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(b) Clause 2(3) of the Eighth Schedule should allow persons who are citizens by registration to be appointed Chief Minister;

(c) the Legislative Assembly should be able to choose its Speaker either from among the members of the Assembly or from among persons who are not members but are qualified to be members;

(d) Sarawak should be allowed to call their Executive Council "the Supreme Council" and to call their Legislative Assembly "the Council Negri";

(e) in section 4(1), the words after "provide" should not apply, and

(f) provision should be made giving a member of the Legislative Assembly who becomes subject to the disqualification mentioned in section 6 (1)(e) a period of grace during which to pursue an appeal against his conviction or sentence, and securing that during that period the member should be suspended from taking part in the proceedings of the Assembly

(4) Until the expiration of ten years after Malaysia Day, or such earlier date as the Federal Government may, in relation to either State, prescribe with the concurrence of the Government of that State, provision on the lines of Part II of the Eighth Schedule, which, will require amendment in the light of the terms of the draft State Constitution, should apply. This would ensure that the essential parts of the State Constitution are not amended in such a way that the amendments would constitute a backward step from the position on Malaysia Day.

21. Distribution of Legislative Powers

(1) The modifications to the Legislative Lists which should be made in respect of the Bomeo States are set out in Annex A to this Report. (2) New provision should be inserted in the Federal Constitution enabling the Federal Parliament by law to empower a State Legislature to legislate, either unconditionally or subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be specified in the law, on a matter on the Federal List. Until such time as Parliament otherwise provides, this power and the power to authorize the State to exercise federal executive authority under Article 80 (4) should also be exercisable in relation to the Borneo States by order made by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong which should be required to be laid before both Houses of the Federal Parliament as soon as practicable after it has been made.

(3) To the extent that power to legislate on a matter on the Federal List is conferred on a State Legislature, the principles contained in Article 82 regarding the distribution of financial burdens should apply as respects that State as if the matter were one enumerated in the Concurrent List.

(4) A reference to the law or custom of Natives (defined as in paragraph 29) should be inserted after the reference to Muslim law or custom of the Malays in Article 76 (2).

(5) Article 76 (4), which empowers the Federal Parliament to legislate on certain State matters for the purpose of ensuring uniformity of law and policy, should not apply to the Borneo States.

22. Land

(1) So as to ensure that State Governments are consulted with regard to the acquisition under Article 83 of alienated as well as unalienated, land in the State for Federal purposes, Article 83 (5)(a) should not apply to the Borneo States. (2) Article 88 should, subject to the preceding paragraph, be replaced by provision on the following lines:—

"Parliament may by law make any provision necessary to adapt Articles 83 to 86 in order that they may apply to land in the States of North Borneo, Malacca, Penang, Sarawak and Singapore as nearly as practicable, having regard to differences in the system of land tenure, in the same manner as they apply to land in other States."

(3) Article 89, which relates to Malay reservations, should not apply to the Borneo States and instead there should be provision in the Constitution enabling the legislature of a Borneo State to make provision with respect to the reservation or alienation of land to Natives of the State (For the meaning of the expression Natives, see paragraph 29 of this Report).