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United Nations — Treaty Series
1970
Safeguards for constitutional position of Singapore.
(Article 161H).
- 69. (1) No amendment shall be made to the Constitution without the concurrence of the Governor if the amendment is such as to affect the operation of the Constitution in relation to Singapore as regards any of the following matters—
- (a) citizenship of Singapore, and the restriction to citizens of Singapore of the right to be a member of either House of Parliament for or from Singapore, or to be a member of the Legislative Assembly of Singapore, or to vote at elections in Singapore ;
- (b) the constitution and jurisdiction of the High Court in Singapore and the appointment, removal and suspension of judges of that court ;
- (c) the matters with respect to which the Legislature of the State may make laws, the executive authority of the State in those matters, the borrowing powers of the State and the financial arrangements between the Federation and the State ;
- (d) the discharge of functions of the Public Services Commission or of the Judicial and Legal Service Commission by a branch established for the State, and the constitution of any such branch ;
- (e) religion in the State, the use in the State or in Parliament of any language and the special position of the Malays in Singapore ;
- (f) the allocation to the State, in any Parliament summoned to meet before the end of August, 1970, of a quota of members of the House of Representatives not less, in proportion to the total allocated to the other States which are members of the Federation on Malaysia Day, than the quota allocated to the State on that day.
- (2) In this Article " amendment " includes addition and repeal.
TITLE VII
SUPPLEMENTARY
Minor and consequential amendments.
- 70. The Constitution shall be amended by amending or omitting as specified in the second column of the Sixth Schedule to this Act the provisions specified in the first column.
Operation of transitional provisions of Malaysia Act.
(Article 159A).
- 71. The provisions of Part IV of the Malaysia Act, 1963 (which contains temporary and transitional provisions in connection with the operation of that Act) shall have effect as if embodied in this Constitution, and shall have effect notwithstanding anything in this Constitution as amended by that Act ; and the provisions of this Constitution, and in particular Clause (1) of Article 4 and Articles 159, 161E and 16lH, shall have effect in relation thereto accordingly.
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