Communication And Multimedia Act 1998 Section 211

Article 19 calls on the malaysian government to urgently review the communications and multimedia act 1998 cma and bring it into full compliance with international freedom of expression standards in conjunction with the launch of our new legal analysis of the communications and multimedia act today.

Communication and multimedia act 1998 section 211. This is what happened in johor bharu recently when a man was arrested for sharing a crude photo insulting the malaysian prime minister in a whatsapp group. Prohibition on provision of offensive content. 1malaysia development berhad 1mdb ambiga sreenevasan bersih 2 0 communications and multimedia act 1998 cma corruption court of appeal custodial death death penalty eaic enforcement agency integrity commission election commission ec federal constitution federal court forum freedom of expression freedom of speech gurdial singh nijar hakam human rights human trafficking ipcmc. Under section 249 of the communications and multimedia act 1998 cma which is similar to the criminal procedure code s section 116b police investigators who are conducting a search are to be given access to computerised data with access again defined as including passwords encryption codes decryption codes hardware or software.

The analysis is the first to be published since. Prohibition on provision of offensive content. Part x general. Interpretation part ii ministerial powers and procedures chapter 1.

You may get yourself at the bad side of the law in the form of section 233 and section 211 of the communication and multimedia act 1998 cma 1998. Act 588 communications and multimedia act 1998 incorporating all amendments up to 1 january 2006 published by the commissioner of law revision malaysia under the authority of the revision of laws act 968 in collaboration with percetakan nasional malaysia bhd 2006 communications and multimedia act 1998. Communications and multimedia act 1998 act 588 incorporating latest amendment act a1220 2004 arrangement of sections long title. Communications and multimedia act 1998 act 588 has main provisions to enable enforcement action to be taken against complaints related to offensive content in the internet namely.

It is a crime to send a public electronic message that is obscene indecent false menacing or offensive with intent to annoy abuse threaten or harass another person. Act 588 communications and multimedia act 1998 arrangement of sections part i preliminary section 1. This is under section 233 1 a of the communications and multimedia act 1998. Territorial and extra territorial application 5.