Federal Constitution
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Art. 86
Clause (6)
This Clause was added by Act A585, section 23, in force from 14-04-1984 and read as
follows:
“(6) The foregoing provisions of this Article shall not apply to any land or interest in
land in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur or the Federal Territory of Labuan howsoever
vested in the Federation, and the Federation may dispose of such land or interest.”.
1. This Article was substituted by Act A704, section 6, in force from 10-06-1988. The previous
Article read as follows:
“86. (1) Where any interest in land is vested in the Federation, the Federation may,
subject to Article 84 and to Clause (2) of this Article, dispose of that interest or any
smaller interest in the land.
(2) Every such disposition of an interest in land shall be made conditional on the land
being used for a federal purpose specified therein, and no such disposition shall be made
to a person other than a public authority except��
(a) under and in accordance with the provisions of federal law; or
(b) by an order of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong laid and approved in accordance with
Clause (3):
Provided that nothing in this Clause shall apply to a disposition authorized by
Article 84 or Article 85, or to a disposition by the Federation to any person for the purposes
of the implementation of any treaty, agreement or convention with any other country, or to
any person in his capacity as consular or diplomatic representative of any other country.
(3) An order of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong under paragraph (b) of Clause (2) shall be
laid before both Houses of Parliament and shall not take effect until it is approved by
resolution of each House.
(4) Except as provided by Article 84, no interest in land vested for federal purposes in a
public authority, or vested in any other person by virtue of a disposition under this Article,
shall be disposed of by that authority or person otherwise than to the Federation.
(5) Where any interest in land in a State is disposed of by or to the Federation or any
public authority in pursuance of this Article or of Article 84 or 85, it shall be the duty
of the Government of that State to register the transaction accordingly.
(6) The foregoing provisions of this Article shall not apply to any land or interest in land
in the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur or the Federal Territory of Labuan howsoever
vested in the Federation, and the Federation may dispose of such land or interest.”.
2. See Art. 88.
Art. 87
See Art. 88 & 156.
Clause 2(a)
a. This paragraph was substituted by Act 26/1963, section 70, in force from 16-09-1963,
and replaced the original paragraph which read as follows:
“(a) a chairman, who shall be a person who is or has been or is qualified to be a
judge of the Supreme Court, and who shall be appointed by the Chief Justice;”.
b. Subsection 18(2) of Act A566, in force from 01-01-1985, provides that a reference to
the Federal Court shall now be construed as a reference to the Supreme Court.
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