Federal Constitution · Reprint · Chapter 4 · Federal Legislature
64. Remuneration of members
Feedback & supportParliament shall by law provide for the remuneration of members of each House.
Clerks of Senate and House of Representatives
*65. (1) There shall be a Clerk to the Senate and a Clerk to the
House of Representatives.
The Clerk to the Senate and the Clerk to the House of
Representatives shall be appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong from among members of the general public service of the Federation and each shall hold office until he attains the age of compulsory retirement for members of the general public service unless he sooner resigns his office or is transferred to another office in the general public service.
The persons holding the office of the Clerk to the Senate and Clerk to the House of Representatives immediately prior to the coming into force of this Clause shall, unless either person has not attained the age of fifty-five years and has opted to become a member of the general public service of the Federation, continue to hold office respectively on terms and conditions not less favourable than those applicable to him immediately before such coming into operation and shall not be removed from office except on the like grounds and in the like manner as a judge of the Federal Court, and in this respect the representation mentioned in Clause (3) of
Article 125 shall be a representation made by the President of the Senate or, as the case may be, the Speaker of the House of
Representatives.
(Repealed).
(Repealed).
*This Article has been amended by section 4 of the Constitution (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2025
[Act A1767], not yet in force.
Art. 65—(cont.)
Clause (3)
a. The words “Federal Court” substituted for the words “Supreme Court” by Act 26/1963, section 70, in force from 16-09-1963.
b. Subsection 18(2) of Act A566, in force from 01-01-1985, provides that a reference to the Federal Court shall now be construed as a reference to the Supreme Court.