The Federal Government of Malaysia

“ The earlier definition, as it stood at the date of repeal, read as follows: ‘ “office of profit” means any whole-time office in any of the public services, and includes the office of the Chief Justice or other judge of the Supreme Court, Auditor General, member of the Election Commission or of any Commission to which Part X applies, and any other office declared by Act of Parliament to be an office of profit;’. ii. Subsection 18 (2) of Act A566, in force from 01-01-1985, provides that a reference to the Federal Court shall now be construed as a reference to the Supreme Court. ”

“ The words “Article 46 and the Thirteenth Schedule” substituted for “the Thirteenth Schedule” by Act A206, section 14, in force from 23-08-1973. Clauses (3) , (4) & (5) These Clauses were repealed by Act 14/1962, paragraph 22 (c) , in force from 21-06-1962 and read as follows: “ (3) Constituencies shall be allocated to the several States in such manner that the electoral quota of each State is as nearly equal to the electoral quota of the Federation as it can be without causing undue disparity between the population quota of that State and the population quota of the Federation. ”

“ Article 21: (General provisions as to naturalization—Repealed) This Article was repealed by Act 26/1963, section 70, in force from 16-09-1963, but continues to have effect for the purposes of repealed Article 20. It read as follows: “21. (1) A certificate of naturalization shall not be granted to any person until he has taken the oath set out in the First Schedule. (2) A person to whom a certificate of naturalization is granted shall be a citizen by naturalization from the date on which the certificate is so granted.”. ”

“ The original section 4 read as follows: “4. The registration authority may delegate to any officers, or, with the consent of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong or of the Ruler or Governor of any State, to any officer of the Federal Government or of the Government of that State, any of its functions under Part III or this Schedule; but any person aggrieved by the decision of a person to whom functions of the authority are so delegated may appeal to the authority.”. ”

“ A person who immediately before Merdeka Day was a member of the judicial and legal service of the Federation and would be qualified for appointment as a judge of the Supreme Court if he were a citizen shall be so qualified notwithstanding that he is not a citizen. ”

“ Subject to Article 18, any person under the age of twenty-one years whose father is a citizen or, if deceased, was a citizen at the time of his death, is entitled, upon application made to the registration authority by his parent or guardian, to be registered as a citizen if that authority is satisfied that he is ordinarily resident in the Federation and is of good character. ”

“ The Election Commission shall, at intervals of not more than ten nor, subject to Clause (3) , less than eight years, review the division of the Federation and the States into constituencies and recommend such changes therein as they may think necessary in order to comply with the provisions contained in the Thirteenth Schedule; and the reviews of constituencies for the purpose of elections to the Legislative Assemblies shall be undertaken at the same time as the reviews of constituencies for the purpose of elections to the House of Representatives.”. e. See Thirteenth Schedule, section 4. ”