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Articles of Constitution

 Article

Sections of Act, and provision for insertion

161 Use of English and of native languages in Borneo States.

161A Special position of natives in Borneo States.

161B Restriction on extension to non-residents of right to practise before courts in Borneo States.

161C Muslim education in Borneo States.

161D Freedom of religion.

161E Safeguards for constitutional position of Borneo States.

Sections 61, 62, 63, 64, 65 and 66 of the Act are to be inserted as Articles 161, 161A, 161B, 161C, 16lD, and 16lE respectively, after the present Article 160, and are to become, with Articles 161F to 161H, Part XIlA under the heading "Additional protections for Borneo States and Singapore ", and to be Chapter 1 of that Part under the heading " Borneo States ".

161F Use of unofficial languages in Singapore Assembly.

161G Special position of Malays in Singapore.

161H Safeguards for constitutional position of Singapore.

Sections 67, 68 and 69 of the Act are to be inserted as Articles 161F, 161G and 161H respectively, after the new Article 16lE, and are to become Chapter 2 of the new Part XIIA under the heading " Singapore ".

SECOND SCHEDULE
SECTION ADDED TO EIGHTH SCHEDULE TO CONSTITUTION

23. (1) Part I of this Schedule shall apply to the States of Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore as it applies to the States of Penang and Malacca except for the modifications of section 10 stated in subsection (2) of this section.

(2) Section 10 in its application to the State of Sabah, Sarawak or Singapore may be modified by the substitution for the words " one of its members to be Speaker " in sub-section (1) of the words " as Speaker such person as the Assembly may determine ", by the omission of the word " other " in sub-section (3), and by the addition of a sub-section (4)—

" (4) A person shall not be chosen to be Speaker, unless he is a member or qualified to be a member of the Legislative Assembly, and the Speaker, whether a member or not, shall vacate his office on the dissolution of the Assembly, and may at any time resign his office."

THIRD SCHEDULE
CITIZENSHIP (AMENDMENT OF SECOND SCHEDULE TO CONSTITUTION)
PART I
Citizenship by Operation of Law of Persons born before Malaysia Day, other than Singapore Citizens

1. (1) Subject to the provisions of Part III of this Constitution and anything done thereunder before Malaysia Day, the following persons born before Malaysia Day are citizens by operation of law, that is to say:

(a) every person who immediately before Merdeka Day, was a citizen of the Federation by virtue of any of the provisions of the Federation of Malaya Agreement, 1948, whether by operation of law or otherwise ;

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