[Article 89]
Federal Constitution
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(b) approved by resolution of each House of Parliament passed
by a majority of the total number of members of that
House and by the votes of not less than two-thirds of
the members voting.
(1a) Any law made under Clause (1) providing for the forfeiture
or reversal to the State Authority, or for the deprivation, of the
ownership of any Malay reservation, or of any right or interest
therein, on account of any person, or any corporation, company
or other body (whether corporate or unincorporate) holding the
same ceasing to be qualified or competent under the relevant
law relating to Malay reservations to hold the same, shall not be
invalid on the ground of inconsistency with Article 13.
(2) Any land in a State which is not for the time being a
Malay reservation in accordance with the existing law and has
not been developed or cultivated may be declared as a Malay
reservation in accordance with that law:
Provided that—
(a) where any land in a State is declared a Malay reservation
under this Clause, an equal area of land in that State
which has not been developed or cultivated shall be
made available for general alienation; and
(b) the total area of land in a State for the time being declared
as a Malay reservation under this Clause shall not at
any time exceed the total area of land in that State
which has been made available for general alienation
in pursuance of paragraph (a).
(3) Subject to Clause (4), the Government of any State
may, in accordance with the existing law, declare as a Malay
reservation—
(a) any land acquired by that Government by agreement for
that purpose;
(b) on the application of the proprietor, and with the consent
of every person having a right or interest therein, any
other land,
and shall, in accordance with the existing law, immediately declare
as a Malay reservation, in a case where any land ceases to be a
Malay reservation, any other land of a similar character and of
an area not exceeding the area of that land.
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