Malaysia legislation
Section 4
Section 4
Apportionment amongst States equally and on population basis
The sum of money allocated under paragraph 2(a) shall be apportioned as grants amongst the States as follows—
(a)
one half of the sum shall be apportioned equally amongst the thirteen
States; and
(b)
the remaining half shall be apportioned proportionately amongst the
States, on the basis of the population of each State as determined at the last census taken before the preceding financial year, at two shares per head for the first five hundred thousand, one share per head for the next five hundred thousand and a half share per head for the remainder of each State’s population.
Apportionment amongst States whose per capita gross domestic product is below national average