Presentation
Do you know how many articles that the Constitution has? There is 183 Articles with 13 Schedules in them. Each article has several sections that explain the in details the guideline and legislation matters. For example, Articles 1-4 are about States, Religion and Laws for the Federation. Articles 5-13 are about Freedom of Rights and Articles 14-22 are about Citizenship.
Generally, the main articles of the Constitution are on the following:
- Malaysia as a Federation
- Malaysia as a Constitutional Monarchy
- Malaysia as a country that practises a democratic parliamentary system of rule
- Malaysia practices freedom of religion with Islam as the official religion
- The supremacy of the Constitution and laws
- Malaysia as a country that practices the separation of powers
- Judiciary system as an independent body and free from any influence and control of the Executive and Legislative bodies
- National language, citizenship and special rights of bumiputras abd pribumis of Sabah and Sarawak