Sedition Act
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Sedition Act may refer to:
- Alien and Sedition ActsAlien and Sedition ActsThe Alien and Sedition Acts were four bills passed in 1798 by the Federalists in the 5th United States Congress in the aftermath of the French Revolution's reign of terror and during an undeclared naval war with France, later known as the Quasi-War. They were signed into law by President John Adams...
, including the Sedition Act of 1798, laws passed by the United States Congress - Sedition Act 1661, an English statute that largely relates to treason
- Sedition Act of 1918Sedition Act of 1918The Sedition Act of 1918 was an Act of the United States Congress that extended the Espionage Act of 1917 to cover a broader range of offenses, notably speech and the expression of opinion that cast the government or the war effort in a negative light or interfered with the sale of government bonds...
, also passed by the United States Congress - Sedition Act (Malaysia)Sedition Act (Malaysia)The Sedition Act in Malaysia is a law prohibiting discourse deemed as seditious. The act was originally enacted by the colonial authorities of British Malaya in 1948...
, a law in Malaysia - Sedition Act (Singapore)Sedition Act (Singapore)The Sedition Act is in Chapter 290 of the Statutes of Singapore. It was last revised in 1985.In September 2005, the Sedition Act was first used on individuals when three men, including a teenager, were charged for making seditious and inflammatory racist comments on the Internet.-Seditious...
, a law in Singapore