Article 5 Federal Constitution Malaysia
This is an unofficial consolidation.
Article 5 federal constitution malaysia. 4 nothing in this article derogates from any other provision of this constitution. And for this purpose parliament may by law make provisions for regulating. The federation was initially called the federation of malaya in malay persekutuan tanah melayu and it adopted its present name malaysia when the states of sabah sarawak and singapore now independent became part of the federation. The original constitution was first introduced as the constitution of the federation of malaya on merdeka day 31 august 1957 and subsequently introduced as the constitution of malaysia on malaysia day 16 september 1963.
Wikipedia article wikidata item. No person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty save in accordance with the law. Federal constitution federal constitution arrangement of articles pa r t i the states religion and law of the federation article 1. The constitution establishes the federation as a.
Supreme law of the federation pa r t ii fundamental liberties 5. It was drafted based on the advice of the reid commission and came into force on 27 august 1957 excerpted from constitution of malaysia on wikipedia the free encyclopedia. In malaysia article 5 of the federal constitution fc provides rights to liberty of the person. The federal constitution of malaysia which came into force in 1957 is the supreme law of malaysia.
Article 5 of the constitution provides for the right to life and personal liberty. Article 5 is the liberty provision. It is drafted by reid commission that headed by lord william reid in order to formulate a constitution for the preparation of a fully self governing and independent federation of malaya. Name states and territories of the federation 2.
Admission of new territories into the federation 3. Part ii of the federal constitution sets out these basic rights or fundamental liberties. Last amendment included here is the federal constitution amendment act 1995 which entered into force on 20 july 1995. The public interest interpretation of article 5 3 of the federal constitution in ooi ah phua 1975 2 mlj 198 in which the court held that the constitutional right to legal representation can be postponed pending police investigation.
5 notwithstanding anything in this constitution the yang di pertuan agong shall be the head of the religion of islam in the federal territories of kuala lumpur labuan and putrajaya. Article 5 1 states that no person shall be denied of his personal liberty unless the law allows it to be. The constitution of malaysia comprising 181 articles is the supreme law of malaysia. Religion of the federation 4.
The constitution of the federation of malaya is the foundation of the federal constitution of malaysia today. However some defects in it should be reform by adopting the principle of constitutionalism.