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On 13 July 1976, all the Sabah and Sarawak MPs supported the Malaysian parliament bill which downgraded both the states from being equal partners to Malaya as a whole to one of the 13 states in the federation by amending Article 1(2) of the Federal constitution. [8] On 27 August 1976, Malaysia Act Constitution (Amendment) Act 1976 was passed ...
[127] [128] In 1976, another amendment was made to placed both Sabah and Sarawak as "negeri" by dropping the words like "the States of Malaya, namely" and "the Borneo States, namely" from the original definition of the States of the Federation of Malaysia where it receive two-thirds majority vote from the Parliament including the support from ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Sabah and Sarawak--1 November 1971, P.U. ... Act 1976 [Act A324] Constitution (Amendment) Act 1976 [Act A354]
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... in force from 27-08-1976—see section 46 of Act A354. ... Sabah and Sarawak in 1963, the Constitution was amended so as to ...
The Sarawak Government is an authority governing Sarawak, one of the Borneo states of Malaysia, and is based in Kuching, the state capital.The state government adheres to and is created by both the Federal Constitution of Malaysia, the supreme law of Malaysia, and the Constitution of the State of Sarawak, the supreme law of the State.
This term was incorporated into the Constitution of Malaysia from 1963 to 1976. However, the Sarawak head of state was named "Yang di-Pertua Negeri" from 1963. [17] On 27 August 1976, under Article 160 of the Constitution of Malaysia, the term "Governor" was abolished and replaced with "Yang di-Pertua Negeri". [18]
When Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore joined Malaya to form Malaysia in 1963, the Malaysia Act was passed in Parliament to amend the Constitution to provide for the name change and the inclusion of the three new states. 6th: Amend articles 9, 26, 35, 45, 57, 62, 160 Insert articles 43B, 43C Amend schedule 8: Act 19/1964 Constitution (Amendment) Act ...
It gave effect to the Agreement where that the British colonies of North Borneo, Sarawak and the State of Singapore should be federated with the existing States of the Federation of Malaya and the name of the federation should be Malaysia, [2] and the Federal constitution wherewith to amend and adopt the Constitution of the Federation of Malaya ...