AGC plans to replace English text of Federal Constitution with BM version

PUTRAJAYA: The Attorney General's Chambers (AGC) is planning to replace the English text of the Federal Constitution with the Bahasa Malaysia translation as the authoritative text.

Attorney General Tan Sri Idrus Harun said the AGC would bring forward the proposal to the government for the prescription of the Federal Constitution in the national language to be the authoritative text, in line with Article 160B of the Federal Constitution.

It also states that if there is any conflict or discrepancy between the national language text and the English language text of the Constitution, the national language text shall prevail over the English language text. Idrus said this in his speech at the Opening of the Legal Year 2023 at the Putrajaya International Convention Centre here on Monday .

The Federal Constitution was first introduced as the Constitution of the Federation of Malaya on Aug 31, 1957, before it was reintroduced as the Constitution of Malaysia on Sept 16, 1963.

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