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Titles of Office Act 1949 s 4

Titles of Office Act 1949 s 4

s 4 Provision for further changes

Whenever any change of title of any public office or of any public body or of any Department of any Government in Malaysia occurs, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong may, if occasion requires, by notification in the Gazette, make any necessary substitution in or addition to the First Schedule, and section 3 shall apply accordingly in conformity with every such substitution or addition: Provided that— (a) in the application of this section to Peninsular Malaysia, in the case of a public office, appointment to which does not involve liability to serve in more than one State, any such notification may be made only with the concurrence of the State Authority concerned; and (b) in the application of this section to Sabah and Sarawak, any such notification may be made only in relation to a change of title of— NOTE—All references to “West Malaysia” shall be construed as reference to “Peninsular Malaysia”–see the Interpretation (Amendment) Act 1997 [Act A996], subsection 5(2). (i) a federal public office; or (ii) a public body established by or under federal law or exercising exclusively federal functions; or (iii) a Department of the Government of Malaysia.

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Find Act 399 on lom.agc.gov.my ↗

Text as at 1 January 2020 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.

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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