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- " Federal law " means—
- (a) any existing law contining to have effect as part of the law of the State or any part thereof after the commencement of this Constitution to the extent that it is by virtue of the provisions of the Federal Constitution treated as a Federal law ; and
- (b) any Act of Parliament, or other law of the Federation relating to matters about which Parliament has power to make laws, which extends to the State;
- " the Federation " means the Federation to be known, on and after Malaysia Day, by the name Malaysia ;
- " the Gazette " means the official Gazette of the State ;
- " the Governor " means the Governor of the State ;
- " the High Court " means the High Court in Borneo constituted by the Federal Constitution ;
- " the Legislature " means the Legislature of the State ;
- " Malaysia Day " means 31st August, 1963 ;
- "Native" has the same meaning as it has in the Federal Constitution for the purposes of the application of Article 153 thereof to Natives of the State ;
- " office of profit " has the same meaning as in the Federal Constitution ;
- " Parliament " means the Parliament of the Federation ;
- " public officer " means a person holding or acting in any office of emolument in the public service ;
- "the public service" means, subject to the provisions of Clause (2), the public service of the State ;
- " session " means, in relation to the Council Negri, the sittings of the Council commencing when it first meets after its prorogation or dissolution and terminating when it is prorogued or is dissolved without having been prorogued ;
- " sitting " means, in relation to the Council Negri, a period during which the Council is sitting continuously without adjournment, and includes any period during which the Council is in committee ;
- " the State " means the State of Sarawak ;
- " State law " means—
- (a) any existing law continuing to have effect as part of the law of the State or any part thereof after the commencement of this Constitution to the extent that it is by virtue of the provisions of the Federal Constitution treated as a State law ; and
- (b) any law made by the Legislature ;
- " the Yang di-Pertuan Agong" means the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of the Federation.
