AGC's legal opinion on GEG Bill consistent since 2022


KUALA LUMPUR: Since 2022, the Attorney General's Chambers has been consistent in its legal opinion that the 'generational end-game' or GEG provisions in the Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Bill can be challenged in court.

The AGC in a statement on Saturday (Nov 18) said this was because the provisions contradicted Article 8 of the Federal Constitution.

"...the provision creates unequal legal treatment between a person born before Jan 1, 2007, and a person born on and after Jan 1, 2007," according to the statement.

The response from the AGC referred to a media statement issued by former health minister Khairy Jamaluddin which was published by health care portal CodeBlue on Nov 14 and an English news portal on Nov 16.

Khairy was reported saying the Attorney General's Chambers had approved the Bill when he brought it to Parliament last year, before a sudden reversal.

He also claimed that the suspension of the Bill was due to political pressure rather than legal concerns about its constitutionality. – Bernama

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