Macau national security law

Safeguarding National Security Law
Emblem of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
Legislative Assembly of Macau
CitationLaw 2 of 2009
Passed byLegislative Assembly of Macau
Passed25 February 2009
Signed byEdmund Ho Hau-wah
Signed26 February 2009
Commenced2 March 2009
Effective3 March 2009
Legislative history
Introduced19 February 2008
Committee reportSecond Permanent Committee report
Amends
Criminal Procedure Code
Status: Amended
Macau national security law
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese維護國家安全法
Simplified Chinese维护国家安全法
Literal meaningSafeguarding National Security Law
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWéihù Guójiā'ānquán Fǎ
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutpingwai4 wu6 gwok3 gaa1 on1 cyun4 faat3
Portuguese name
PortugueseLei relativa à defesa da segurança do Estado
Demonstration against the Article 23 law in Macau

The Macau national security law (Chinese: 維護國家安全法, lit.'Safeguarding National Security Law'; Portuguese: Lei relativa à defesa da segurança do Estado, lit.'Law related to the defense of the security of the State') is a law in Macau which prohibits and punishes acts of "treason, secession, and subversion" against the Central government, as well as "preparatory acts" leading to any of the three acts. Taken into effect on 3 March 2009, the purpose of the law is to fulfil Article 23 of the Macau Basic Law, the de facto constitution of the Macau Special Administration Region.[1][2][3] Macau National Security Law has been in force for eleven years. Pro-Beijing[4] state-owned Hong Kong Newspaper Wen Wei Po claimed that Macau's National Security Law "has not been used".[5][better source needed]

  1. ^ "National Security Law Promulgated in Macao". People's Daily. 2 March 2009. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
  2. ^ England, Vaudine (3 March 2009). "Macau Law a 'Bad Example' for HK". BBC News. Retrieved 3 March 2009.
  3. ^ "Basic Law of the Macao Special Administrative Region of the People' s Republic of China [Unofficial translation]". Archived from the original on 5 February 2012 – via Government Printing Bureau.
  4. ^ Wang, Bess; Wong, Tin Chi (2018). "The Landscape of Newspapers in Hong Kong". In Huang, Yu; Song, Yunya (eds.). The Evolving Landscape of Media and Communication in Hong Kong. Hong Kong: City University of Hong Kong Press. pp. 13–30. ISBN 9789629373511.
  5. ^ "Macao National Security Law".