Federal Constitution Of Malaysian Citizenship

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Federal constitution of malaysian citizenship. Application for extract or certified copy from the citizenship register. Where a person has renounced his citizenship or been deprived thereof under clause 1 of article 24 or paragraph a of clause 1 of article 26 the federal government may by order deprive of his citizenship any child of that person under the age of twenty one who has ben registered as a citizen pursuant to this constitution and was so registered as being the child of that person or of that. The constitution of the federation of malaya is the foundation of the federal constitution of malaysia today. Where a person has renounced his citizenship or been deprived thereof under clause 1 of article 24 or paragraph a of clause 1 of article 26 the federal government may by order deprive of his citizenship any child of that person under the age of twenty one who has been registered as a citizen pursuant to this constitution and was so registered as being the child of that person or of that.

The constitution establishes the federation as a. The federal constitution of malaysia which came into force in 1957 is the supreme law of malaysia. Special power to register children 16. It is drafted by reid commission that headed by lord william reid in order to formulate a constitution for the preparation of a fully self governing and independent federation of malaya.

This is application for malaysian citizenship by a person under the age of twenty one whose parent or parents are or were at the time of death citizens. Citizenship by registration persons resident in states of sabah and sarawak on malaysia day 17. Any person whilst actually residing in the colony may present a memorial. Federal constitution article 15a.

Federal constitution article 103. 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. Citizenship by registration persons resident in the federation on. Application for citizenship under article 14 of the federal constitution confirmation of citizenship born outside malaysia application for replacement of citizenship certificate.

Citizenship by registration persons born in the federation before merdeka day 16a. Citizenship law was first implemented in several malaysian states before malaya achieved independence and sovereignty. The straits settlements consisting of penang malacca singapore and later labuan was the first entity to introduce nationality laws in the region the naturalization act of 1867 stated that. Powers and duties of auditor general.

As mentioned by the learned judge while malaysia does not recognise dual citizenship any deprivation of citizenship may only be validly undertaken by the federal government pursuant to arts 24 and 27 of the federal constitution or if it was voluntarily renounced by the plaintiff himself under art 23 of the federal constitution.