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COURT OF APPEAL PUTRAJAYA
MAT SHUHAIMI SHAFIEI – Appellant
Versus
PP – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. charge details and seditious content (Para 1 , 1 , 2) |
| 2. appellant's trial and applications (Para 3 , 4 , 5 , 6) |
| 3. constitutional challenge basis (Para 7 , 8) |
| 4. appellant's claims and the procedural context. (Para 9) |
| 5. presumption of constitutionality (Para 10 , 11) |
| 6. presumption of constitutionality in legal challenges. (Para 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 17) |
| 7. arguments on freedom of expression (Para 18 , 19) |
| 8. balancing freedom of speech with societal order. (Para 26 , 30 , 35 , 38) |
| 9. reasonableness and proportionality tests (Para 39 , 53 , 90) |
| 10. discretion of the attorney general in prosecutions. (Para 54 , 57 , 60 , 61 , 65) |
| 11. judicial interpretation should uphold existing laws. (Para 66 , 67 , 68 , 69) |
| 12. proportionality test under constitutional scrutiny. (Para 79 , 80 , 81 , 82 , 83) |
| 13. reasonableness and scope of the sedition act. (Para 91 , 92 , 93 , 94) |
| 14. conclusion on the sedition act (Para 101) |
| 15. conclusion on the constitutionality of the sedition act. (Para 106 , 107 , 116) |
[1] The Public Prosecutor preferred a charge against the appellant before the Sessions Court at Shah Alam for an offence under s 4(1)(c) of the Sedition Act 1948 (Act 15) (hereinafter re
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