Revenue Growth Grants Act 1977 s 4

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s 4 Apportionment amongst States equally and on population basis

The sum of money allocated under paragraph 2(a) shall be apportioned as grants amongst the States as follows— (a) one half of the sum shall be apportioned equally amongst the thirteen States; and (b) the remaining half shall be apportioned proportionately amongst the States, on the basis of the population of each State as determined at the last census taken before the preceding financial year, at two shares per head for the first five hundred thousand, one share per head for the next five hundred thousand and a half share per head for the remainder of each State’s population. Apportionment amongst States whose per capita gross domestic product is below national average 4 A. The sum of money allocated under paragraph 2(b) shall be apportioned as grants amongst States whose per capita gross domestic product is below the national average of the per capita gross domestic product. The per capita gross domestic product of the Federation and all the States of the Federation shall be determined by the Federation. The grant to be given to each eligible State shall be in proportion to the percentage which the difference between the national average and the eligible State’s per capita gross domestic product bears to the sum of all the differences between the national average and each eligible State’s per capita gross domestic product.

Malay text (authoritative)

Pembahagian antara Negeri sama banyak dan berdasarkan bilangan penduduk

Jumlah wang yang diperuntukkan di bawah perenggan 2(a) hendaklah dibahagi-bahagikan sebagai pemberian antara Negeri seperti yang berikut— (a) setengah daripada jumlah itu hendaklah dibahagi-bahagikan sama banyak antara tiga belas buah Negeri; dan (b) setengah yang selebihnya hendaklah dibahagi-bahagikan secara berkadar antara Negeri-Negeri, berdasarkan bilangan penduduk tiap-tiap buah Negeri sebagaimana yang ditentukan dalam banci akhir yang diambil sebelum tahun kewangan yang sebelumnya, mengikut dua bahagian bagi seorang bagi lima ratus ribu orang yang pertama, satu bahagian bagi seorang bagi lima ratus ribu orang yang berikutnya dan setengah bahagian bagi seorang bagi bilangan penduduk yang selebihnya bagi tiap-tiap buah Negeri.

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Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).

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