Malaysia legislation
Section 4
Section 4
Section 4 of the principal Act is amended—
(a)
in subsection (1)—
(i)
in paragraph (c), by inserting after the word
“publishes” the words “or causes to be published”;
(ii)
in paragraph (d), by substituting for the word
“imports” the word “propagates”; and
(iii)
by substituting for the words “for a first offence to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years or to both, and, for a subsequent offence, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years” the words
“to imprisonment for a term of not less than three years but not exceeding seven years”;
and
(b)
by inserting after subsection (1) the following subsection:
“(1a) Any person who—
(a)
does or attempts to do, or makes any preparation to do, or conspires with any person to do, any act which has or which would, if done, have a seditious tendency;
(b)
utters any seditious words;
(c)
prints, publishes or causes to be published, sells, offers for sale, distributes or reproduces any seditious publication;
or
(d)
propagates any seditious publication, and by such act causes bodily injury or damage to property shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than three years but not exceeding twenty years.”.
New section 5a