Nik Nazmi discharged, criminalising failure to give 10-day notice under PAA declared unconstitutional

PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal here has declared Section 9(5) of the Peaceful Assembly Act (PAA) 2012 – which criminalises the failure to give 10-day notice before a gathering – to be unconstitutional.

Justice Mohammad Ariff Md Yusof in presiding over Parti Keadilan Rakyat’s (PKR) former strategic director Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad’s (pic) appeal to strike out a charge under the PAA, ruled Section 9(5) null and void.