Official Secret Act 1972

Declassification of official secret by a minister or a public officer 3.

Official secret act 1972. Addition deletion or amendment of the schedule 2b. If you raised your hand good. Appointment of public officer to classify official document etc. Official secrets act 1972 act 88 arrangement of sections 1.

This says the governance inte grity accountability and transpa rency giat a coalition of seven civil society organisations should be part of the institutional reform that should be carried out by the government to ensure transparency in the country. Enacted in 1972 malaysia s official secrets act osa has been criticized for stifling dissent and freedom of expression through its provisions that grant absolute power to the authorities to. Cite 1 any person who is in any manner whatsoever approached by any other person whether directly or indirectly to obtain for or supply that other person any official secret or any secret official code word. The official secrets act 1972 malay.

7a duty to report request for information etc. This act may be cited as the official secrets act 1972. Civil societies want the official secrets act 1972 osa repealed to encourage transparency in the new government. Official secrets 33 laws of malaysia act 88 the official secrets act 1972 list amendment law short title force amend from act 6 act finance companies 1969 01 06 1969 102 of the banking act 1973 15 04 1973 act 146 national savings bank act 01 12 1974 act 160 currency act 29 08 1975 dollars 1975 act criminal code act a324 event 10 01 1976 amendment and extension act 1976 act a454 banking and.

Official secrets act 1972 an act to revise and consolidate the law relating to the protection of official secrets. Whoever knows what that means angkat tangan. 1 october 1972 be it enacted by the seri paduka baginda yang di pertuan agong with the advice and consent of the dewan negara and dewan rakyat in parliament assembled and by the authority of the same as follows. Official secrets act 1972 act 88 table of contents.

Short title 1. Akta rahsia rasmi 1972 abbreviated osa is a statute in malaysia prohibiting the dissemination of information classified as an official secret. The legislation is based on the official secrets act of the united kingdom after criticism of the act for lacking clarity it was amended in 1986. 2 if any person receives any secret official code word countersign password or any photograph drawing plan model article note document or information knowing or having reasonable ground to believe at the time when he receives it that the code word countersign password photograph drawing plan model article note document or information is communicated to him in.