Acts on order and security of the United Kingdom and Asia: the medieval Statute of Winchester on watch and ward, the Official Secrets Act 1911, the Terrorism Act 2000, Japan's Peace Preservation Law, South Korea's National Security Act, Hong Kong's National Security Law and China's Anti-Secession Law. A statute belongs here when its cited article describes such an act on public order or national security. It excludes American statutes.
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Anti-Secession Law (Wikipedia)
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Although the law, at ten articles, is relatively short, Article 8 formalized the long-standing policy of the PRC to use military means against Taiwanese independence in the event peaceful means become impossible.
2020 Hong Kong national security law (Wikipedia)
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The Law of the People's Republic of China on Safeguarding National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is a national law of China on Hong Kong national security passed on 30 June 2020.
National Security Act (South Korea), Wikipedia
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The National Security Act is a South Korean law that entered force on December 1, 1948, under the government of Syngman Rhee, with the stated purpose of ensuring "the security of the State and the subsistence and freedom of nationals, by regulating any anticipated activities compromising the safety of the State." In 2004, legislators of the then-majority Uri Party attempted to annul the act but failed due to opposition from the Grand National Party.
Terrorism Act 2000 (Wikipedia)
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The Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11) is the first of a number of general Terrorism Acts passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
Statute of Winchester, Wikipedia
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It was the primary legislation enacted to regulate the policing of the country between the Norman Conquest and the Metropolitan Police Act 1829 (10 Geo. 4. c. 44).
Official Secrets Act 1911 (Wikipedia)
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Its provisions were extensive, with heavy penalties for any reporting or sketching of military, naval or air defence installations, or the harbouring of people suspected of gathering such intelligence.
Peace Preservation Law, Wikipedia
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The Peace Preservation Law (治安維持法, Chian iji hō) was a Japanese law enacted on April 22, 1925, with the aim of allowing the Special Higher Police to more effectively suppress alleged socialists and communists.
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