Article 10 Federal Constitution Malaysia Cases
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Article 10 federal constitution malaysia cases. Article 10 of the constitution of malaysia guarantees malaysian citizens the right to freedom of speech freedom of assembly and freedom of association unlike comparable provisions in constitutional law such as the first amendment to the united states constitution article 10 entitles citizens to such freedoms as are not restricted by the government instead of absolutely guaranteeing those. It was drafted based on the advice of the reid commission and came into force on 27 august 1957 excerpted from constitution of malaysia on wikipedia the free encyclopedia. Extent of federal and state laws 74. In federal constitution article 10 is a key terms of part ii of the constitution.
The federation was initially called the federation of malaya in malay persekutuan tanah melayu and it adopted its present name malaysia when the states of sabah sarawak and singapore now independent became part of the federation. In general article 10 simply means the rules regulations and restrictions of a malaysian on the freedom of speech assembly and association. The constitution establishes the federation as a. Sections 298 298a and 500 of the penal code defamation act 1957 restricting the freedom of speech in malaysia as allowed in article 10.
The parliament of malaysia has passed certain laws e g. Power of parliament to legislate for states in certain cases 76a. The constitution of malaysia comprising 181 articles is the supreme law of malaysia. Wikipedia article wikidata item.
The power of parliament to make laws shall be exercised by bills passed by both houses or in the cases mentioned in article 68 the house of representatives and except as otherwise provided in this article assented to by the yang di pertuan agong. Various justifications and comments were made by parties on the decision that there. Article 11 4 contradicts article 10 that protects the right to freedom of speech and expression. The federal constitution of malaysia which came into force in 1957 is the supreme law of malaysia.
Federal constitution of malaysia. Article 10 of federal constitution article 10 which provides provision on freedom of speech assembly and association is one of articles contain in part 2 fundamental liberties. As a citizen we have the right to say whatever we. Federal constitution pa r t vi relations between the federation and the states chapter 1 distribution of legislative powers article 73.
It is part of the fundamental liberties that we had mentioned before. While liberals may argue that the federal constitution is supreme to islamic law and point to the court of appeal decision in the transgender case which ruled that section 66 of the negri sembilan shariah criminal enactment 1992 which.