Malaysia Bill

The following is the table of contents to the Malaysia Bill.

• Part I Preliminary
• Part II The States of the Federation
• Part III General Constitutional Arrangements
  • Title I General Provisions as to Federal and State Institutions
    • Chapter 1—Preliminary
    • Chapter 2—Heads of State
    • Chapter 3—Parliament, Legislative Assemblies and State Constitutions
    • Chapter 4—The Judiciary
  • Title II Citizenship
    • Chapter 1—Citizenship by operation of law
    • Chapter 2—Citizenship by registration or naturalisation, and transfer to or from Singapore
    • Chapter 3—Miscellaneous
  • Title III Legislative Powers and Administrative Arrangements
  • Title IV Financial Provisions
    • Chapter 1—Borneo States
    • Chapter 2—Singapore
    • Chapter 3—General
  • Title V Public Services
  • Title VI Protection of Special Interests
    • Chapter 1—General
    • Chapter 2—Borneo States
    • Chapter 3—Singapore
  • Title VII Supplementary
• Part IV Transitional and Temporary
  • • Chapter 1—General
    • Chapter 2—State officers
    • Chapter 3—The courts and the judiciary
    • Chapter 4—Parliament and Legislative Assemblies

For the purpose of the federal and state institutions,

1. "Attorney-General" means the Attorney-General of the Federation
2. "Chief minister" and "Mentri Besar" both mean the president, by whatever style known, of the executive council in a state (and in particular "chief minister" includes the prime minister in Singapore)
3. "Executive Council" means the Cabinet or other body, however called, which in the government of a State corresponds, whether or not the members of it are Ministers, to the Cabinet of Ministers in the government of the Federation (and in particular includes the Supreme Council in Sarawak)
4. "Governor" means the Head of State, by whatever style known, in a State not having a Ruler (and in particular includes the Yang di-Pertua Negara in North Borneo and the Yang di-Pertuan Negara in Singapore)
5. "Legislative Assembly" means the representative assembly, however called, in the Legislature of a State (and in particular includes the Council Negri in Sarawak), but except in the Eighth Schedule includes also a Legislative Council, however called

Part II enshrines name and number of the basic States of the federation

1. The name of the federation shall be known, in Malay and in English, by the name Malaysia.
2. The States of the Federation shall be—
   1. the States of Malaya, namely, Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Malacca, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Penang, Perak, Perlis, Selangor and Terengganu; and
   2. the Borneo States, namely, North Borneo and Sarawak; and
   3. the State of Singapore.

The Chapter 2 of the General Constitutional Arrangements provides that the Governors of North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore shall be members of the Conference of Rulers.[2] Its main responsibility is the election of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong except for those purposes for which the Governors of Malacca and Penang are not members and became substituted the words "States not having a Ruler".

• Constitution of Malaysia
• Malaysia Agreement was signed on 9 July 1963 at London
• Malaysia Act 1963

 This article incorporates text published under the British Open Government Licence v3.0: "Malaysia Act 1963". Retrieved 30 March 2021.

 This article incorporates text published under the British Open Government Licence v3.0: Affecting the Malaysia Act 1963

• Agreement Relating to Malaysia between Governments of United Kingdom, Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore
• Hansard of Parliament of the United Kingdom Malaysia Bill