An Act to provide for the prevention of the commission or support of terrorist acts involving listed terrorist organizations in a foreign country or any part of foreign country and for the control of the persons engaged in such acts and for related matters.
Citation
Act 769
Territorial extent
Malaysia
Passed by
Dewan Rakyat
Passed
6 April 2015
Passed by
Dewan Negara
Passed
23 April 2015
Royal assent
28 May 2015
Commenced
4 June 2015
Effective
1 September 2015, P.U. (B) 345/2015[1]
Legislative history
First chamber: Dewan Rakyat
Bill title
Prevention of Terrorism Bill 2015
Bill citation
D.R. 10/2015
Introduced by
Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar, Deputy Minister of Home Affairs
First reading
30 March 2015
Second reading
6 April 2015
Third reading
6 April 2015
Second chamber: Dewan Negara
Bill title
Prevention of Terrorism Bill 2015
Bill citation
D.R. 10/2015
Member(s) in charge
Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar, Deputy Minister of Home Affairs
First reading
13 April 2015
Second reading
22 April 2015
Third reading
23 April 2015
Related legislation
Prevention of Crime Act 1959 [Act 297]
Keywords
Anti-terrorism
Status: In force
The Prevention of Terrorism Act 2015 (Malay: Akta Pencegahan Keganasan 2015, abbreviated POTA), is an anti-terrorism law that was passed by the Malaysian government on 7 April 2015. It enables the Malaysian authorities to detain terror suspects without trial for a period of two years. POTA also does not allow any judicial reviews of detentions. Instead, detentions will be reviewed by a special Prevention of Terrorism Board. The POTA bill has been criticised by opposition elements as a reincarnation of the former Internal Security Act, which was revoked in 2012.[2][3] The passage of POTA coincided with the arrest of seventeen suspected militants who were involved in an alleged terror plot in the capital Kuala Lumpur.[4]
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