4. Provision for further changes
Feedback & supportWhenever any change of title of any public office or of any public body or of any Department of any Government in Malaysia occurs, the
public office
“public office” means an office in any of the public services mentioned in Clause (1) of Article 132 of the Federal Constitution and
Yang di-Pertuan Agong may, if occasion requires, by notification in the Gazette, make any necessary substitution in or addition to the First
Schedule, and section 3 shall apply accordingly in conformity with every such substitution or addition:
Provided that—
in the application of this section to Peninsular Malaysia, in the case of a public office, appointment to which does not involve liability to serve in more than one State, any such notification may be made only with the concurrence of the State Authority concerned; and
Peninsular Malaysia
“Peninsular Malaysia” has the meaning assigned thereto by section 3 of the Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, and includes the Federal Territory;
in the application of this section to Sabah and Sarawak, any such notification may be made only in relation to a change of title of—
NOTE—All references to “West Malaysia” shall be construed as reference to “Peninsular Malaysia”–see the Interpretation (Amendment) Act 1997 [Act A996], subsection 5(2).
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a federal public office; or
federal public office
“federal public office” means an office in any of the public services *NOTE—All references to “West Malaysia” shall be construed as reference to “Peninsular Malaysia”–see the Interpretation (Amendment) Act 1997, subsection 5(2). mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (f), both inclusive, and in paragraph (h), of that Article. Substitution of new titles
a public body established by or under federal law or exercising exclusively federal functions;
or
a Department of the Government of Malaysia.