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Provision of Constitution

Amendment

Article 143 (conditions of service of members of Service Commissions)

In Clause (1) for the words " Supreme Court " in paragraph (c) there shall be substituted the words " Federal Court ".

Article 144 (functions of Service Commissions)

In Clause (4) for the words from " of any Ruler " to " jurisdiction " there shall be substituted the words " a State Public Service Commission ".

Article 145 (the Attorney-General)

For the words " Supreme Court " there shall, in both places, be substituted the words " Federal Court ", and after the words " Muslim Court " there shall be inserted the words " a native court "; and these amendments shall be made both in the Article to be inserted in pursuance of the Constitution (Amendment) Act, 1960, and in the Article for which it is to be substituted.

Article 148 (interpretation of Part X)

In Clause (2) for the words " Supreme Court " there shall be substituted the words "Federal Court or of a High Court ".

Article 151 (restrictions on preventive detention)

In Clause (2) for the words from " from " to " Court, and " there shall be substituted the words " and who shall be or have been, or be qualified to be, a judge of the Federal Court or a High Court, or shall before Malaysia Day have been a judge of the Supreme Court, and ", and for the words " Chief Justice " there shall, where they first occur, be substituted the words " Lord President of the Federal Court ", and the words from " or if " onwards shall be omitted.

Article 152 (national language)

In Clause (4) for the words " the Supreme Court" there shall be substituted the words " the Federal Court or a High Court ".

Article 158 (Pan-Malayan arrangements)

In Clause (1) for the words " any territory to which this article applies " there shall, in each place be substituted the word " Brunei ", and Clause (2) shall be omitted.

Article 159 (amendment of the Constitution)

In Clause (1) after the word " Article " there shall be inserted the words " and to Articles 16lE and 161H"; and in Clause (4) there shall be inserted at the beginning of paragraph (bb) the words " subject to Article 16lE ".

Article 160 (interpretation)

In Clause (2), before the definition of " Act of Parliament" there shall be inserted the definition—

" aborigine " means an aborigine of the Malay Peninsula;

after the definition of " Legislature " there shall be inserted the definition—

" local rates ", in relation to Singapore, includes the property tax levied for local purposes by the State;

in the definition of " Malay ", after the word " Federation ", there shall in all places be inserted the words " or in Singapore "; in the definition of " public authority " for the words " Supreme Court" there shall be substituted the words "Federal Court and High Courts"; and the definition of " Rule Committee " shall be omitted.

No. 10760