CONSTITUTION (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) ACT 2025

This Act comes into operation on a date to be appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong by notification in the Gazette.

Amendment of Article 56

in Clause (2), by inserting after the words “Clause (5)”

the words “or Clause (5a)”;

by inserting after Clause (5) the following Clause:

“(5a)  A member who is elected to be President or

Deputy President shall not be disqualified from holding such office by virtue of his membership in the Parliamentary Service Council established under a federal law provided that the member who is elected to be President or Deputy President does not receive any remuneration, reward, profit or benefit from it.”; and

in Clause (6), by inserting after the words “Clause (5)”

the words “or Clause (5a)”.

Amendment of Article 57

in paragraph (bb) of Clause (2), by inserting after the words “Clause (5)” the words “or Clause (5a)”;

by inserting after Clause (5) the following Clause:

“(5a)  A person who is elected to be Speaker or Deputy Speaker shall not be disqualified from holding such office by virtue of his membership in the Parliamentary Service Council established under a federal law provided that the person who is elected to be Speaker or Deputy Speaker does not receive any remuneration, reward, profit or benefit from it.”; and

in Clause (6), by inserting after the words “Clause (5)”

the words “or Clause (5a)”.

Amendment of Article 65

by substituting for Clause (2) the following Clause:

“(2)  The Clerk to the Senate and the Clerk to the House of Representatives shall be appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and each shall hold office until his terms of appointment expire, his appointment is revoked or he resigns his office.”; and

Constitution (Amendment)

by inserting after Clause (2) the following Clauses:

“(2a)  The Clerk to the Senate and the Clerk to the House of Representatives shall be disqualified from being a member of either House of Parliament or the Legislative Assembly of any State.

Except as otherwise expressly provided by this

Article, the qualifications for appointment and conditions of service of the Clerk to the Senate and the Clerk to the House of Representatives may be regulated by federal law.”.

Saving

If the person holding the office of the Clerk to the

Senate or the Clerk to the House of Representatives before the date of coming into operation of this Act has opted to become a member of the Parliamentary Service established under a federal law, on the date of coming into operation of this Act—