Section 8

When a Ruler who is exercising the sovereign functions under this Act cannot owing to illness or absence from Malaysia for a period not expected to exceed fifteen days or any other cause exercise such functions the sovereign functions shall fall to be exercised by the Ruler who would under section 3 have been entitled to exercise such functions if at the date on which the Ruler first referred to ceased to exercise such functions any of the events described in section 3 had first occurred; and this Act shall apply as if references to the Timbalan Yang di-Pertuan Agong included references to the Ruler first referred to in this section.