Malaysia legislation

Section 6

of NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL (AMENDMENT) ACT 2020

Section 6

Section 21 of the principal Act is amended—

(a)

in subsection (3)—

(i)

in paragraph (a), by deleting the word “and” at the end of the paragraph;

(ii)

in paragraph (b), by substituting for the full stop at the end of the paragraph the words “; and”;

and

(iii)

by inserting after paragraph (b) the following paragraph:

“(c) request from any individual or entity other than a Government Entity, any information or intelligence in his or its possession.”; and

(b)

by inserting after subsection (5) the following subsections:

“(6)  Any individual who fails to comply with the request under paragraph (3)(c) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or to both.

(7)

Any entity other than a Government Entity which fails to comply with the request under paragraph (3)(c)

commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred thousand ringgit.”.

Amendment of section 37

Section 6 — AKTA MAJLIS KESELAMATAN NEGARA (PINDAAN) 2020