The Constitution Of Malaysia Can Be Amended By The
Law law224 academic year.
The constitution of malaysia can be amended by the. Citizenship by registration persons resident in states of sabah and sarawak on malaysia day 17. Amending federal constitution of malaysia. As of september 2015 there have been 57 amendments to the constitution of malaysia since it was first enacted in 1957. Citizenship by registration persons resident in the federation on.
Citizenship by registration persons born in the federation before merdeka day 16a. Federal constitution article 15a. Sabah and sarawak get a lot of special treatment in our constitution more on that another time due to the agreements struck to form malaysia. Kuala lumpur malaysia s mps on tuesday july 16 approved a legal amendment to lower the voting age to 18 from 21 previously.
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. The 1993 amendments to the constitution of malaysia was passed by the malaysian parliament with the aim of removing legal immunity of the royalty. And such inferior courts as may be provided by federal law. Federal constitution as at 1 november 2010 part i the states religion and law of the federation article 1.
The provision to amend the constitution falls under article 159. Name states and territories of the federation the present article without clause 4 was inserted by act 26 1963 section 4 in force from 16 09 1963 i e. When malaysia was established. In general under articles 159 and 161e there are four separate procedures are prescribed.
One of these special positions they have is that any amendments to the constitution that affect the status of sabah or sarawak must be agreed to by the yang di pertua negeri of sabah and or sarawak not to be confused with the ydpa. Special power to register children 16. The changes which saw the amendments of articles 32 38 42 63 72 and 181 in the constitution of malaysia 3 was implemented in march 1993. The constitution of the federation of malaya is the foundation of the federal constitution of malaysia today.
In 1988 art 121 was amended by the constitution amendment act 1988 so that it currently states that t here shall be two high courts of co ordinate jurisdiction and status.