Perlembagaan Persekutuan
(1) The Federal Government may by order deprive of his
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25. (1) The Federal Government may by order deprive of his
citizenship any person who is a citizen by registration under
(a) that he has shown himself by act or speech to be disloyal
or disaffected towards the Federation;
(b) that he has, during any war in which the Federation is
or was engaged, unlawfully traded or communicated
with an enemy or been engaged in or associated with
any business which to his knowledge was carried on in
such manner as to assist an enemy in that war; or
(c) that he has, within the period of five years beginning with
the date of the registration or the grant of the certificate,
been sentenced in any country to imprisonment for a
*10 October 1963—see L.N. 268/1963.
**NOTE—This Article has been repealed by section 5 of the Constitution (Amendment) Act 1962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.
[Article 25] Federal Constitution 34
term of not less than twelve months or to a fine of not
less than five thousand ringgit or the equivalent in the
currency of that country, and has not received a free
pardon in respect of the offence for which he was so
sentenced.
(1a) The Federal Government may by order deprive of his
citizenship any person who is a citizen by registration under
without the Federal Government’s approval, he has accepted, served
in, or performed the duties of any office, post or employment
under the Government of any country outside the Federation
or any political subdivision thereof, or under any agency of
such a Government, in any case where an oath, affirmation or
declaration of allegiance is required in respect of the office, post
or employment:
Provided that a person shall not be deprived of citizenship
under this Clause by reason of anything done before the beginning
of October 1962, in relation to a foreign country, and before
the beginning of January 1977, in relation to a Commonwealth
country, notwithstanding that he was at the time a citizen.
(2) The Federal Government may by order deprive of his
citizenship any person who is a citizen by registration under
he has been ordinarily resident in countries outside the Federation
for a continuous period of five years and during that period has
neither—
(a) been at any time in the service of the Federation or
of an international organization of which the Federal
Government was a member; nor
(b) registered annually at a consulate of the Federation his
intention to retain his citizenship:
Provided that this Clause shall not apply to any period of
residence in any Commonwealth country before the beginning
of January 1977.
(3) (Repealed).
*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.
[Article 26] Federal Constitution 35
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