Malaysia legislation
Section 26
of MALAYSIA ACT
Section 26
Government—
Subject to Article 18, any person of or over the age of eighteen years who is on Malaysia Day ordinarily resident in a
Borneo State is entitled, upon making application to the Federal
Government before September, 1971, to be registered as a citizen if he satisfies the Federal Government—
(a)
that he has resided before Malaysia Day in the territories comprised in those States and after Malaysia Day in the
Federation outside Singapore for periods which amount in the aggregate to not less than seven years in the ten years immediately preceding the date of the application, and which include the twelve months immediately preceding that date;
(b)
that he intends to reside permanently in the Federation outside Singapore;
(c)
that he is of good character; and
(d)
except where the application is made before September,
1965, and the applicant has attained the age of forty-five years at the date of the application, that he has a sufficient knowledge of the Malay language or the English language or, in the case of an applicant ordinarily resident in
Sarawak, the Malay language, the English language or any native language in current use in Sarawak.
Citizenship by naturalization (Article 19)