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Peaceful Assembly Act 2012

PEACEFUL ASSEMBLY ACT 2012

AKTA PERHIMPUNAN AMAN 2012

Act 736 · consolidated to 1 Dec 2019 · 28 pp

Artistic freedom
This copy of the Act is 6 years old. Any amendment made since 1 December 2019 is not in this text. Check the AGC record for later amendments.
Why it matters

What this does to artists

Governs any assembly, which on the authorities' reading can include a performance, a gathering, a vigil or a participatory work in a public place. Notice requirements and prohibitions on assemblies at prohibited places are the operative parts.

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The Federal Court struck down s.9(5) as unconstitutional in 2021; the notification requirement in s.9(1) survives.

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What to read first

Section numbers read out of the AGC text itself

s.9Notification of assembly
s.15Restrictions and conditions
s.25Designated place of assembly
s.21APower to compound offences
In practice

Where this one bites

Scenario

Busk or perform in the street

The rule that decides whether you can play is almost always your own council's by-law, and nobody publishes th…

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Stopped, raided, shut down or arrested

This is a frightening place to be, and it usually has more give in it than it feels like. Most of these turn o…

Full arrangement of sections 28 sections · show / hide

Extracted from the AGC PDF on this page.

s.1Short title and commencement and non-application
s.2Objects
s.3Interpretation
s.4Right to organize assembly or participate in assembly
s.5Right of person who has interests
s.6Responsibilities of organizers
s.7Responsibilities of participants
s.8Responsibilities of police
s.9Notification of assembly
s.10Requirements regarding notification of assembly
s.11Consent of owner or occupier of place of assembly
s.12Requirement to inform persons who have interests
s.13Meeting with organizer
s.14Response to notification of assembly
s.15Restrictions and conditions
s.16Appeal on restrictions and conditions
s.17Simultaneous assemblies
s.18Counter assembly
s.19Presumption as to organizer
s.20Power of arrest
s.21Power to disperse assembly
s.21APower to compound offences
s.22Maintenance of register
s.23Recordings
s.24Media access
s.25Designated place of assembly
s.26Power to amend Schedules
s.27Regulations Peaceful Assembly 5
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Source of record · lom.agc.gov.my/act-detail.php?act=736&lang=BI

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