Section 54
Legal Service Commission (Article 146a)
of Malaysia Act
(2)
The branch of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission for the Borneo States shall consist of—
(a)
the Chief Justice of the High Court in Borneo, who shall be Chairman;
(b)
the legal advisers of the Borneo States;
(c)
the chairman of the State Public Service Commission (if any) in each of the Borneo States; and
(d)
two persons designated by the Federal Government from among the members of the main body of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission or Public Services
Commission.
(3)
The branch of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission for Singapore shall consist of—
(a)
the Chief Justice of the High Court in Singapore, who shall be Chairman;
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(b)
the legal adviser of the State;
(c)
the chairman of the State Public Service Commission in
Singapore;
(d)
a judge of the High Court in Singapore designated by the Chief Justice;
(e)
not more than two members of the Public Services
Commission, being the member or members of the main body serving under Clause (3) of Article 146b on the branch for Singapore of that Commission or, if that Clause is not in operation, a member or members designated by the Federal Government.
(4)
At any time when the branch of the Judicial and Legal
Service Commission for the Borneo States includes among its members more than one chairman of a State Public Service
Commission the following provisions shall apply:
(a)
not more than one of those chairmen shall attend any meeting of the branch, and the one entitled to attend and be summoned to any meeting shall be determined by or in accordance with the rules of the branch and
(subject to the rules) any general or special directions of the chairman of the branch; and
(b)
the branch shall not make appointments to posts in the
State of either of those chairmen at a meeting which he does not attend and has not been summoned to, unless he consents to their doing so.
(5)
Notwithstanding Clause (2) of Article 134, so long as there is for the Borneo States or for Singapore a branch of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission under this Article, the jurisdiction of the Commission shall extend to members of the public service of a Borneo State or of Singapore, as the case may be, who are seconded to the judicial and legal service, and for purposes of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission they shall be deemed to be members of that service.
Act 26/1963
(6)
This Article shall have effect until the end of August, 1968, and thereafter—
(a)
in relation to the Borneo States, until the Federal
Government determines to the contrary; and
(b)
in relation to Singapore, until Parliament otherwise provides by an Act passed with the concurrence of the
Governor.
Branches in each Borneo State and in Singapore of Public