Malaysia legislation
Article
Article 16
(Deleted by J.G.N. No. 301/1959).
The Sovereign wishing to resign His Throne 17.
If the Sovereign, at any time during His occupation of the
Throne, does not any longer wish to be Ruler, and so desires to abdicate and to relinquish His royal rights and powers, owing to any reason whatsoever, reason which He may or may not be willing to explain, He may give up and cease to be Ruler, with the right to reside whenever He chooses, either in the Territory of Johore or in any country in a state of amity and rot at war with the State of Johore.
Mode of procedure in the case of the Sovereign wishing to resign the Throne 18.
Ifatthe time the Sovereign wishes to abdicate and withdraw from His Sovereignty, He is in His own Country, the royal command in regard to and the token and evidence of such act shall be made in writing, sealed with the State Seal, and signed with the Sign Manual of the Sovereign Himself, with at least
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three Counsellors of the Council of the Royal Court present to witness the same with their signatures; and this event must be made known and published by the Council of the Royal Court to ihe inhabitants of the Country as soon as possible, together with the information as to who is to succeed Him, that is to say, if His Successor shall have already been definitely known in accordance with the arrangement provided for by this Law in that respect.
The Sovereign wishing to resign but is absent from His own
Country 19.
If the Sovereign at the time He wishes to abdicate and withdraw from His Sovereignty is not in His Country, that is to say, that He is in a foreign country, it is not required that this act on His part should be in accordance with the arrangements stated in the foregoing Article; but such arrangements only as may be proper and considered legal shall be necessary to be made in the matter of determining and witnessing His retirement from
His Sovereignty.
The Ex-Ruler may not interfere in State affairs 20.
The Ruler who has withdrawn himself and retired from the
Sovereignty, as stated in Articles 13 and 17 may not in any way interfere or intermeddle, or have a voice in any affairs of the
Country and State, whether he resides in the Territory of Johore or in a foreign country.
The Ex-Ruler has the right to an allowance for life 21.
The Ex-Ruler whether he resides in the Territory of Johore or not, shall have the right to get for his maintenance an allowance out of the revenue of the Country of not more than a quarter or a fourth part of the sum fixed for his maintenance when he was the reigning Sovereign, and shall also have the right to get a suitable house for his residence, if he resides in the Territory of Johore and provided the locality is considered a suitable one, and such allowance shall continue until his demise, and such residence shall, after his demise, be given and become a heritage to his heirs in accordance with Islamic law.
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It is a great offence for the Ex-Ruler to instigate the people to rebel 22.
Ifthe Ex-Ruler mixes, or interferes, or interposes his voice in any State affair, the Government shall have the right to discontinue his allowance, and the length of time for such discontinuance shall be left to the consideration of the Legislative Assembly. And if the Ex-Ruler incites the people to rebel, or conspires with any person or foreign state with intent to create or cause injury to the Country or to the interests of the Country the Government shall have the right to stop his allowance and to look upon and treat him as an offender against the State.
Claim to be appointed “Raja Muda”, “Bendahara” and
“Temenggung” the Sovereign has the right to appoint the same 23.
No relative of the Sovereign may in any manner claim, nor shall it be obligatory or advisable to accept the claim that he may be appointed, or made or given the title of “Raja Muda” or
“Bendahara” or “Temenggung” or any other title, which in former times existed or were commonly used in the State of Johore. But the Sovereign, with the concurrence of the Council of the Royal
Court, has the right to appoint, create and nominate from among
His relatives whether distant or near, a Raja Muda, or Bendahara, or Temenggung, or any two of them, or all three of them; but in such cases, everything as regards the ranks, positions, functions, duties, powers, and rights of the persons, appointed, and other details such as whether such titles and ranks are hereditary or not shall be in the power of the Sovereign with the concurrence of the Council of the Royal Court to settle and determine at the time of appointing and creating them. And further, the Sovereign shall, with the concurrence of the Council of the Royal Court, have the right and power to degrade them if sufficient fault or offence shall have been committed by them to render the same expedient.
Rank and offices of the
Raja Muda, Bendahara and
Temenggung 24.
If there is a Raja Muda and Bendahara and Temenggung, it shall be understood in respect of all three of them that they are
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included among the Members of the Council of the Royal Court and their order of precedence in respect of one another shall be in the order of their titles as herein mentioned:
Provided that they shall not be deemed to be included in the number of the Supporters of the Country in the matter of choosing, electing and appointing a Sovereign.
The Sovereign’s allowance 25.
With regard to the Sovereign, who, by the Grace of God the Most High, and the blessing of the Prophet Muhammad on whom be the benediction and peace of God is still reigning,(that is to say, We, Abu Bakar, the Sultan of the State and Territory of
Johore, who, by the will and pleasure of the Lord of the Universe, have aided in making the State of Johore what it is now, for which We offer up to God Our innumerable thanksgivings), it is with the voluntary approval and consideration of Our Council of State determined that no fixed sum of money should be put aside for Our expenses on account of Our Royal Residences and for Our personal maintenance; but We do hereby make a firm and manifest Law and Regulation that, verily, with regard to the
Sovereigns of Johore who come after us, they may not any one of them in any manner whatsoever take and appropriate for his own use one single doit more than the sum which shall be fixed from time to time by the Legislative Assembly. And in view of this matter We on the other hand do hereby make a firm and manifest Law and Regulation that the sum of money which shall be fixed for the maintenance of the Sovereign shall actually be reasonable, adequate and suitable to the rank, position and dignity of the Sovereign Ruler; and that in the arrangement for fixing the amount of the Sovereign’s allowance no account shall in any way be taken of any income of the Sovereign derivable from His own personal estates and properties and those which are not the property of the State.
The Sovereign’s relations who are entitled to maintenance 26.
The allowances for the maintenance of the Sovereign’s relatives shall be left entirely to the judgment of the Sovereign with the advice and concurrence of the Legislative Assembly as regards the fixing of the different sums for the same, and the
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(1)
the Consort of the Sovereign who bears the title of
Sultanah or Permaisuri;
(2)
the sons and daughters of the Sovereign;
(3)
the royal brothers and sisters of the Sovereign;
(4)
the royal uncles and aunts of the Sovereign;
(5)
the nephews and nieces of the Sovereign whose fathers or mothers, being the royal brothers or sisters of the
Sovereign as mentioned in Paragraph (3), are dead. If there are two or more of them, they may get at least half of the allowance granted to their deceased father or mother, which shall be divided amongst them in an equitable manner as a gift of the State for their maintenance, especial and particular consideration to be given to the case of such nephews and nieces of the Sovereign who are young or of nieces who are unmarried.
Others than those herein mentioned have not any right whatever to expect maintenance from the State, but if it should be granted to them, it shall be entirely considered as the outcome of the regard and consideration of the Sovereign with the advice and concurrence of the Legislative Assembly.
By the Sovereign is meant the reigning Sovereign or a deceased
Sovereign.
Every person who at the date hereof is in receipt of an allowance under this Article, as being the nephew or niece of the Sovereign shall, subject to the proviso hereinafter set forth, continue in receipt of such allowance for the period of his life.
No person who, being the son or daughter of a deceased brother or sister of the Sovereign, is not at the date hereof in receipt of an allowance under this Article shall be entitled to any such allowance in respect of any period prior to the date hereof, but every such person shall as from the date hereof subject to the proviso hereinafter set forth receive such allowance as the
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Sovereign with the advice and concurrence of the Legislative
Assembly shall in each case direct:
Provided always that if any person to whom an allowance is payable under this Article shall assign or transfer the same or shall be convicted before any court in-the Federation or in any other country of any crime or offence which in the opinion of the Council of the Royal Court is of a dishonourable character or if any such person becomes bankrupt then in every such case such allowance shall forthwith cease:
Provided also that the Sovereign may after considering the advice of the Council of the Royal Court direct that no allowance shall be paid to any person to whom such an allowance would otherwise be payable under this Article in any case where such person has in the opinion of the said Court conducted himself in any manner which offends in any way against the religion of Islam, and if such person has been in receipt of any such allowance the same shall thereupon cease:
And provided further that a person to whom any allowance is payable under this Article shall be entitled to receive only one such allowance but if he becomes qualified to receive two or more of such allowances, the allowance payable to him shall be the highest thereof.
Allowance of Sovereign and Consort whenever the Sovereign is Yang di-Pertuan Agong 26a.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Articles 25 and 26, there shall not be paid any allowance thereunder—
(a)
to the Sovereign or the Consort of the Sovereign who bears the title of Sultanah or Permaisuri in respect of any period during which the Sovereign is elected Yang di-Pertuan Agong; or
(b)
to the Sovereign in respect of any period exceeding fifteen days during which the Sovereign exercises the functions of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
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Princes who are officers of State 27.
Princes who hold appointments in the State, may be entitled to the salaries attaching to such appointments, even if they should be in receipt of an allowance from the State, their case being under such circumstances the same as other officers.
JUMAAH PANGKUAN NEGERI
(SUPPORTERS OF THE COUNTRY)
Definition of “President”, “Secretary” and “Member”