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Section 58

In Article 132 of the Constitution, for Clauses (3) and (4)

of Malaysia Act

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there shall be substituted—

“(3)  The public service shall not be taken to comprise—

(a)

the office of any member of the administration in the

Federation or a State; or

(b)

the office of President, Speaker, Deputy President, Deputy

Speaker or member of either House of Parliament or of the Legislative Assembly of a State; or

(c)

the office of judge of the Federal Court or a High Court;

or

(d)

the office of member of any Commission or Council established by this Constitution or any corresponding

Commission or Council established by the Constitution of a State; or

(e)

such diplomatic posts as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong may by order prescribe, being posts which but for the order would be posts in the general public service of the Federation.

(4)

References in this Part, except in Articles 136 and 147, to persons in the public service or to members of any of the public services shall not apply to—

(a)

the Clerk to either House of Parliament or any member of the staff of Parliament; or

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(b)

the Attorney General or, if provision for the manner of his appointment and removal from office is specifically included in the Constitution of the State, or if he is appointed otherwise than from among the members of the judicial and legal service or of the public service of the State, the legal adviser of any State; or

(c)

a member of the personal staff of the Yang di-Pertuan

Agong or of a Ruler or Governor.”