Official Secret Act 1972 Articles

19 of 19231 2nd april 1923 an act to consolidate and amend the law 2 relating to official secrets.

Official secret act 1972 articles. Civil societies want the official secrets act 1972 osa repealed to encourage transparency in the new government. 27 supra note 12 paras 18 27 hc. 2 interpretation cite 1 in this act unless the context otherwise requires armed forces includes a any regular or volunteer armed forces of malaysia whether in malaysia or outside malaysia. If there is one secret that you should uncover for yourself then that is singapore s official secrets act osa.

Enacted to prevent the disclosure of official documents and information the 19 sections in the osa describe what such disclosure involves and what can happen if you commit an offence under the osa. Whoever knows what that means angkat tangan. Key offences under the official secrets act. 2 the official secrets act 1923 act no.

The legislation is based on the official secrets act of the united kingdom after criticism of the act for lacking clarity it was amended in 1986. It is hereby enacted as follows 4 1 short title extent and application 1 this act may be called the official secrets act 1923. If you raised your hand good. 26 s 2 malaysian official secrets act 1972 act 88 states that official relates to any public.

Akta rahsia rasmi 1972 abbreviated osa is a statute in malaysia prohibiting the dissemination of information classified as an official secret. This act may be cited as the official secrets act 1972. After the recent blowout over the leaked upsr papers many of you may have noticed a throwaway line at the bottom of most news articles reporting the leaks stating that suspects were being investigated under the official secrets act osa 1972. Journalist tarakant dwivedi alias akela was booked for criminal trespass under the official secrets act on may 17 2011 11 months after he wrote an article in mid day about how sophisticated.

This says the governance inte grity accountability and transpa rency giat a coalition of seven civil society organisations should be part of the institutional reform that should be carried out by the government to ensure transparency in the country. The official secrets act 1972 osa allows the government to classify any document as secret and jail those who release such information for up to seven years.