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MYS-1960-L-48007
Breadcrumb
Title_of_text
Internal Security Act, 1960 (No. 82 of 1960).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
Malaysia
Subjects (Classification)
Freedom of association, collective bargaining and industrial relations
Adopted on (Date of text)
1960
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
Provides for the prohibition of quasi-military organizations and preventive detention of persons who are a threat to the State or essential services; such detentions shall not be subject to judicial review. Also provides for the suppression of subversive publications, the review of appointments of persons to certain public positions, and the closing of schools. Schedule III defines "essential services" for the purposes of the Act.
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Law No. 82 of 1960 (Part I)
Author
Emergency Law Database
Publisher
Human Rights Center - Queen's University of Belfast - Faculty of Law
URL
http://www.law.qub.ac.uk/humanrts/emergency/malaysia/mal2.htm
Electronic source title
Law No. 82 of 1960 (Part II)
Author
Emergency Law Database
Publisher
Human Rights Center - Queen's University of Belfast - Faculty of Law
URL
http://www.law.qub.ac.uk/humanrts/emergency/malaysia/mal3.htm