ANTI-FAKE NEWS (REPEAL) ACT 2020

Anti-Fake News (Repeal) LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 825 ANTI-FAKE NEWS (REPEAL) ACT 2020 1 2 Laws of Malaysia Act 825 Date of Royal Assent ... ... 20 January 2020 Date of publication in the Gazette ... ... 30 January 2020 Publisher’s Copyright C PERCETAKAN NASIONAL MALAYSIA BERHAD All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording and/or otherwise without the prior permission of Percetakan Nasional Malaysia Berhad (Appointed Printer to the Government of Malaysia). 3 Anti-Fake News (Repeal) LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 825 ANTI-FAKE NEWS (REPEAL) ACT 2020 An Act to repeal the Anti-Fake News Act 2018. [ ] ENACTED by the Parliament of Malaysia as follows: Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Anti-Fake News (Repeal) Act 2020. Repeal and savings 2. (1) The Anti-Fake News Act 2018 [Act 803] is repealed. (2) The repeal of the Anti-Fake News Act 2018 shall not affect any order made under the repealed Act prior to the date of coming into operation of this Act. 4 Laws of Malaysia Act 825 (3) On the date of coming into operation of this Act, any application for an order under the repealed Act made prior to the date of coming into operation of this Act or any proceedings in respect of such application pending under the repealed Act may be continued as if the repealed Act is still in force. (4) On the date of coming into operation of this Act, any investigation, prosecution or proceedings in respect of any offence under the repealed Act pending under the repealed Act may be continued as if the repealed Act is still in force.