Federal Constitution
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FEDERAL CONSTITUTION
Part I
THE STATES, RELIGION AND LAW
OF THE FEDERATION
Name, States and territories of the Federation
1. (1) The Federation shall be known, in Malay and in English,
by the name Malaysia.
(2) The States of the Federation shall be Johore, Kedah,
Kelantan, Malacca, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang, Penang, Perak,
Perlis, Sabah, Sarawak, Selangor and Terengganu.
(3) Subject to Clause (4), the territories of each of the States
mentioned in Clause (2) are the territories comprised therein
immediately before Malaysia Day.
(4) The territory of the State of Selangor shall exclude the
Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur established under the Constitution
(Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1973 [Act A206] and the Federal Territory
of Putrajaya established under the Constitution (Amendment) Act
2001 [Act A1095] and the territory of the State of Sabah shall
exclude the Federal Territory of Labuan established under the
Constitution (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1984 [Act A585], and all
such Federal Territories shall be territories of the Federation.
Admission of new territories into the Federation
2. Parliament may by law—
(a) admit other States to the Federation;
(b) alter the boundaries of any State,
but a law altering the boundaries of a State shall not be passed
without the consent of that State (expressed by a law made by
the Legislature of that State) and of the Conference of Rulers.
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