Communications And Multimedia Act 1998 Cma

Article 19 calls on the malaysian government to urgently review the communications and multimedia act 1998 cma and bring it into full compliance with international freedom of expression standards in conjunction with the launch of our new legal analysis of the communications and multimedia act today.

Communications and multimedia act 1998 cma. Akta komunikasi dan multimedia 1998 is a malaysian law which enacted to provide for and to regulate the converging communications and multimedia industries and for incidental matters. Interpretation part ii ministerial powers and procedures chapter 1. The analysis is the first to be published since. Communications and multimedia act 1998 act 588 acts.

253 of the communications and multimedia act 1998. Nothing in this act shall be construed as permitting the censorship of the internet. Act 588 communications and multimedia act 1998 arrangement of sections part i preliminary section 1. The communications and multimedia act 1998 malay.

233 1 a communications and multimedia act 1998 cma um chats is the cma 1998 adequate to address cyber harassment. 248 of the communications and multimedia act 1998 s. Territorial and extra territorial application 5. The deputy minister later clarified that the police s power to request or seize a person s mobile phone if he is a suspect and involved in any pending investigation and not the the general public randomly.

Human rights wrongs communications and multimedia act 1998 cma fahmi reza s. He was also slapped with an additional two charges under section 244 1 of the cma in his capacity as director of the news portal s video arm kinitv sdn bhd. This mandate is overseen by the malaysian multimedia and communications commission mmcc an independent regulator tasked with oversight of mobile and internet providers see below. Premesh pleaded not guilty to the two charges under section 233 1 a of the communications and multimedia cma act 1998 at the cyber court here.

The communications and multimedia act 1998 cma will be amended to tighten some of the legal provisions which are often deemed to be very broad. Similar to malaysiakini chief editor in chief steven gan in november last year. An act to provide for and to regulate the converging communications and. Act 588 communications and multimedia act 1998 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 968 in collaboration with percetakan nasional malaysia bhd 2006 communications and multimedia act 1998.