Perlembagaan Persekutuan
(1) (Repealed).
- Jurisdiction
- Malaysia
- Provision
- 161a
- Source language
- English
- Recorded status
- in force
More details
- Recorded status
- in force
Provision text
Official source161a. (1) (Repealed).
(2) (Repealed).
(3) (Repealed).
[Article 161a] Federal Constitution 158
(4) The Constitutions of the States of Sabah and Sarawak may
make provision corresponding (with the necessary modifications)
to Article 153.
(5) Article 89 shall not apply to the State of Sabah or Sarawak,
and Article 8 shall not invalidate or prohibit any provision of
State law in the State of Sabah or Sarawak for the reservation
of land for natives of the State or for alienation to them, or for
giving them preferential treatment as regards the alienation of
land by the State.
(6) In this Article “native” means—
(a) in relation to Sarawak, a person who is a citizen and either
belongs to one of the races specified in Clause (7) as
indigenous to the State or is of mixed blood deriving
exclusively from those races; and
(b) in relation to Sabah, a person who is a citizen, is the
child or grandchild of a person of a race indigenous
to Sabah, and was born (whether on or after Malaysia
Day or not) either in Sabah or to a father domiciled in
Sabah at the time of the birth.
(7) The races to be treated for the purposes of the definition of
“native” in Clause (6) as indigenous to Sarawak are the Bukitans,
Bisayahs, Dusuns, Sea Dayaks, Land Dayaks, Kadayans, Kalabits,
Kayans, Kenyahs (including Sabups and Sipengs), Kajangs
(including Sekapans, Kejamans, Lahanans, Punans, Tanjongs and
Kanowits), Lugats, Lisums, Malays, Melanos, Muruts, Penans,
Sians, Tagals, Tabuns and Ukits.
Restriction on extension to non-residents of right to practise
before courts in States of Sabah and Sarawak
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