Peaceful Assembly Act 2012 · Updated to 1 Dec 2019 · Part II · Right to Assemble Peaceably and Without Arms
4. Right to organize assembly or participate in assembly
Feedback & supportThe right to organize an assembly or participate in an assembly peaceably and without arms under this Act shall not extend to the following:
assembly
“assembly” means an intentional and temporary assembly of a number of persons in a public place, whether or not the assembly is at a particular place or moving;
a non-citizen;
an assembly held at any prohibited place and within fifty metres from the limit of the prohibited place;
(Deleted by Act A1600);
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in relation to the organization of an assembly, a person below the age of twenty-one years; and
in relation to the participation in an assembly other than an assembly specified in the Second Schedule, a child.
A person commits an offence if—
being a non-citizen, he organizes or participates in an assembly;
he organizes or participates in an assembly held at any prohibited place and within fifty metres from the limit of the prohibited place;
(Deleted by Act A1600);
being a person below the age of twenty-one years, he organizes an assembly;
being a child, he participates in an assembly other than an assembly specified in the Second Schedule; or
he recruits or brings a child to an assembly or allows a child to attend an assembly other than an assembly specified in the Second Schedule.
A person who commits an offence under paragraph (2)(a), (b),
or (e) shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit.
A person who commits an offence under paragraph (2)(f)
shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty thousand ringgit.
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