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Perlembagaan Persekutuan

Federal Constitution [Second

Jurisdiction
Malaysia
Provision
172
Source language
English
Recorded status
in force
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Recorded status
in force

Provision text

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172 Federal Constitution [Second Schedule] (b) to forge or without lawful authority alter any certificate, whether issued or granted in the Federation or elsewhere, or without lawful authority use or have in his possession any certificate which has been so forged or altered; or (c) to fail to comply with any requirement imposed upon him by any rules made under section 6 with respect to the delivering up of certificates; or (d) to personate or falsely represent himself to be or not to be a person to whom a certificate, whether issued in the Federation or elsewhere, has been duly issued or granted. (2) In this section “certificate” means any certificate of the following descriptions issued under Part III of this Constitution that is to say: (a) any certificate of a registration or of naturalization as a citizen; and (b) any certificate of registration effected at a consulate of the Federation or elsewhere outside the Federation; and (c) any such certificate as is mentioned in Article 30. Interpretation

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Perlembagaan Persekutuan · lom.agc.gov.my · Retrieved 18 August 2026.

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