Section 78
Succession on future transfers of responsibility
of Malaysia Act
(a)
of the matter being included for a limited period in the
Concurrent List; or
(b)
of the making of an order under Article 95c of the
Constitution empowering the State Legislature to pass laws about the matter;
but the matter would otherwise have become on Malaysia Day the responsibility of the Federal Government, then (subject to federal law) on that matter becoming the responsibility of the
Federal Government sections 75 and 76 and subsections (2) to (5)
of section 77 shall apply in connection with the transfer of responsibility for that matter with the substitution of references to the day on which it does so for the references to Malaysia Day.
(2)
Where in a Borneo State or in Singapore the State government retains responsibility for any matter under a present law of the
State continued in force under section 73, but the matter would otherwise have become on that day the responsibility of the
Federal Government then—
(a)
the purposes of that law shall not be treated as federal purposes within the meaning of section 75 so long as the
State government retains the responsibility thereunder; and
(b)
subsection (1) shall apply as it applies where the State government retains responsibility for the reasons there mentioned.
Malaysia 73