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United Nations — Treaty Series
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(b) authorise a refusal to renew to any person any such permit or licence or a refusal to grant to the heirs, successors or assigns of any person any permit or licence when the renewal or grant might in accordance with the other provisions of the law reasonably be expected in the ordinary course of events, or prevent any person from transferring together with his business any transferable licence to operate that business ; or
(c) where no permit or licence was previously required for the operation or the trade or business, authorise a refusal to grant a permit or licence to any person for the operation of any trade or business which immediately before the coming into force of the law he had been bona fide carrying on, or authorise a refusal subsequently to renew to any such person any permit or licence, or a refusal to grant to the heirs, successors or assigns of any such person any such permit or licence when the renewal or grant might in accordance with the other provisions of that law reasonably be expected in the ordinary course of events.
(9) Nothing in this Article shall empower the Legislature to restrict any trade or business solely to Natives.
(10) In this Article, "Native" means a person who is a citizen, is the child or grandchild of a person indigenous to the State, and was born (whether on or after Malaysia Day or not) either in the State or to a father domiciled in the State at the time of the birth.

The Public Seal.

42. The Yang di-Pertua Negara shall keep and use the Public Seal of the State for all things that shall pass that Seal ; and, until a Seal shall be provided for the State, a stamp bearing the inscription " State of Sabah: Public Seal of the State " may be used as the Public Seal of the State.

Amendment of Constitution.

43. (1) Subject to the following provisions of this Article the provisions Arandment of this Constitution may be amended by an Enactment passed by the Legislature but may not be amended by any other means.
(2) Subject to clause (3), a Bill for making an amendment to this Constitution shall not be passed by the Legislative Assembly unless it has been supported on the second or third readings by the votes of not less than two-thirds of the total number of members thereof.
(3) Clause (2) shall not apply to a Bill for making—
(a) any amendment consequential on a law prescribing the number of elected members of the Legislative Assembly ; or
(b) any amendment for the purpose of bringing this Constitution into accord with any of the provisions of the Eighth Schedule to the Federal Constitution as for the time being in force.
(4) In this article "amendment" includes addition and repeal.

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