Perlembagaan Persekutuan
(1) Subject to the precedence of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong
- Jurisdiction
- Malaysia
- Provision
- 70
- Source language
- English
- Recorded status
- in force
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- Recorded status
- in force
Provision text
Official source70. (1) Subject to the precedence of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong
and his Consort, the Rulers and Yang di-Pertua-Yang di-Pertua
Negeri of the States shall take precedence over all other persons
and each Ruler or Yang di-Pertua Negeri shall in his own State
take precedence over the other Rulers and Yang di-Pertua-Yang
di-Pertua Negeri.
(2) Subject to Clause (1), the Rulers shall take precedence over
the Yang di-Pertua-Yang di-Pertua Negeri and, among themselves,
in accordance with the dates on which they acceded as Rulers, and
the Yang di-Pertua-Yang di-Pertua Negeri shall take precedence
among themselves in accordance with the dates on which they
were appointed as Yang di-Pertua-Yang di-Pertua Negeri; and
if Yang di-Pertua-Yang di-Pertua Negeri were appointed on the
same day the older shall take precedence over the younger.
Federal guarantee of State Constitutions
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Perlembagaan Persekutuan · lom.agc.gov.my · Retrieved 18 August 2026.
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