Perlembagaan Persekutuan
Subject to the provisions of Part III of this Constitution, a person ordinarily
- Jurisdiction
- Malaysia
- Provision
- 2
- Source language
- English
- Recorded status
- in force
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- Recorded status
- in force
Provision text
Official source2. Subject to the provisions of Part III of this Constitution, a person ordinarily
resident in the State of Sabah or Sarawak or in Brunei on Malaysia Day is a
citizen by operation of law if he was immediately before that day a citizen
of the United Kingdom and Colonies, and either—
(a) was born in the territories comprised in the States of Sabah and
Sarawak; or
(b) became such a citizen by registration in those territories or by or in
consequence of naturalization there.
[Article 14(1)(b)]
CITIZENSHIP BY OPERATION OF LAW OF PERSONS BORN ON
OR AFTER MALAYSIA DAY
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Perlembagaan Persekutuan · lom.agc.gov.my · Retrieved 18 August 2026.
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