[Article 42]
Federal Constitution
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(i) when attending any proceedings under this Clause,
the Yang di-Pertuan Agong shall not be accompanied
by the Prime Minister and the other Rulers shall
not be accompanied by their Menteri-Menteri
Besar;
(ii) before arriving at its decision on any matter under
this Clause, the Conference of Rulers shall consider
any written opinion which the Attorney General
may have delivered thereon;
(c) are to be exercised by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong or the
Ruler of a State in respect of his son or daughter, as the
case may be, such powers shall be exercised by the Ruler
of a State nominated by the Conference of Rulers who
shall act in accordance with the advice of the relevant
Pardons Board constituted under this Article.
(13) For the purpose of paragraphs (b) and (c) of Clause (12),
the Yang di-Pertuan Agong or the Ruler of the State concerned,
as the case may be, and the Yang di-Pertua-Yang di-Pertua Negeri
shall not be members of the Conference of Rulers.
Cabinet
43. (1) The Yang di-Pertuan Agong shall appoint a Jemaah
Menteri (Cabinet of Ministers) to advise him in the exercise of his
functions.
(2) The Cabinet shall be appointed as follows, that is to say:
(a) the Yang di-Pertuan Agong shall first appoint as Perdana
Menteri (Prime Minister) to preside over the Cabinet
a member of the House of Representatives who in his
judgment is likely to command the confidence of the
majority of the members of that House; and
(b) he shall on the advice of the Prime Minister appoint other
Menteri (Ministers) from among the members of either
House of Parliament;
but if an appointment is made while Parliament is dissolved a
person who was a member of the last House of Representatives
may be appointed but shall not continue to hold office after the
beginning of the next session of Parliament unless, if he has been
appointed Prime Minister, he is a member of the new House of
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