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This is a list of acts of the Parliament of Malaysia. The list includes all principal acts enacted after 1969 and pre-1969 statutes that were revised by the Commissioner of Law Revision under the authority of the Revision of Laws Act 1968.
The Parliament of Malaysia (Malay: Parlimen Malaysia; Jawi: ڤرليمن مليسيا ) is the national legislature of Malaysia, based on the Westminster system. The bicameral parliament consists of the Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives, lit. "People's Assembly") and the Dewan Negara (Senate, lit. "State Assembly").
The following is a list of acts of the Parliament of Malaysia by citation number. The list includes all principal laws of Malaysia enacted after 1969 and pre-1969 laws which have been revised by the Commissioner of Law Revision under the authority of the Revision of Laws Act 1968. Repealed acts and acts not yet in force are stricken through.
While the concurrence of both chambers of Parliament is normally necessary for legislation to be enacted, the Dewan Rakyat holds significantly more power in practice; the Dewan Negara very rarely rejects bills that have been passed by the Dewan Rakyat and the Dewan Rakyat can bypass the Dewan Negara if it refuses to pass a specific law twice ...
Power of Parliament to make laws for States: Parliament is allowed to make laws on matters falling under the State List in certain limited cases, such as for the purposes of implementing an international treaty entered into by Malaysia or for the creation of uniform State laws. However, before any such law can be effective in a State, it must ...
The Dewan Negara (English: Senate, lit. 'State Council'; Jawi: ديوان نڬارا ) is the upper house of the Parliament of Malaysia, consisting of 70 senators of whom 26 are elected by the state legislative assemblies, with two senators for each state, while the other 44 are appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King of Malaysia), including four who are appointed to represent the ...
Committee meetings take place in committee rooms at the Malaysian Houses of Parliament, often in front of press and media or in private sessions. The Parliamentary Select Committees of Malaysia are sub-legislative bodies each consisting of small number of Members of Parliament (MPs) from the House of Representatives, or senators from the Senate, or a mix of both appointed to deal with ...
This is a complete list of the individual parliaments of the Parliament of Malaysia. 1st Parliament of the Federation of Malaya: 1959–1963 1st Malaysian Parliament: 1963–1964 2nd Malaysian Parliament: 1964–1969 3rd Malaysian Parliament: 1971–1974 4th Malaysian Parliament: 1974–1978 5th Malaysian Parliament: 1978–1982 6th Malaysian Parliament: 1982–1986 7th Malaysian Parliament ...