Constitution (Amendment) Act 2025

This Act comes into operation on a date to be appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong by notification in the Gazette and the Yang di-Pertuan Agong may appoint different dates for the coming into operation of different provisions of this Act.

in Clause (1)—

in paragraph (a), by deleting the word “and”

at the end of the paragraph;

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in Clause (2), by substituting for the words

“twenty-one years” the words “eighteen years”; and

by deleting Clause (3).

in Clause (1), by substituting for the words “twenty-one years”

the words “eighteen years”; and

in Clause (2), by substituting for the words “twenty-one years”

the words “eighteen years”.

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in Clause (1), by substituting for the words “twenty-one years”

the words “eighteen years”;

by substituting for Clause (2) the following Clause:

“(2)  Except with the approval of the Federal Government, a declaration made under this Article shall not be registered if—

the declaration is made during any war in which the Federation is engaged; or

the Federal Government is satisfied that such renunciation is prejudicial to the security of the Federation or any part of the Federation, public order or public interest.”; and

in Clause (3)—

in the English language text, by substituting for the words “twenty-one years” the words

“eighteen years”; and

by substituting for the words “[Articles 18(1), 19(9)]”

the words “[Articles 18(1), 18(1a), 19(9) and section 3 of

Part II of the Second Schedule]”; and

by substituting for the heading “Oath of Applicants for Registration or Naturalization” the heading

“Oath of Renunciation, Loyalty and Allegiance”.

in Part II—

in section 1—

in paragraph (a), by substituting for the words “either a citizen or permanently resident in the Federation” the words

“a citizen”;

in paragraph (b)—

(AA) by substituting for the words

“whose father” the words “of whose parents one at least”; and

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(BB) by inserting after the words

“of a State” the words “and whose birth is, within one year of its occurrence or within such longer period as the Federal Government may in any particular case allow, registered at a consulate of the Federation or with the Federal Government”;

in paragraph (c)—

(AA) by substituting for the words

“whose father” the words “of whose parents one at least”; and

(BB) by deleting the words “in Brunei or”;

and

by deleting paragraph (d);

in subsection (1), by deleting the words

“, (d)”; and in subsection (1), by substituting for the words “his father” wherever appearing the words “his mother or father”; and

Where a citizen referred to in subsection (1)

fails to take the oath set out in the First Schedule upon attaining the age of twenty-two years, he shall cease to be a citizen.

A child born outside the Federation, to a person who is a citizen by virtue of paragraph (c) of section 1

and does not reside in the Federation, is not a citizen by operation of law and such person may make an application for his child to be a citizen by registration.”;

and

Any application made by any person to the Federal Government under Part III of the Federal Constitution which is pending before the date of coming into operation of this Act shall, on the date of coming into operation of this Act, be dealt with in accordance with Part III of the Federal Constitution as if the Federal Constitution had not been amended by this Act.