Malaysia legislation
Article XII
Article XII
(1)
Subject to any further provisions which may be made in this or any other Part of the Laws of the
Constitution of Negeri Sembilan there shall be a
Regency in the State under the following conditions, that is to say,
(a)
If His Highness shall have occasion to be absent from the State for more than thirty days;
or
(b)
If His Highness shall be incapacitated from attending to the affairs of the State;
or
(c)
If His Highness is elected to the office or exercises the functions of Yang di-Pertuan
Agong; or
(d)
If His Highness has been called upon to withdraw from performing His duties as Yang di-Pertuan Besar in accordance with Article X
(1)
(a)
, or
(e)
If
His
Highness ceases to exercise the functions of a Ruler under Article Xa(1).
(2)
Except in the case of appointments under Clauses
(3)
and
(5)
of this Article, the Regent or Council of
Regency shall be appointed from among the persons mentioned in Clause (4) of Article VII of this Part of the Constitution.
(3)
In the case of intended absence of His Highness
He shall appoint a Regent or a Council of Regency as to Him seems most expedient.
(4)
In the case of incapacitation of His Highness the
Undangs shall appoint a Regent or a Council of Regency as to them seem most expedient.
Regency.
2/1994.