JANUARY 11 — The Attorney General (AG) of Malaysia Speech to the Opening of the Legal year 2023 dated January 9, 2023 has set up a firestorm of views. The whole speech is a...
JANUARY 11 — The Attorney General of Malaysia Speech to the Opening of the Legal year 2023 dated January 9, 2023 has set up a firestorm of views.
“The Federal Constitution act as our cornerstone in implementing the separation of powers. Therefore, for the year 2023, pursuant to article 160A of the Federal Constitution, the AGC plans to reprint the Federal Constitution to incorporate the latest historic constitutional amendments. The AGC also plans to propose to the Government that the prescription of the Federal Constitution in the national language to be the authoritative text in line with Article 160B of the Federal Constitution.
When the Merdeka Constitution was promulgated the Reid Commission, the White Paper and the version of the Federal Constitution that was accepted by the people of the Federation of Malaya was the English version . When Sabah and Sarawak formed Malaysia the issue of continued usage of English Language was of special concern for the Borneo entities.
As pointed out by many the unilateral conversion of Indira Gandhi children by the Hindu spouse which was set aside by the Federal Court may have a different outcome if the BM text of Art 12 . The BM version reads ,” “
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