KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 13 — The actual meaning of words in the Federal Constitution’s original text in English could end up being ‘lost in translation’ in the Malay or Bahasa...
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 13 — The actual meaning of words in the Federal Constitution’s original text in English could end up being ‘lost in translation’ in the Malay or Bahasa Malaysia translation, Sabah Law Society president Roger Chin has cautioned.
“Article 161E of the Federal Constitution requires consent from Sabah and Sarawak to amendments of certain Federal Constitution provisions and any reliance on a BM version which cannot be verified as to its accuracy runs the risk of Sabah's and Sarawak's rights being inadvertently affected without going through the process of getting two-thirds majority support in Parliament and also consent from Sabah and Sarawak state governors,” he toldwhen contacted to weigh in on the...
The list of such provisions under Article 161E cover the right of persons born before Malaysia’s formation to citizenship by reason of a connection with Sabah or Sarawak and equal treatment in relation to their own citizenship with others born or living in Sabah or Sarawak or others born or living in then Malaya.
Apart from Article 161E, there is also Article 159 of the Federal Constitution which requires a two-thirds majority in Parliament for any amendments to the Federal Constitution . This means two-thirds majority of the total number of members of the Dewan Rakyat and the Dewan Negara are required to vote in support.
“It is a fact that when text is translated into another language, some of the meaning of the original version is lost in translation,” he said.
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