Section 76

Where any moneys required to be paid pursuant to any such liability or obligation as is referred to in subsection (1) were immediately before Malaysia Day charged on the general revenues or the Consolidated Fund of either of the Borneo States or of

Singapore, then, to the extent to which the liability or obligation devolves upon the Federation on that day, the moneys required for the payment thereof shall be a charge on the Consolidated Fund of the Federation, but to the extent to which the liability or obligation continues to be the responsibility of a Borneo State or of Singapore it shall remain charged on the revenues or the Consolidated Fund of that State or of Singapore, as the case may be.

This section does not apply to any rights, liabilities or obligations in relation to which section 75 has effect, nor does it have effect to transfer any person from service under the State to service under the Federation or otherwise affect any rights, liabilities or obligations arising from such service or from any contract of employment; but, subject to that, in this section rights, liabilities and obligations include rights, liabilities and obligations arising from contract or otherwise.

Malaysia 71

The Attorney General shall on the application of any party interested in any legal proceedings, other than proceedings between the Federation and a State, certify whether any right, liability or obligation is by virtue of this section a right, liability or obligation of the Federation or of a State named in the certificate, and any such certificate shall for the purposes of those proceedings be final and binding on all courts, but shall not operate to prejudice the rights and obligations of the Federation and any State as between themselves.

In this section, references to the government of a State include the government of the territories comprised therein before

Malaysia Day.

Succession as to criminal and civil proceedings