right to assemble peaceably and without arms 4. The amendments to the peaceful assembly act 2012 paa recently passed in parliament have given a new dimension to democracy in the country. He happened to be one of my lecturers during my days in law school as well.
The peaceful assembly act 2012 an overview this is a reproduction of an overview by professor shad faruq i one of the leading academics in the area of malaysian constitutional law. It would be a huge task to talk about all the different inconsistencies in the wording and application of the peaceful assembly act and as such i would be writing on only one particular provision under the act that is in my view probably the one section that has been consistently used by the police against organizers and protestors so far section 9 of the peaceful assembly act 2012. Yet despite all this furore it was argued that the new paa was meant to faciliate a more peaceful assembly process after bersih 2 0.
Right to organize assembly or participate in assembly 5. Sara lau dissects the peaceful assembly act 2012 and takes a look at its many loopholes. The peaceful assembly act 2012 paa was passed despite much criticism.
Under article 10 of the federal constitution of malaysia the right to peaceful assembly must be provided for so far as possible. 2 this act comes into operation on a date to be appointed by the minister by notification in the gazette. Laws of malaysia act 736 peaceful assembly act 2012 arrangement of sections p art i preliminary section 1.
Suara rakyat malaysia suaram strongly condemns the prosecution of maria chin under section 9 5 of the peaceful assembly act 2012. The malaysian bar valiantly marched to parliament to oppose the bill. Akta perhimpunan aman 2012 abbreviated paa is the law which regulates public protests in malaysia according to the barisan nasional government the act allows citizens to organise and participate in assemblies peaceably and without arms subject to restrictions deemed necessary and in the interest of public order and security.
The peaceful assembly act 2012 malay. 2 this act comes into operation on a date to be appointed by the minister by notification in the gazette. 3 this act shall not apply to a an assembly which is an election campaign under the election offences act 1954 act 5.
