Federal Constitution NOTES Art. 11 Clause (4) a. The words “and in respect of the Federal Territory, federal law” were inserted after “State law” by Act A206, section 11, in force from 01-02-1974. b. The words “religion of Islam” substituted for “Muslim religion” by Act A354, section 45, in force from 27-08-1976. c. Subsequently the words “Territories of Kuala Lumpur and Labuan” substituted for “Territory” by Act A585, section 20, in force from 16-04-1984. d. The words “Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya” substituted for “Kuala Lumpur and Labuan” by Act A1095, section 13, in force from 01-02-2001. Art. 12 Clause (2) a. The present Clause was inserted by Act A354, section 6, in force from 27-08-1976, and replaced the earlier Clause which read as follows: “(2) Every religious group has the right to establish and maintain institutions for the education of children and provide therein instruction in its own religion, and there shall be no discrimination on the ground only of religion in any law relating to such institutions or in the administration of any such law; but federal law or State law may provide for special financial aid for the establishment or maintenance of Muslim institutions or the instruction in the Muslim religion of persons professing that religion.”. b. The words “or State law” which appear after “federal law” in the above Clause were inserted by Act 25/1963, subsection 2(1), in force from 31-08-1957.