Section 29
Miscellaneous amendments as to citizenship by registration or naturalization
of Malaysia Act
(2)
Article 18 of the Constitution (which makes general provision as to registering persons as citizens under Article 15 or 16) shall be amended as follows:
(a)
in Clause (1) for the words “Article 15 or 16” and in
Clauses (2) and (3) for the words “either of the said
Articles” there shall in each case be substituted the words “this Constitution”; and
(b)
in Clause (2) after the words “deprived of citizenship under this Constitution” there shall be inserted the words
“or the Constitution of the State of Singapore”.
(3)
In Article 20 of the Constitution (which, until the end of
January, 1964, makes special provision for the naturalization of members of the Federation forces), in the words “to reside permanently in the Federation” in paragraph (b) of Clause (1), the words “States of Malaya” shall be substituted for the word
“Federation”.
(4)
In Article 26a of the Constitution (under which a child may be deprived of citizenship on his parent losing citizenship if the child was registered as a citizen pursuant to Clause (2) of
Article 15) for the words “Clause (2) of Article 15” there shall be substituted the words “this Constitution or the Constitution of the State of Singapore, and was so registered as being the child of that person or of that person’s wife or husband”.