Perlembagaan Persekutuan
(1) There shall be a Public Services Commission, whose
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Official source139. (1) There shall be a Public Services Commission, whose
jurisdiction shall, subject to Article 144, extend to all persons
who are members of the services mentioned in paragraphs (c) and
(f) of Clause (1) of Article 132, other than the Auditor General,
to members of the public services of the State of Malacca and
the State of Penang, and, to the extent provided by Clause (2),
to members of the public service of any other State.
[Article 139] Federal Constitution 129
(1a) The jurisdiction of the Public Services Commission shall
extend to—
(a) members of the general public service of the Federation
who are employed in a federal department in the State
of Sabah or Sarawak;
(b) members of the public service of the State of Sabah or
Sarawak who are seconded to the general public service
of the Federation; and
(c) members of the public service of the State of Sabah or
Sarawak serving in federal posts or in any posts which
have become federal posts in that State and who have
exercised the option to be members of the general public
service of the Federation.
(2) The Legislature of any State other than Malacca and Penang
may by law extend the jurisdiction of the Public Services Commission
to all or any persons in the public service of that State, but no
such law shall take effect earlier than twelve months from the date
of its passing; and if at any time there is not, in any such State
in which no such law is in force, established and exercising its
functions a State Public Service Commission, the jurisdiction of
the Public Services Commission shall, if federal law so provides,
extend to all members of the public service of that State.
(3) Any extension of the jurisdiction of the Public Service
Commission made by the Legislature of any State pursuant to
Clause (2) may be revoked or modified by a law passed by the
Legislature of such State.
(4) The Public Services Commission shall consist of the
following members appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong in his
discretion but after considering the advice of the Prime Minister
and after consultation with the Conference of Rulers, that is to
say, a chairman, a deputy chairman and not less than four other
members; but the number of the other members shall not, until
the Yang di-Pertuan Agong by order otherwise provides, exceed
thirty.
(5) Either the chairman or the deputy chairman shall be, and
both may be, appointed from among persons who are, or have at
any time within the period of five years immediately preceding
the date of their first appointment been, members of any of the
public services.
[Article 139] Federal Constitution 130
(6) A member of any of the public services appointed to be
chairman or deputy chairman shall not be eligible for any further
appointment in the service of the Federation other than as a
member of a Commission to which this Part applies.
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