Malaysia legislation
Article IV
Article iv
The words “Federal Court, the Court of Appeal” substituted for the words “Supreme
Court” by Act A885, paragraph 38(b), in force from 24-06-1994.
u. Definition of “Rule Committee”:
This definition was repealed by Act 26/1963, section 70, in force from 16-09-1963
and read as follows:
‘ “Rule Committee” means the Rule Committee or other authority having power under written law to make rules or orders regulating the practice and procedure of the
Supreme Court;’.
Federal Constitution
“State law” means—
(a)
any existing law relating to a matter with respect to which the Legislature of a State has power to make law, being a law continued in operation under Part XIII; and
(b)
a law made by the Legislature of a State;
“State List” means the Second List set out in the Ninth Schedule;
“State purposes” includes, in relation to any State, the purposes of the State in connection with matters enumerated in the
Concurrent List and with any other matters with respect to which the Legislature of the State has power to make laws;
“tax” includes an impost or a duty but does not include a rate levied for local purposes or a fee for services rendered;
“the Federation” means the Federation that was first established under the Federation of Malaya Agreement 1957 and further pursuant to an Agreement concluded on the ninth day of July, nineteen hundred and sixty-three between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Federation of Malaya,
North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore, the Federation is called
Malaysia with the Colonies of North Borneo and Sarawak and the State of Singapore federated with the existing States of the Federation of Malaya as the States of Sabah, Sarawak and
Singapore in accordance with the constitutional instruments annexed thereto but under and by virtue of the Agreement relating to the separation of Singapore from Malaysia as an independent and sovereign State dated seventh day of August, nineteen hundred and sixty-five, Singapore has ceased to be a state of Malaysia;
“written law” includes this Constitution and the Constitution of any State;
“Yang di-Pertua Negeri” means the Head of State in a State not having a Ruler.
(3)
Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference in this
Constitution to a specified Part, Article or Schedule is a reference to that Part or Article of, or that Schedule to, this Constitution, any reference to a specified chapter, clause, section or paragraph is a reference to that chapter of the Part, that clause of the Article, that section of the Schedule, or that paragraph of the clause or section, in which the reference occurs; and any reference to a group of Articles, sections or divisions of Articles or sections shall be construed as including both the first and the last member of the group referred to.
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[Article 160]
Federal Constitution
Art. 160—(cont.)