Section 15A

Where any publication is a prohibited publication or an obscene or objectionable publication under this Act, any person may apply to the

Minister for an exemption from any of the provisions of this Act in respect of that publication.

Every application shall be in the form provided for the purpose by a controller authorised by the Minister and shall be accompanied by such fee as the Minister may, with the approval of the His Majesty the Sultan and

Yang Di-Pertuan, prescribe by regulations.

On receiving an application under this section in relation to a publication, the Minister, if satisfied that the publication should be made available to a limited class of persons or to a particular person for educational, professional, scientific, artistic or technical reasons, may exempt that class of person or that person from any such provision of this

Act as he may specify in respect of that publication for such period as he thinks fit.

An exemption under this section may be granted absolutely or subject to such conditions as may be specified by the Minister.

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