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Election Offences Act 1954

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 1, 2025
Entity authorityQ20465326 ↗
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The Election Offences Act 1954 (Malay: Akta Kesalahan Pilihan Raya 1954) is a Malaysian law which enacted to prevent electoral offences and corrupt and illegal practices at elections; to provide for the establishment of enforcement teams and for matters connected therewith; to provide for the appointment of election agents and to control election expenses; and to provide for election petitions.

Structure

The Election Offences Act 1954, in its current form (1 January 2006), consists of 7 Parts containing 42 sections and 2 schedules (including 29 amendments).

Part I: Preliminary and Interpretation

Part II: Electoral Offences

Part III: Corrupt Practices

Part IV: Election Agent, Election Expenses and Illegal Practices

Part IVA: Enforcement Team

Part V: Excuse for Corrupt or Illegal Practice

Part VI: Grounds for Avoiding Elections

Part VII: Election Petitions

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Election Offences Act 1954 Archived 2016-08-17 at the Wayback Machine This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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