Anti Fake News Act Dewan Negara
The motion to repeal the anti fake news act was first passed at the dewan rakyat the lower house of the malaysian parliament in aug last year.
Anti fake news act dewan negara. The dewan negara today passed the anti fake news bill 2018 which represents a serious move by the government to check the dissemination of fake news brought on by the development of modern. The bill to repeal the act was then passed on oct 9 when 92 mps voted for the law to be abolished while 51 were against it. The bill was passed by the dewan rakyat on 9 oct this year after it was re tabled in the lower house of the malaysian parliament. Modified 12 sep 2018 7 12 pm.
At the policy level the bill had 93 ayes and 53 nays while at the committee level it saw 92 ayes and 51 nays during a voting before speaker tan sri mohamad ariff. However it was rejected by the dewan negara. The dewan rakyat passed the bill to repeal the act in august 2018 but it was rejected by the. Published 12 sep 2018 5 34 am.
The dewan negara has finally approved the repeal of the anti fake news act according to bernama radio. Deputy minister in the prime minister s department. The bill to repeal the act was then passed on oct 9 when 92 mps voted for the law to be abolished while 51 were against it. The dewan negara which defeated the repeal of the anti fake news act 2018 passed by the dewan rakyat will not be able to stop it when it is re tabled in the lower house and approved for a second time according to the federal constitution.
Parliament the dewan negara today rejected the anti fake news abolition bill 2018. Deputy minister in the prime minister s department mohamed hanipa maidin when winding up the debate on the bill said the repeal was in line with. Dewan negara rejects anti fake news act repeal. The dewan negara passed the repeal of the anti fake news act 2018 act 803 after the bill was tabled for second reading today.
Kuala lumpur oct 9 the anti fake news act has been repealed by the dewan rakyat again after it was rebuffed by the dewan negara.