Section 55
Services Commission (Article 146b)
of Malaysia Act
(2)
Subject to Clause (3), the branch of the Public Services
Commission established for a State under Clause (1) shall consist of such members of the main body of the Commission as may be designated by the Federal Government and such special members as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong may appoint; and the Yang di-Pertuan
Agong in making any appointment under this Clause shall act in his discretion, after considering the advice of the Prime Minister and consulting the Governor of the State.
(3)
So long as this Clause has effect, in any State in which there is for the time being a State Public Service Commission, the members of that Commission shall ex officio be members of the branch for the State of the Public Services Commission, and that branch shall consist of those members and not more than two members of the main body of the Public Services Commission designated by the Federal Government.
(4)
Such member of a branch of the Public Services Commission established under Clause (1) as may be designated by the Chairman of the Commission shall be chairman of the branch.
(5)
The number of members of the Public Services Commission required by Clause (4) of Article 139 shall be the number of the members of the main body, exclusive of those who are members of a branch but not of the main body.
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(6)
Where a post in a federal department in a Borneo State entails duties in or in respect of the other of those States, the branch of the Public Services Commission whose jurisdiction is to extend to that post shall be the branch for the State in which the head of the department is normally stationed or, in any case of doubt or difficulty, whichever branch the Federal Government may determine.
(7)
Notwithstanding Clause (2) of Article 134, so long as there is for a Borneo State or Singapore a branch of the Public Services
Commission under this Article and the branch is constituted in accordance with Clause (3), the jurisdiction of the Public Services
Commission shall extend (except as regards the exercise of disciplinary control over them) to members of the public service of the State who are seconded to the general public service of the Federation, other than members in or below such grade as the
Yang di-Pertuan Agong, with the concurrence of the Governor, may direct; and for purposes of the Public Services Commission they shall be deemed (except as regards the exercise of disciplinary control over them) to be members of the general public service of the Federation.
(8)
Clauses (1) and (3) shall have effect until the end of August, 1968, and thereafter either shall continue to have effect—
(a)
in relation to a Borneo State, 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.
Supplementary provisions as to branches of Commissions
(Article 146c)