MLJ 120 Facts On 11 October 1978‚ the Accused‚ Mark Koding‚ a lawyer and member of the Dewan Rakyat made a speech in Parliament which was thought to be seditious. He was subsequently charged with committing an offence under Section 4(1)(b) of the Sedition Act. Issues 1. Whether‚ as a Member of Parliament (MP)‚ the Accused’s right of free speech in Parliament‚ given by sections 3 and 8 of the Houses of Parliament (Privileges and Powers) Ordinance [No. 15 of] 1952 and Article 63(2) of the 1957 Federal
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The Alien and Sedition Acts were a series of four bills passed in June and July of 1798 that revealed the disagreements between Federalists and Democratic Republicans. The two parties debated over many things‚ such as foreign policy‚ the strength of federal government‚ and states’ rights. These debates defined the effort to decide our country’s future. Examples of the differences between Federalist and Democratic Republican views are the French Revolution‚ Kentucky & Virginia Resolutions‚ and the
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thought was seditious. b. Mark Koding asked for closure of Chinese and Tamil schools in the process of implementing the national language‚ Bahasa Melayu. c. Mark Koding was charged with committing an offence contrary to Section 4(1) (b) of the Sedition Act 1948 (Revised 1969). 2. PROCEDURAL HISTORY: a. After the end of the prosecution case in High Court defence counsel submitted no case to answer‚ but the learned trial Judge held that there was‚ and called on the accused to enter his defence;
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Table of Contents List of Figures Title Page Number Figure 1: Assessment on specific proviso in PPPA 5-6 Figure 2: Proviso extracts from Sedition Act 1948 7 Figure 3: Extract of Article 10 7-8 Figure 4: International test on Sedition Act 1948 9-10 Figure 5: Recent issues regarding censorship on print media 11-12 1.0 Introduction According to Oxford dictionary‚ the term “Censor” has been defined as an action to remove parts of
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Sec 1 Causes of WWI The Triple Entente (Allies) The Triple Alliance (Central Powers) Why Wilson thought U.S. should remain neutral Lusitania Zimmer Note Trench Warfare Ch 19 Sec 2 Selective Service Act Committee on Public Information Sedition
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air. The domestic and foreign affairs help America move on to build a stable government. Essential 2: With the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1789 in effect many issues revealed. The Alien and Sedition Act seemed to oppose to the Constitution. But with the Federalist seeming to be the “top dogs” they showed to it be reasonable. Some of the many controversies of the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1789 resulted in producing Federalist to revolt against Democratic- Republicans and increase powers as well as it
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Mike Hamrock APUSH Semester Essay 12/13/12 Throughout the early days of the United States of America‚ when the nation was beginning to take structural form‚ the power of the national government increased greatly. Much of this is due to the Federalist ideas present by our first President George Washington‚ and other prominent founding fathers such as Alexander Hamilton and John Jay. The Federalist position‚ which supported a strong central government favoring power to the national or federal
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the Republican Party believed that the power of the national government should be limited and the states be given additional power. Many different issues occurred between the two parties‚ however the debate on the first national bank‚ the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798‚ and the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions of 1798‚ establish why the republican party adopted these views on the government. The republican party felt that definite rights should be reserved by
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REPUBLIC ACT No. 4200 AN ACT TO PROHIBIT AND PENALIZE WIRE TAPPING AND OTHER RELATED VIOLATIONS OF THE PRIVACY OF COMMUNICATION‚ AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES. Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person‚ not being authorized by all the parties to any private communication or spoken word‚ to tap any wire or cable‚ or by using any other device or arrangement‚ to secretly overhear‚ intercept‚ or record such communication or spoken word by using a device commonly known as a dictaphone or dictagraph or
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oftentimes fined or jailed. This was allowed to happen because of two pieces of legislation‚ the Espionage and Sedition Acts. The Espionage Act gave the postal officials the power to ban certain newspapers and magazines. It also instituted a fine of $10‚000 for anyone who obstructed the draft; draft obstructer would also face twenty years in prison (“Espionage and Sedition Acts”). The Sedition Act extended the powers of the Espionage Act. This violation of the First Amendment was used as a major weapon
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