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other than Malacca and Penang), for the words "Malacca and Penang" there shall be substituted the words "States not having a Ruler".
- (2) In Clause (3) of that Article and Clause (10) of Article 42 (which provide for the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to be Head of the Muslim religion in Malacca and in Penang, and to exercise in those States the power of pardon in respect of offences tried by Muslim courts) for the words "and Penang" there shall be substituted the words "Penang and Singapore" or, as the case may be, for the words "or Penang" there shall be substituted the words "Penang or Singapore".
- (3) At the end of Article 38 of the Constitution there shall be added as Clause (7)—
- "(7) The function of the Conference of Rulers of agreeing or disagreeing to the extension of any religious acts, observances or ceremonies to the Federation as a whole shall not extend to Sabah or Sarawak, and accordingly those States shall be treated as excluded from the references in Clause (2) of Article 3 and in this Article to the Federation as a whole."
Chapter 3—Parliament, Legislative Assemblies and State Constitutions
Increase in appointed
members of Senate.
- 8. In Article 45 of the Constitution, in paragraph (b) of Clause (1) (which provides for sixteen members of the Senate to be appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong), for the word "sixteen" there shall be substituted the words "twenty-two".
Composition of House
of Representatives.
- 9.(1) The House of Representatives shall consist of one hundred and fifty-nine elected members.
- (2) There shall be—
- (a) one hundred and four member from the States of Malaya;
- (b) sixteen members from Sabah;
- (c) twenty-four members from Sarawak;
- (d) fifteen members from Singapore.
Election Commission,
and delimitation
of constituencies..
- 10.(1) The membership of the Election Commission shall be increased by one, and accordingly in Clause (1) of Article 114 of the Constitution for the word "two" there shall be substituted the word "three".
- (2) In Article 113 of the Constitution there shall be omitted in Clause (2) the words "After the first delimitation of constituencies in accordance with Article 171", and there shall be added at the end the following Clauses:
- "(6) There shall be separate reviews under Clause (2) for the States of Malaya, for each of the Borneo States and for the State of Singapore, and for the purposes of this Part the
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