The national language shall be the Malay language and shall be in such script as Parliament may by law provide:
Provided that—
no person shall be prohibited or prevented from using
(otherwise than for official purposes), or from teaching or learning, any other language; and
nothing in this Clause shall prejudice the right of the
Federal Government or of any State Government to preserve and sustain the use and study of the language of any other community in the Federation.
Art. 151
Clause (1)(b)
a. The original paragraph was substituted by Act 10/1960, section 30, in force from 31-05-1960 and read as follows:
“(b) no citizen shall be detained under that law or ordinance for a period exceeding three months unless an advisory board constituted as mentioned in Clause (2) has considered any representations made by him under paragraph (a) and has reported, before the expiration of that period, that there is in its opinion sufficient cause for the detention.”.
b. Act 10/1960, section 30, in force from 31-05-1960, substituted the original paragraph (b) with the following:
“(b) no citizen shall be detained under that law or ordinance for a period exceeding three months unless an advisory board constituted as mentioned in Clause (2)
has considered any representations made by him under paragraph (a) and made recommendations thereon to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.”.