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United Nations — Treaty Series
1970

necessary to secure that it may become generally known among persons interested, a notice stating—

(a) the effect of their proposed recommendations, and that a copy of those recommendations is open to inspection at a specified place in each of the proposed constituencies ; and
(b) that representations with respect to the proposed recommendations may be made to the Commission within one month after the publication of the notice ;

and the Commission shall take into consideration any representations duly made in accordance with any such notice.

(5) As soon as may be after the Election Commission have submitted their report on the State to the Prime Minister, he shall lay the report before the House of Representatives.
(6) Together with the report there shall be laid before the House the draft of an order for giving effect with or without modifications to the recommendations contained in the report, and a draft order for that purpose shall not be submitted to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong until the House has been given the opportunity to debate the report on a motion relating to such an order.
(7) If, on such a motion, the draft order is approved by resolution of the House, it shall be submitted to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong in the form in which it is so approved.
(8) If, on such a motion, the draft order is not so approved, then unless the Prime Minister thinks fit to lay a further draft before the House (in which event this and the preceding sub-section shall apply to that draft as they apply to the draft first laid before the House), the draft order shall be submitted to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong with such modifications (if any) as the Prime Minister thinks fit having regard to the debate on the draft order.
(9) Before a draft order is submitted to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, under sub-section (8) or a further draft laid instead before the House, the Prime Minister shall have such consultation with the Election Commission as he may consider necessary.
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