[Article 76]
Federal Constitution
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(b) for the purpose of promoting uniformity of the laws of
two or more States; or
(c) if so requested by the Legislative Assembly of any
State.
(2) No law shall be made in pursuance of paragraph (a) of
Clause (1) with respect to any matters of Islamic law or the custom
of the Malays or to any matters of native law or custom in the
States of Sabah and Sarawak and no Bill for a law under that
paragraph shall be introduced into either House of Parliament until
the Government of any State concerned has been consulted.
(3) Subject to Clause (4), a law made in pursuance of paragraph
(b) or paragraph (c) of Clause (1) shall not come into operation
in any State until it has been adopted by a law made by the
Legislature of that State, and shall then be deemed to be a State
law and not a federal law, and may accordingly be amended or
repealed by a law made by that Legislature.
(4) Parliament may, for the purpose only of ensuring uniformity
of law and policy, make laws with respect to land tenure, the
relations of landlord and tenant, registration of titles and deeds
relating to land, transfer of land, mortgages, leases and charges in
respect of land, easements and other rights and interests in land,
compulsory acquisition of land, rating and valuation of land, and
local government; and paragraph (b) of Clause (1) and Clause
(3) shall not apply to any law relating to any such matter.
Power of Parliament to extend legislative powers of States
76a. (1) It is hereby declared that the power of Parliament to
make laws with respect to a matter enumerated in the Federal
List includes power to authorize the Legislatures of the States or
any of them, subject to such conditions or restrictions (if any) as
Parliament may impose, to make laws with respect to the whole
or any part of that matter.
(2) Notwithstanding Article 75, a State law made under authority
conferred by Act of Parliament as mentioned in Clause (1) may,
if and to the extent that the Act so provides, amend or repeal
(as regards the State in question) any federal law passed before
that Act.
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