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The present Act was originally enacted by the Parliament of Malaysia as the Internal Security Act 1960 (No. 18 of 1960), and extended to Singapore on 16 September 1963 when Singapore was a state of the Federation of Malaysia.
The Internal Security Act 1960 (Malay: Akta Keselamatan Dalam Negeri 1960, abbreviated ISA) was a preventive detention law in force in Malaysia. The legislation was enacted after the Federation of Malaya gained independence from Britain in 1957.
The Internal Security Department ... the ISD arrested 15 people under the Internal Security Act for terrorism-related activities. ... "Creating Malaysia: Singapore ...
Teo stood as a candidate for the Singapore Democratic Party in the 2011 general election.She is pictured here at a rally in Clementi on 28 April 2011.. On 21 May 1987, Teo Soh Lung, a lawyer, was detained under the Internal Security Act ("ISA") [1] of Singapore together with other persons for purported involvement in a conspiracy to overthrow the Government by force and replace it with a ...
It is in charge of security and public order and ensures the enforcement of the country's internal security laws. The Security and Public Order Division operated under several internal security laws including the Internal Security Act 1960 , the Emergency Ordinance of 1969, the Prevention of Crime Act of 1959, and the Dangerous Drugs Act of 1985.
Singapore was granted full internal self-government in 1959, but the colonial administration still controlled external relations and shared control of several key internal policies such as internal security. In 1963, Singapore joined Malaysia, relieving it of colonial rule and becoming an autonomous state within the Malaysian federation.
Upon Singapore's independence from Malaysia in 1965, the island republic retained both the Internal Security Act and Article 149 of the Constitution in its statute book. [10] The Internal Security Act 1960 in Malaysia would remained in force for 52 years until its eventual repeal in 2012 and was replaced by SOSMA. [11] [12]
Internal Security Act may refer to: Internal Security Act 1960, former Malaysian law; Internal Security Act (Singapore) McCarran Internal Security Act, a United States federal law; Suppression of Communism Act, 1950, a South African law, renamed the "Internal Security Act" in 1976; Internal Security Act, 1982, a South African law