Printing Presses And Publications Act 1984
Printing presses in malaysia are limited by parliament acts such as official secrets act 1972 is a statute in malaysia prohibiting the dissemination of information classified as an official secret internal security act 1960 preventive detention law in force printing presses and publications act 1984 licensing control on print media and sedition act 1948 prevent the spread of seditious.
Printing presses and publications act 1984. Contents show printing presses the act provides that it is a criminal offense to possess or use a printing press without a licence. The wide powers granted to the minister of home affairs to clamp down on publications provided in the printing presses and publications act 1984 would lead malaysia towards a more undermocratic direction. Akta mesin cetak dan penerbitan 1984 is a malaysian statute governing the usage of printing presses and the printing importation production reproduction publishing and distribution of publications in malaysia.
1 september 1984 p u. B 364 1984 be it enacted by the seri paduka baginda yang di pertuan. It replaced the printing presses act 1948 and the control of imported publications act 1958 revised 1972.
An act to regulate the use of printing presses and the printing importation production reproduction publishing and distribution of publications and for matters connected therewith. Act 301 printing presses and publications act 1984 an act to regulate the use of printing presses and the printing importation production reproduction publishing and distribution of publications and for matters connected therewith. Template mergefrom the printing presses and publications act 1984 is a malaysian statute governing publishing and the usage of printing presses in malaysia.
The enforcement of printing presses and publications act 1984 with effect from sept. 1 september 1984 p u.