s 24B Election campaign and limitation thereof
(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, a candidate or his election agent may hold election campaign during the campaign period. (2) A candidate or his election agent may, during the campaign period, open or establish or maintain offices in the constituency in which the candidate seeks election for purposes of his campaign at an election. (3) A candidate or his election agent may, during the campaign period— (a) hold, convene or organize any open public meeting, open public rally, open public display or open public entertainment; or (b) give any open public address or open public lecture, in the constituency in which the candidate seeks election but only if he holds a permit to do so issued to him by the police officer in charge of the district where the meeting, rally, display or entertainment is to be held or the address or lecture is to be given. (4) A candidate or his election agent may, during the campaign period, display, furnish or distribute election campaign materials to members of the public in the constituency in which the candidate seeks election but only if he— (a) holds a permit to do so issued to him by the State Elections Officer, subject to such terms and conditions as the State Elections Officer may determine; and (b) has paid to the State Elections Officer a deposit of five thousand ringgit in the case of an election to the Dewan Rakyat and three thousand ringgit in the case of an election to a Legislative Assembly. (5) On receipt of a deposit under subsection (4), the State Elections Officer shall deal with the sum so paid in accordance with the current Government financial regulations. (6) Subject to the by-laws of any local authority, election campaign materials include any advertisement, leaflet, brochure, flag, ensign, banner, standard, poster, placard, handbill, label or any form of temporary billboard. (7) No person shall, during the campaign period, display or affix any election campaign material within a distance of fifty metres from the limits of any polling station. (8) Any election campaign material displayed or affixed shall be removed by a candidate or his election agent within fourteen days after polling day and if the candidate or his election agent fails to comply with this subsection— (a) the deposit paid pursuant to subsection (4) shall be forfeited and paid to the Federal Consolidated Funds; and (b) the State Elections Officer shall cause all the materials to be removed within a reasonable time and the cost for the removal of such materials shall be paid out of the sum forfeited under paragraph (a). (9) Where the cost of removing the materials referred to in paragraph (8)(b) exceeds the deposit forfeited under paragraph (8)(a), the difference shall be a debt due from the candidate to the Federal Government and may be recovered from the candidate accordingly. (10) Any person who contravenes subsection (3), (4) or (7) shall be liable, on conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to a fine not exceeding three thousand ringgit or to both such imprisonment and fine. (11) An offence under this section shall be a seizable offence within the meaning of the Criminal Procedure Code.