Section 73

Any present law of the Federation passed or made on or after the day this Act is passed shall extend to any part of Malaysia to which it is expressed to extend; but save as aforesaid no present law of the Federation shall extend to any of the Borneo States or to Singapore, unless or until it is so extended by a law passed or made as aforesaid.

Subject to the following provisions of this Part, the present laws of the Borneo States and of Singapore shall, on and after

Malaysia Day, be treated as federal laws insofar as they are laws which could not be passed after Malaysia Day by the State

Legislature, and otherwise as State laws.

This section shall not validate or give effect to any provision contained in the present law of the Federation which is inconsistent with the Constitution, or any provision of present law which is invalid for reasons other than inconsistency with the Constitution.

In this Part of this Act “present laws” means the laws of the Federation or of any part thereof, of each of the Borneo

States, and of Singapore passed or made or applied to any part of the Federation or to either of the Borneo States or Singapore before Malaysia Day, but does not include the Constitution of the Federation or of any State in Malaysia or this Act.