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2015 MarsdenLR 1513

FEDERAL COURT PUTRAJAYA
PP – Appellant
Versus
AZMI SHAROM – Respondent


Table of Content
1. charges under the sedition act 1948. (Para 1 , 2 , 3 , 4)
2. assessment of the act's constitutionality. (Para 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9)
3. proportionality test for constitutional validity. (Para 28 , 29 , 41)
4. confirmation of the act's validity. (Para 44)
Arifin Zakaria CJ:

Background Facts

[1] The defendant (accused in the Sessions Court) was charged in the Kuala Lumpur Criminal Sessions Court for an offence under s 4(1)(b) and alternatively under s 4(1)(c) of the Sedition Act 1948 (the Act). The principal charge proffered against the defendant reads:

"PERTUDUHAN

Bahawa kamu, pada 15 Ogos 2014 jam lebih kurang 12.30 tengahari di pejabat Jabatan Siasatan Jenayah, Ibu Pejabat Polis Kontinjen Kuala Lumpur, Jalan Hang Tuah, Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, telah menyebut perkataan menghasut seperti ayat-ayat yang bergaris dalam LAMPIRAN A kepada pertuduhan ini; dan oleh yang demikian kamu telah melakukan kesalahan di bawah s 4(1)(b) Akta Hasutan 1948 dan boleh dihukum di bawah s 4(1) Akta yang sama.

HUKUMAN

Sekiranya kamu didapati bersalah dan disabitkan, kamu boleh bagi kesalahan kali pertama dikenakan denda tidak lebih daripada RM5000.00 atau penjara s

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