Malaysia legislation

Article 28

of Federal Constitution

Article 28

Application of Chapter 2 to certain citizens by operation of law

(1)

For the purposes of the foregoing provisions of this

Chapter—

(a)

any person who before Merdeka Day became a federal citizen or a citizen of the Federation by registration as a citizen or in consequence of his registration as the subject of a Ruler, or by the grant of a certificate of citizenship, under any provision of the Federation of

Malaya Agreement 1948, or of any State law shall be treated as a citizen by registration and, if he was not born within the Federation, as a citizen by registration under Article 17*;

(b)

a woman who before that day became a federal citizen or a citizen of the Federation by registration as a citizen, or in consequence of her registration as the subject of

*This Article has been repealed by section 5 of the Constitution (Amendment) Act 1962

[Act 14/1962] w.e.f. 1 July 1963—see L.N. 105/1963. See also notes on Article 17.

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[Article 26b]

Federal Constitution

Art. 27

See Art. 28a(6), Second Schedule, Part III, subsection 4(1) & section 9.