Kuala Lampur, Feb. 20 -- The constitutionality of Section 13 of the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act 2012 (Sosma) has been challenged in a number of cases. Section 13 (on bail) reads as follows:

(1) Bail shall not be granted to a person who has been charged with a security offence.(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1) -

(a) a person below the age of eighteen years; (b) a woman; or (c) a sick or an infirm person,

charged with a security offence, other than an offence under Chapter VIa of the Penal Code [Act 574] and the Special Measures Against Terrorism in Foreign Countries Act 2015 [Act 770], may be released on bail subject to an application by the Public Prosecutor that the person be attached with an electronic monitoring device...