The Malaysia Bill is an annex of the Agreement relating to Malaysia between

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and North ...

, Federation of Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore. It gave effect to the

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where that the

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of North Borneo,

Sarawak Sarawak (; ) is a state of Malaysia. The largest among the 13 states, with an area almost equal to that of Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak is located in northwest Borneo Island, and is bordered by the Malaysian state of Sabah to the northeast, ...

and the State of

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...

should be federated with the existing States of the Federation of Malaya and the name of the federation should be

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

,''See'' : Agreement relating to Malaysia between United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Federation of Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore – Annex A – Malaysia Bill and the Federal constitution wherewith to amend and adopt the Constitution of the Federation of Malaya so as to provide for the admission of those States. it adopted its present name, the name of the Constitution of the Federation of Malaya should be changed into

Constitution of Malaysia The Federal Constitution of Malaysia ( ms, Perlembagaan Persekutuan Malaysia) which was promulgated on 16 September 1963, is the supreme law of Malaysia and contains a total of 183 articles. It is a written legal document which was preceded ...

.myGovernment

History of the Constitution – The basis of the Federal Constitution of Malaysia is the Constitution of the Federation of Malaya.

Documents

The following is the table of contents to the Malaysia Bill. *Part I Preliminary *Part II The States of the Federation *Part III General Constitutional Arrangements **Title I General Provisions as to Federal and State Institutions *** Chapter 1—Preliminary *** Chapter 2—Heads of State *** Chapter 3—Parliament, Legislative Assemblies and State Constitutions *** Chapter 4—The Judiciary ** Title II Citizenship *** Chapter 1—Citizenship by operation of law *** Chapter 2—Citizenship by registration or naturalisation, and transfer to or from Singapore *** Chapter 3—Miscellaneous ** Title III Legislative Powers and Administrative Arrangements ** Title IV Financial Provisions *** Chapter 1—Borneo States *** Chapter 2—Singapore *** Chapter 3—General ** Title V Public Services ** Title VI Protection of Special Interests *** Chapter 1—General *** Chapter 2—Borneo States *** Chapter 3—Singapore ** Title VII Supplementary * Part IV Transitional and Temporary *** Chapter 1—General *** Chapter 2—State officers *** Chapter 3—The courts and the judiciary *** Chapter 4—Parliament and Legislative Assemblies

Schedules

First delimitation of constituencies * First Schedule Insertion of new Articles in Constitution * Second Schedule Section added to Eighth Schedule to Constitution * Third Schedule—Citizenship (amendment of Second Schedule to Constitution) * Fourth Schedule—Special Legislative Lists for Borneo States and Singapore * Fifth Schedule—Additions for Borneo States to Tenth Schedule (Grants and assigned revenues) to Constitution * Sixth Schedule—Minor and consequential amendments of Constitution

Definitions

For the purpose of the federal and state institutions, # "

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" means the

of the Federation # "

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" and "Mentri Besar" both mean the

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, by whatever style known, of the executive council in a state (and in particular "

chief minister A chief minister is an elected or appointed head of government of – in most instances – a sub-national entity, for instance an administrative subdivision or federal constituent entity. Examples include a state (and sometimes a union terri ...

" includes the

prime minister A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...

) # " Executive Council" means the Cabinet or other body, however called, which in the government of a State corresponds, whether or not the members of it are Ministers, to the

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in the government of the Federation (and in particular includes the Supreme Council in

) # "

Governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

" means the

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, by whatever style known, in a State not having a Ruler (and in particular includes the Yang di-Pertua Negara in North Borneo and the

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) # " Legislative Assembly" means the representative

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, however called, in the

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of a

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(and in particular includes the Council Negri in

), but except in the Eighth Schedule includes also a Legislative Council, however called

States of the federation

Part II enshrines name and number of the basic States of the federation # The name of the federation shall be known, in Malay and in

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, by the name

. # The States of the Federation shall be— ## the States of Malaya, namely,

Johor Johor (; ), also spelled as Johore, is a state of Malaysia in the south of the Malay Peninsula. Johor has land borders with the Malaysian states of Pahang to the north and Malacca and Negeri Sembilan to the northwest. Johor shares maritime ...

Kedah Kedah (), also known by its honorific Darul Aman and historically as Queda, is a state of Malaysia, located in the northwestern part of Peninsular Malaysia. The state covers a total area of over 9,000 km2, and it consists of the mainland ...

Kelantan Kelantan (; Jawi: ; Kelantanese Malay: ''Klate'') is a state in Malaysia. The capital is Kota Bharu and royal seat is Kubang Kerian. The honorific name of the state is ''Darul Naim'' (Jawi: ; "The Blissful Abode"). Kelantan is located in th ...

, Malacca, Negeri Sembilan,

Pahang Pahang (; Jawi: , Pahang Hulu Malay: ''Paha'', Pahang Hilir Malay: ''Pahaeng'', Ulu Tembeling Malay: ''Pahaq)'' officially Pahang Darul Makmur with the Arabic honorific ''Darul Makmur'' (Jawi: , "The Abode of Tranquility") is a sultanate and ...

, Penang, Perak,

Perlis Perlis, ( Northern Malay: ''Peghelih''), also known by its honorific title Perlis Indera Kayangan, is the smallest state in Malaysia by area and population. Located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia, it borders the Thai provinces ...

Selangor Selangor (; ), also known by its Arabic language, Arabic honorific Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity", is one of the 13 Malaysian states. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the east ...

and

Terengganu Terengganu (; Terengganu Malay: ''Tranung'', Jawi: ), formerly spelled Trengganu or Tringganu, is a sultanate and constitutive state of federal Malaysia. The state is also known by its Arabic honorific, ''Dāru l- Īmān'' ("Abode of Faith" ...

; and ## the Borneo States, namely, North Borneo and

; and ## the State of

The Heads of State

The Chapter 2 of the General Constitutional Arrangements provides that the Governors of North Borneo,

and

shall be members of the

Conference of Rulers The Conference of Rulers (also Council of Rulers or Durbar, ms, Majlis Raja-Raja; Jawi: ) in Malaysia is a council comprising the nine rulers of the Malay states, and the governors or ''Yang di-Pertua Negeri'' of the other four states. It was ...

. Its main responsibility is the election of the

Yang di-Pertuan Agong The Yang di-Pertuan Agong (, Jawi: ), also known as the Supreme Head of the Federation, the Paramount Ruler or simply as the Agong, and unofficially as the King of Malaysia, is the constitutional monarch and head of state of Malaysia. The o ...

except for those purposes for which the Governors of Malacca and Penang are not members and became substituted the words "States not having a Ruler".

References

External links

Agreement Relating to Malaysia
between Governments of

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, Malaya, North Borneo,

and

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of Parliament of the United Kingdo
Malaysia Bill
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