LAWS OF MALAYSIA REPRINT Act 82 INTERNAL SECURITY ACT 1960 Incorporating all amendments up to 1 January 2006 PUBLISHED BY THE COMMISSIONER OF LAW REVISION, MALAYSIA UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE REVISION OF LAWS ACT 1968 IN COLLABORATION WITH PERCETAKAN NASIONAL MALAYSIA BHD 2006 Laws of Malaysia 2 ACT 82 INTERNAL SECURITY ACT 1960 First enacted ... ... ... ... ... ... 1960 (Act No. 18 of 1960) Revised ... ... ... ... ... ... 1972 (Act 82 w.e.f. 1 August 1972) PREVIOUS REPRINTS First Reprint ... ... ... ... ... 1994 Second Reprint ... ... ... ... ... 1999 Internal Security 3 LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 82 INTERNAL SECURITY ACT 1960 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS PART I PRELIMINARY Section 1. Short title 2. Interpretation PART II GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO INTERNAL SECURITY CHAPTER I Prohibition of Organizations and Associations of a Political or Quasi-Military Character and Uniforms, etc. 3. Prohibition of uniforms of political or quasi-military organisations 4. Penalty 5. Prohibition of quasi-military organisations 6. Illegal drilling Prohibition of uniforms, emblems, etc. 7. CHAPTER II Powers of Preventive Detention 8. Power to order detention or restriction of persons 8A. Detention order not to be invalid or inoperative on certain grounds 8B. Judicial review of act or decision of Yang di-Pertuan Agong and Minister Laws of Malaysia 4 ACT 82 Section 8C. Interpretation of "judical review" 8D. Commencement of sections 8B and 8C (Deleted) 9. 10. Suspension of detention orders 11. Representations against detention order 12. Report of Advisory Board 13. Review 14. Power to summon witnesses 15. Member of Advisory Board deemed to be a public servant 16. Disclosure of information 17. Power to order removal 18. Power to order production of detained person Enforcement of warrants, etc., made in Singapore 19. 20. Enforcement of orders issued in Singapore 21. Saving in respect or prosecution of persons detained CHAPTER III Special Powers Relating to Subversive Publications, etc. Prohibition of printing, sale, etc., of documents and publications 22. 23. Objections against orders under section 22 Printing, publishing, etc., in contravention of order under section 22 24. P o s s e s s i o n of documents, etc ., in contravention of order under 25. section 22 26. Importation in contravention of order under section 22 Posting of placards, etc. 27. 28. Dissemination of false reports 29. Possession of subversive documents 30. Powers of search and seizure of documents Disposal of subversive documents, etc. 31. CHAPTER IV Control of Entertainments and Exhibitions 32. Power to require information 33. Power to impose conditions Promoter, etc., to be in attendance at entertainment or exhibition 34. 35. Power to prohibit certain entertainments or exhibitions Internal Security 5 Section 36. Powers of entry and investigation 37. Search 38. Powers of seizure 39. Powers of closure 40. Liability of principal for acts of servant 41. Other offences against this Chapter and abetment CHAPTER V Other Powers for the Prevention of Subversion 41A. Powers relating to appointments 41B. Power to close schools or educational institutions 41C. Control of admission to institutions of higher education Powers in relation to pupils, etc., visiting Malaysia 42. CHAPTER VI Miscellaneous 43. Attempts to commit offences and assisting offenders 44. Other offences under this Part and abetment 44A. General penalty under this Part 45. Arrest 46. Enforcement of bonds PART III SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO SECURITY AREAS CHAPTER I Proclamation of Security Areas 47. Proclamation of security areas CHAPTER II Powers Relating to Preservation of Public Security 48. Danger areas 49. Controlled areas 50. Protected place 51. Exclusion of persons Laws of Malaysia 6 ACT 82 Section 52. Curfew 53. Power to take possession of land or buildings 54. Power to order destruction of certain unoccupied buildings Power to control roads, etc. 55. 56. Power to seize rice and other food CHAPTER III Offences Relating to Security Areas 57. Offences relating to firearms, ammunition and explosives 58. Consorting with person carrying or having possession of arms or explosives 59. Supplies 60. Failure to report offences or to give information 61. Attempt to commit offences 62. Assisting offenders 63. Other offences under this Part and abetment 63A. General penalty under this Part CHAPTER IV Powers of Police and others 64. Arrest 65. Powers of search Power to dispense with inquests, etc. 66. 67. Medical officers of armed forces to be regarded as Government medical officers for purpose of inquiries CHAPTER V General 68. Compensation 69. Application of section 94 of the Penal Code 70. Extension of right of private defence Internal Security 7 CHAPTER VI Power to make Regulations Section 71. Power to make regulations PART IV MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS 72. Seizability and bailability of offences 73. Power to detain suspected persons 74. Use of lethal weapons in effecting arrests 75. Admission of statements in evidence 76. Inspection of bankers' books 77. Disposal of property 78. Registration of persons arrested or detained 79. Jurisdiction of courts 80. Restriction of prosecution 81. Publicity of orders 82. Saving Amendment, etc., of Schedules 83. (Omitted) 84. 85. Transitional provisions FIRST SCHEDULE SECOND SCHEDULE THIRD SCHEDULE Laws of Malaysia 8 ACT 82 Internal Security 9 LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 82 INTERNAL SECURITY ACT 1960 An Act to provide for the internal security of Malaysia, preventive detention, the prevention of subversion, the suppression of organized violance against persons and property in specified areas of Malaysia, and for matters incidental thereto. [Peninsular Malaysia--1 August 1960, Act 18 of 1960; Sabah, Sarawak*--16 September 1963, L.N. 232/1963;] WHEREAS action has been taken and further action is threatened by a substantial body of persons both inside and outside Malaysia-- (1) to cause, and to cause a substantial number of citizens to fear, organised violence against persons and property; and (2) to procure the alteration, otherwise than by lawful means, of the lawful Government of Malaysia by law established; AND WHEREAS the action taken and threatened is prejudicial to the security of Malaysia; AND WHEREAS Parliament considers it necessary to stop or prevent that action; Now therefore PURSUANT to Article 149 of the Constitution 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: PART I PRELIMINARY Short title This Act may be cited as the Internal Security Act 1960. 1. *NOTE--Modification to Federal Territory of Labuan shall come into force on 16-04-1984 ­see P.U. (A) 198/1984. Laws of Malaysia 10 ACT 82 Interpretation In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires-- 2. "Advisory Board" means an advisory board constituted under Article 151(2) of the Federal Constitution; "ammunition" means ammunition for any firearm as hereafter defined and includes grenades, bombs and other like missiles whether capable of use with such a firearm or not and any ammunition containing or designed or adapted to contain any noxious liquid, gas or other thing; "Chief Police Officer" includes a Deputy Chief Police Officer and any police officer for the time being lawfully authorized to exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred or imposed upon a Chief Police Officer by this Act and in the application of this Act to Sabah and Sarawak references to a Chief Police Officer shall be construed as references to a Divisional Superintendent of Police; "controlled area" means any area declared to be a controlled area under section 49; "danger area" means any area declared to be a danger area under section 48; "document" includes any substance on which is recorded any matter, whether by letters, figures, marks, pictorial or other representation, or by more than one of those means; "entertainment" means any game, sport, diversion, concert or amusement of any kind to which the public has or is intended to have access and in which members of the public may or may not take part, whether on payment or otherwise; "exhibition" includes every display of goods, books, pictures, films or articles to which the public has or is intended to have access, whether on payment or otherwise; "explosive" shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Explosives Act 1957 [Act 207], and includes any substance deemed to be an explosive under that Act; Internal Security 11 "firearm" means any lethal barrelled weapon of any description from which any shot, bullet or other missile can be discharged or which can be adapted for the discharge of any such shot, bullet or other missile and any weapon of whatever description designed or adapted for the discharge of any noxious liquid, gas or other thing, and includes any component part of any such weapon as aforesaid; "Inspector General" means the Inspector General of Police and, in relation to Sabah and Sarawak, includes the Commissioner in control of members of the Royal Malaysia Police in each of those States; "offence against this Act" includes an offence against any regulations made under section 71; " p e r i o d i c a l publication" includes every publication issued periodically or in parts or numbers at intervals, whether