Communication And Multimedia Act 1998 Slide
An act to provide for and to regulate the converging communications and.
Communication and multimedia act 1998 slide. Territorial and extra territorial application 5. A twitter user who under. The communication and multimedia act 1998 creates a new system of licenses and defines the roles and responsibilities of those providing communication and multimedia services the implementation of communication and multimedia act 1998 ensures that information is secure the network is safe reliable and the service is affordable all over malaysia. 263 2 of the cma and s.
248 of the communications and multimedia act 1998 s. Kuala lumpur may 15 ceo of the malaysiakini news portal premesh chandran was today charged with airing a video clip of a 2016 news conference about attorney general ag tan sri mohamed apandi ali deemed to be offensive. Communications and multimedia act 1998 act 588 acts. Teh shin yin 1001539618 case communication and multimedia act 1998 vol xciii no.
Interpretation part ii ministerial powers and procedures chapter 1. Akta komunikasi dan multimedia 1998 is a malaysian law which enacted to provide for and to regulate the converging communications and multimedia industries and for incidental matters. The main subjects of regulation. The deputy minister later clarified that the police s power to request or seize a person s mobile phone if he is a suspect and involved in any pending investigation and not the the general public randomly.
The act has an expansive scope ranging from spectrum allocation and consumer protection to content regulation and investigatory powers. Act 588 communications and multimedia act 1998 arrangement of sections part i preliminary section 1. The malaysian communications and multimedia commission mcmc under s. This act provides a legal mandate to defend a free and open internet.
Premesh pleaded not guilty to the two charges under section 233 1 a of the communications and multimedia cma act 1998 at the cyber court here. 311 objectives description malaysia adopted a regulation regards to the communications and multimedia industry in november 1998. Communications and multimedia act 1998 act 588 incorporating latest amendment act a1220 2004 arrangement of sections long title preamble. 253 of the communications and multimedia act 1998.
This mandate is overseen by the malaysian multimedia and communications commission mmcc an independent regulator tasked with oversight of mobile and internet providers see below. Malaysia is one of the only countries in the world where a free and open internet is mandated by law. 130 of the personal data protection act 2010 pdpa s. The communications and multimedia act 1998 malay.
130 of the pdpa provide the following.