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
Citation	Law 2 of 2009
Passed by	Legislative Assembly of Macau
Passed	25 February 2009
Signed by	Edmund Ho Hau-wah
Signed	26 February 2009
Commenced	2 March 2009
Effective	3 March 2009
Legislative history
Introduced	19 February 2008
Committee report	Second Permanent Committee report
Amends
Criminal Procedure Code
Status: Amended

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]}