Perlembagaan Persekutuan
(1) A person who is not a citizen or is a citizen by naturalization
- Jurisdiction
- Malaysia
- Provision
- 19b
- Source language
- English
- Recorded status
- in force
More details
- Recorded status
- in force
Provision text
Official source19b. (1) A person who is not a citizen or is a citizen by naturalization
or by registration under Article 17* of the Federal Constitution shall not be
appointed a Yang di-Pertua Negeri.
(2) The Yang di-Pertua Negeri shall not hold any office of profit and
shall not actively engage in any commercial enterprise.
*NOTE—This Article has been repealed by section 5 of the Constitution (Amendment) Act 1962
[Act 14/1962] w.e.f. 1 July 1963—see L.N. 105/1963. See also notes on Article 17.
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Source and verification
Perlembagaan Persekutuan · lom.agc.gov.my · Retrieved 18 August 2026.
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