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Defamation Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used for legislation in Australia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, New Zealand, the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom relating to defamation. It supersedes the short title Libel Act .
Forest Research Institute Malaysia Act 2016 [Act 782] Statutory Declarations Act 1960 [Act 783] Scouts Association of Malaysia (Incorporation) Act 1968 [Act 784] Finance Act 2017 [Act 785] Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Act 2017 [Act 786] Offences Relating to Awards 2017 [Act 787] Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia Act 2017 [Act 788]
Central Bank of Malaysia Act 1958: 519 Repealed by Act 701 Central Bank of Malaysia Act 2009: 701 In force Chemicals Weapons Convention Act 2005: 641 In force Chemists Act 1975: 158 In force Cheng Hoon Teng Temple (Incorporation) Act 1949: 517 In force Child Act 2001: 611 In force Child Care Centre Act 1984: 308 In force Child Protection Act ...
In Malaysia, defamation is both a tort and a criminal offence meant to protect the reputation and good name of a person. The principal statutes relied upon are the Defamation Act 1957 (Revised 1983) and the Penal Code. Following the practice of other common law jurisdictions like the United Kingdom, Singapore, and India, Malaysia relies on case ...
Section 4 of the Defamation Act 2013 created the defence of "publication on a matter of public interest". This replaced the common law Reynolds defence, abolished by subsection 4(6). [7] However the ten criteria set out in Reynolds are still considered relevant in some circumstances when considering whether a publication was in the public interest.
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 The act was originally enacted by the colonial authorities of British Malaya in 1948 to contain the local communist insurgence.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 ]
[1] [2] Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak filed the suit against Ling Liong Sik on 2015, alleging that Ling had made libellous remarks against him in an article carried on a news portal. [3] He is the current chancellor and former chairman of the Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR). [4] UTAR's Dewan Tun Dr. Ling Liong Sik is named in honour ...
The 1993 amendments to the Constitution of Malaysia [1] [2] were passed by the Malaysian parliament with the aim of removing legal immunity of the royalty. The changes, which saw the amendments of Articles 32, 38, 42, 63, 72 and 181 in the Constitution of Malaysia, [3] were implemented in March 1993. Before the amendments were made, the ...