Perlembagaan Persekutuan
(1) Subject to the provisions of Part III of this Constitution and anything
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- Malaysia
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- English
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- in force
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Official source1. (1) Subject to the provisions of Part III of this Constitution and anything
done thereunder before Malaysia Day, the following persons born before
Malaysia Day are citizens by operation of law, that is to say:
(a) every person who immediately before Merdeka Day, was a citizen of the
Federation by virtue of any of the provisions of the Federation of Malaya
Agreement 1948, whether by operation of law or otherwise;
(b) every person born within the Federation on or after Merdeka Day
and before October 1962;
(c) every person born within the Federation after September 1962, of
whose parents one at least was at the time of the birth either a
citizen or permanently resident in the Federation, or who was not
born a citizen of any other country;
(d) every person born outside the Federation on or after Merdeka Day
whose father was a citizen at the time of his birth and either was
born in the Federation or was at the time of the birth in service
under the Government of the Federation or of a State;
(e) every person born outside the Federation on or after Merdeka Day
whose father was a citizen at the time of the birth if the birth
was, or is, within one year of its occurrence or within such longer
period as in any particular case was or is allowed by the Federal
Government, registered at a consulate of the Federation or, if it
occurred in Singapore, Sarawak, Brunei or North Borneo, registered
with the Federal Government.
(2) A person is not a citizen by virtue of paragraph (b) or (c) of subsection (1)
if, at the time of his birth, his father, not being a citizen, possessed such immunity
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Perlembagaan Persekutuan · lom.agc.gov.my · Retrieved 18 August 2026.
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