Malaysia legislation
Article XXXIX
Article XXXIX
Except for the purpose of enabling this
Article to be complied with, no member shall sit or vote in the State Executive Council until he shall have taken and subscribed before His Highness or some person authorised by His Highness in that behalf, the oath set out in Part
I of the Schedule, and to which oath shall be added such words as will, according to his religious beliefs, bind the conscience of the person taking the oath.
XXXIXa.
(1)
The Menteri Besar may appoint any person he may deem fit to be a Political Secretary.
(2)
A person appointed as a Political Secretary by virtue of this Article:
(a)
need not be a member of the Legislative
Assembly;
(b)
may resign his office at any time;
(c)
subject to paragraph (b), shall continue in his office until such time as his appointment is determined by the Menteri Besar.
(3)
Before a
Political
Secretary exercises the functions of his office he shall take and subscribe in the presence of the Menteri Besar the Oath of Secrecy set out in Part IV of the Schedule.
(4)
The duties and functions of a Political Secretary and his remuneration shall be determined by the
Executive Council.