A legal review on the classification of official secrets under the Official Secrets Act 1972 / Amirul Ezuan Azizul Karim

This project paper is concerned on the official secrets particularly classification of official secrets under the Official Secrets Act 1972. Basically, section 2(1) of the Official Secrets Act 1972 provides the definition of official secrets in which it includes scheduled official secrets and classi...

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Main Authors:	Azizul Karim, Amirul Ezuan, Mohd Zamani, Harshaan, Ismail, Mohd Arif, Mohd Saifiizzaman, Muhammad Shakeel
Format:	Student Project
Language:	English
Published:	Faculty of Law 2013
Subjects:	Malaysia Straits Settlements (to 1942)
Online Access:	http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28330/ http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28330/1/28330.pdf

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spelling	uitm-283302020-02-17T06:27:54Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28330/ A legal review on the classification of official secrets under the Official Secrets Act 1972 / Amirul Ezuan Azizul Karim Azizul Karim, Amirul Ezuan Mohd Zamani, Harshaan Ismail, Mohd Arif Mohd Saifiizzaman, Muhammad Shakeel Malaysia Straits Settlements (to 1942) This project paper is concerned on the official secrets particularly classification of official secrets under the Official Secrets Act 1972. Basically, section 2(1) of the Official Secrets Act 1972 provides the definition of official secrets in which it includes scheduled official secrets and classified official secrets. However, this definition is too broad as there is no clear definition of classified official secrets. Further, it is unclear as to what types of documents that fall under the category of information that may be classified as secret. The scope of this project paper analyses the comprehensiveness and effectiveness of laws with regard to classification of information in Malaysia, India and United States of America. Besides, this project paper compares the development of laws with respect to classification of information that took place effectively in India and United States of America. As a result, certain recommendations are proposed to review and amend the current law in regard to classified official secrets which is provided under the Official Secrets Act 1972. Faculty of Law 2013 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28330/1/28330.pdf Azizul Karim, Amirul Ezuan and Mohd Zamani, Harshaan and Ismail, Mohd Arif and Mohd Saifiizzaman, Muhammad Shakeel (2013) A legal review on the classification of official secrets under the Official Secrets Act 1972 / Amirul Ezuan Azizul Karim. [Student Project] (Submitted)
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spellingShingle	Malaysia Straits Settlements (to 1942) Azizul Karim, Amirul Ezuan Mohd Zamani, Harshaan Ismail, Mohd Arif Mohd Saifiizzaman, Muhammad Shakeel A legal review on the classification of official secrets under the Official Secrets Act 1972 / Amirul Ezuan Azizul Karim
description	This project paper is concerned on the official secrets particularly classification of official secrets under the Official Secrets Act 1972. Basically, section 2(1) of the Official Secrets Act 1972 provides the definition of official secrets in which it includes scheduled official secrets and classified official secrets. However, this definition is too broad as there is no clear definition of classified official secrets. Further, it is unclear as to what types of documents that fall under the category of information that may be classified as secret. The scope of this project paper analyses the comprehensiveness and effectiveness of laws with regard to classification of information in Malaysia, India and United States of America. Besides, this project paper compares the development of laws with respect to classification of information that took place effectively in India and United States of America. As a result, certain recommendations are proposed to review and amend the current law in regard to classified official secrets which is provided under the Official Secrets Act 1972.
format	Student Project
author	Azizul Karim, Amirul Ezuan Mohd Zamani, Harshaan Ismail, Mohd Arif Mohd Saifiizzaman, Muhammad Shakeel
author_facet	Azizul Karim, Amirul Ezuan Mohd Zamani, Harshaan Ismail, Mohd Arif Mohd Saifiizzaman, Muhammad Shakeel
author_sort	Azizul Karim, Amirul Ezuan
title	A legal review on the classification of official secrets under the Official Secrets Act 1972 / Amirul Ezuan Azizul Karim
title_short	A legal review on the classification of official secrets under the Official Secrets Act 1972 / Amirul Ezuan Azizul Karim
title_full	A legal review on the classification of official secrets under the Official Secrets Act 1972 / Amirul Ezuan Azizul Karim
title_fullStr	A legal review on the classification of official secrets under the Official Secrets Act 1972 / Amirul Ezuan Azizul Karim
title_full_unstemmed	A legal review on the classification of official secrets under the Official Secrets Act 1972 / Amirul Ezuan Azizul Karim
title_sort	legal review on the classification of official secrets under the official secrets act 1972 / amirul ezuan azizul karim
publisher	Faculty of Law
publishDate	2013
url	http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28330/ http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/28330/1/28330.pdf
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A legal review on the classification of official secrets under the Official Secrets Act 1972 / Amirul Ezuan Azizul Karim

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