Federal Constitution And State Constitution In Malaysia

Power of parliament to legislate for states in certain cases 76a.

Federal constitution and state constitution in malaysia. I respectfully state that the yang di pertuan agong on declining to act upon the advice of the prime minister and or the federal cabinet exercised his functions in a manner inconsistent with articles 40 and 150 of the federal constitution read his affidavit in support. Extent of federal and state laws 74. Subject matter of federal and state laws 75. The constitution establishes the federation as a.

List ii state list. The federation was initially called the federation of malaya in malay persekutuan tanah melayu and it adopted its present name malaysia when the states of sabah sarawak and singapore now independent became part of the federation. 2 act 1973 act a206 and the federal territory of putrajaya established under the constitution amendment act 2001 act a1095 and the territory of the state of sabah shall exclude the federal territory of labuan established under the. The constitution of the federation of malaya is the foundation of the federal constitution of malaysia today.

The malaysia act was approved on 26 august 1963 whereby the act amended article 1 1 and 2 to facilitate the entry of sabah sarawak and singapore as well as changed the name of the federation of malaya to the federation of malaysia. The federal constitution of malaysia which came into force in 1957 is the supreme law of malaysia. The constitution of malaysia comprising 181 articles is the supreme law of malaysia. Extent of federal and state laws 74.

It was drafted based on the advice of the reid commission and came into force on 27 august 1957 excerpted from constitution of malaysia on wikipedia the free encyclopedia. 4 1 2 forms of constitution the two forms of constitution are. Subject matter of federal and state laws 75. All matters relating to the federal territory including the matters enumerated in items 2 3 4 and 5 of the state list and in the cast of the federal territory of labuan the matter enumerated in items 15 16 and 17 of the supplement to state list for states of sabah and sarawak.

Federal constitution pa r t vi relations between the federation and the states chapter 1 distribution of legislative powers article 73. Power of parliament to legislate for states in certain cases 76a. 4 the territory of the state of selangor shall exclude the federal territory of kuala lumpur established under the constitution amendment no. Inconsistencies between federal and state laws 76.

Wikipedia article wikidata item. Inconsistencies between federal and state laws 76.