Governments of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Federation of Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore

“ For the purpose of determining whether a person was born a citizen of the Federation, any question whether he was born a citizen of another country shall be decided by the Federal Government, whose certificate thereon (unless proved to have been obtained by means of fraud, false representation or concealment of a material fact) shall be conclusive; and this Clause shall apply to questions arising under the Constitution of the State of Singapore as well as to questions arising under this Constitution. ”

“ The pension of any officer who has ceased to be the substantive holder of a pensionable office in the public service of Sabah/Sarawak before the appointed day, or of the widow, children, dependants or personal representatives of any such officer shall be granted and paid, or if granted before that date shall continue to be paid, in accordance with the laws, regulations and administrative directions governing those pensions immediately before the appointed day or in accordance with such other laws, regulations and administrative directions made there after that are not less favourable. ”

“ A member of the Cabinet shall not engage in any trade, business or profession connected with any subject or department of government for which he is responsible, and shall not, so long as he is engaged in any trade, business or profession, take part in any decision of the Cabinet relating to that trade, business or profession or in any decision likely to affect his pecuniary interests therein. Yang di-Pertua Negara to set on advice. ”

“ Whenever the Legislative Assembly is dissolved, a general election shall be held within sixty days from the date of the dissolution and the new Legislative Assembly shall be summoned to meet on a date not later than ninety days from that date. (5) Whenever the seat of an elected member has become vacant for any reason other than a dissolution, the vacancy shall, within sixty days from the date on which it is established that there is a vacancy, be filled by election in accordance with the provisions of this Constitution. ”

“ Any application for naturalisation as a citizen of Singapore which has been made but not disposed of before Malaysia Day shall as from that day be treated as if it had been an application duly made for naturalisation under this Article, and as if anything done in connection therewith before that day under or for the purposes of the law of Singapore had been duly done under or for the purposes of this Article. (9) No certificate of naturalisation shall be granted to any person until he has taken the oath set out in the First Schedule. ”

“ Any person who sits or votes in the Legislative Assembly, knowing or having reasonable ground for knowing that he is not entitled to do so, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding two hundred dollars for each day on which he so sits or votes, which penalty shall be recoverable as a civil debt in the High Court at the suit of the State Attorney-General. Summoning, prorogation and dissolution of Legislative Assembly. ”

“ The power to fix the rate of tax, duty or excise on any class of goods ; (2) The power to fix by order the value of goods for duty or excise purposes ; (3) The power to grant exemptions or refunds in respect of duties or excise other than in particular cases where the duty or excise is less than $2,000 in any one instance ; (4) The power to make regulations both in relation to Customs and Excise. 2. The Federal Government will also have the following powers : —
(1) The power to appoint Federal officers to inspect the Customs and Excise Department, Singapore. ”

“ The legislative power in respect of broadcasting and television shall be Federal. However, the Singapore Government shall be responsible for administration and day to day programmes within Singapore. The Federation shall delegate to Singapore such powers, legislative or executive, as are needed to enable the Singapore Government to carry out its responsibilities for administration and day to day programmes and shall make available to Singapore radio frequencies and channels for the transmission of radio and television programmes. ”

“ In so far as any provision made by or under an Act of Parliament, by removing or altering a residence qualification, confers a right to practise before a court in the Borneo States or either of them on persons not previously having the right, that provision shall not come into operation until adopted in the States or State in question by an enactment of the Legislature. ”