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he belongs to the East Malaysian State;

he is a member of the Federal Government, or of the

Executive Council or Legislative Assembly of the East

Malaysian State (or of any Council having similar functions in the State);

he is a judge of the Federal Court or of the High Court in Sabah and Sarawak, or is a person designated or nominated to act as such, or he is a member of any

Commission or Council established by the Federal

Constitution or by the Constitution of the East Malaysian

State; or

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he is a member of any of the public services of the

Federation, or of the public service of the East Malaysian

State, or of a joint public service serving the East Malaysian

State, or is seconded to any such service.

Where a citizen is entitled to enter the East Malaysian State under subsection (1), the citizen’s children under the age of eighteen years and (if he is a man) his wife, if entering the East Malaysian

State with, or to be with, the citizen, shall not be required by subsection (1) to obtain a Permit or Pass in that behalf.

Where a citizen is not entitled to enter an East Malaysian

State under this section, Parts I to VI, in their operation as a special law for the East Malaysian State shall apply to him as if he were not a citizen:

Provided that a citizen arriving in Malaysia in the East Malaysian

State or in the other of the East Malaysian States, and proceeding to a part of Malaysia which he is entitled to enter, shall be entitled to such Pass as is reasonably required to enable him to do so.

The burden of proof that a person is entitled to enter the

East Malaysian State under this section shall lie on him.

Right to enter East Malaysian State for exercise of political rights