Perlembagaan Persekutuan
(1) The Yang di-Pertuan Agong shall appoint a Jemaah
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Official source43. (1) The Yang di-Pertuan Agong shall appoint a Jemaah
Menteri (Cabinet of Ministers) to advise him in the exercise of his
functions.
(2) The Cabinet shall be appointed as follows, that is to say—
(a) the Yang di-Pertuan Agong shall first appoint as Perdana
Menteri (Prime Minister) to preside over the Cabinet
a member of the House of Representatives who in his
judgment is likely to command the confidence of the
majority of the members of that House; and
(b) he shall on the advice of the Prime Minister appoint other
Menteri (Ministers) from among the members of either
House of Parliament;
but if an appointment is made while Parliament is dissolved a
person who was a member of the last House of Representatives
may be appointed but shall not continue to hold office after the
beginning of the next session of Parliament unless, if he has been
appointed Prime Minister, he is a member of the new House of
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Representatives, and in any other case he is a member either of
that House or of the Senate.
(3) The Cabinet shall be collectively responsible to Parliament.
(4) If the Prime Minister ceases to command the confidence of
the majority of the members of the House of Representatives, then,
unless at his request the Yang di-Pertuan Agong dissolves Parliament,
the Prime Minister shall tender the resignation of the Cabinet.
(5) Subject to Clause (4), Ministers other than the Prime
Minister shall hold office during the pleasure of the Yang
di-Pertuan Agong, unless the appointment of any Minister shall
have been revoked by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on the advice
of the Prime Minister but any Minister may resign his office.
(6) Before a Minister exercises the functions of his office he
shall take and subscribe in the presence of the Yang di-Pertuan
Agong the oath of office and allegiance and the oath of secrecy
set out in the Sixth Schedule.
(7) Notwithstanding anything in this Article, a person who is
a citizen by naturalization or by registration under Article 17*
shall not be appointed Prime Minister.
(8) (Repealed).
(9) Parliament shall by law make provision for the remuneration
of members of the Cabinet.
Deputy Ministers
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