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Peaceful Assembly Act 2012

Peaceful Assembly Act 2012
Parliament of Malaysia
  • An Act relating to the right to assemble peaceably and without arms, and to provide restrictions deemed necessary or expedient relating to such right in the interest of the security of the Federation or any part thereof or public order, including the protection of the rights and freedoms of other persons, and to provide for related matters.
CitationAct 736
Territorial extentMalaysia
Passed byDewan Rakyat
Passed29 November 2011
Passed byDewan Negara
Passed20 December 2011
Royal assent30 January 2012
Commenced9 February 2012
Effective23 April 2012, P.U. (B) 147/2012[1]
White paperPeaceful Assembly Bill prepared by the Bar Council
Legislative history
First chamber: Dewan Rakyat
Bill titlePeaceful Assembly Bill 2011
Bill citationD.R. 42/2011
Introduced byNajib Razak, Prime Minister
First reading22 November 2011
Second reading24 November 2011
Third reading29 November 2011
Second chamber: Dewan Negara
Bill titlePeaceful Assembly Bill 2011
Bill citationD.R. 42/2011
Member(s) in chargeLiew Vui Keong, Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department
First reading7 December 2011
Second reading20 December 2011
Third reading20 December 2011
Final stages
Related legislation
Police Act 1967, Election Offences Act 1954, Industrial Relations Act 1967, Trade Unions Act 1959
Keywords
Freedom of assembly
Status: In force

The Peaceful Assembly Act 2012 (Malay: Akta Perhimpunan Aman 2012, abbreviated PAA) is the law which regulates public protests in Malaysia. According to the Barisan Nasional government, the Act allows citizens to organise and participate in assemblies peaceably and without arms, subject to restrictions deemed necessary and in the interest of public order and security.[2]

The Act was drafted four months after the Bersih 2.0 rally and two months after the government announced its intention to amend the Police Act.[3] It was tabled in Parliament on 22 November 2011, passed by the lower house on 29 November, and approved by the Senate on 20 December.[4][5][6]

The PAA has been strongly criticised by the opposition, which says that the new law if passed will crackdown on the right to protest instead of safeguarding it.[7] The Bar Council and various civil society leaders have also spoken out against the Act.[7][8]

  1. ^ "Peaceful Assembly Act 2012: Appointment of Date Coming into Operation" (PDF). Attorney General's Chamber of Malaysia. Retrieved 10 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Peaceful Assembly Bill 2011 tabled for first reading". Borneo Post. Bernama. 23 November 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  3. ^ Hazlin Hassan (23 November 2011). "KL's Peaceful Assembly Bill gets hammered". The Straits Times. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  4. ^ "Peaceful Assembly Act tabled in Parliament". The Star. 22 November 2011. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  5. ^ Loh, Loon Fong (29 November 2011). "Peaceful Assembly Bill passed". The Star. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
  6. ^ "Assembly law sails through Dewan Negara". The Malaysian Insider. 20 December 2011. Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 20 December 2011.
  7. ^ a b "Outrage over new Malaysian protest law". AFP. 23 November 2011. Archived from the original on 25 January 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  8. ^ Alyaa Alhadjri (23 November 2011). "Civil society unhappy with bill". The Sun. Retrieved 23 November 2011.

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