Ministerial Functions Act 1969

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Ministerial Functions Act 1969
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Parliament of Malaysia
An Act to make provisions for declaring the functions and the transfer of functions of Ministers, for declaring the styles and titles of Ministers, and for incidental and connected purposes.
Citation Act 2
Territorial extent Throughout Malaysia
Enacted by Dewan Rakyat
Date passed 11 January 1969
Enacted by Dewan Negara
Date passed 27 January 1969
Date of Royal Assent 15 February 1969
Date commenced 27 February 1969
Date effective 27 February 1969
Legislative history
Bill introduced in the Dewan Rakyat Ministerial Functions Bill 1969
Introduced by Khaw Kai Boh, Minister of Housing and Local Government
First reading 10 January 1969
Second reading 11 January 1969
Third reading 11 January 1969
Bill introduced in the Dewan Negara Ministerial Functions Bill 1969
Introduced by Abdul Ghafar Baba, Minister without Portfolio
First reading 27 January 1969
Second reading 27 January 1969
Third reading 27 January 1969
Related legislation
Ministers of the Federal Government (Transfer of Functions) Ordinance 1951 [No. 15 of 1951]
Keywords
Ministerial function
Status: In force

The Ministerial Functions Act 1969 (Malay : Akta Fungsi-fungsi Menteri 1969), is a Malaysian laws which enacted to make provisions for declaring the functions and the transfer of functions of Ministers, for declaring the styles and titles of Ministers, and for incidental and connected purposes.

Malay language Austronesian language

Malay is a major language of the Austronesian family spoken in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. A language of the Malays, it is spoken by 290 million people across the Strait of Malacca, including the coasts of the Malay Peninsula of Malaysia and the eastern coast of Sumatra in Indonesia and has been established as a native language of part of western coastal Sarawak and West Kalimantan in Borneo. It is also used as a trading language in the southern Philippines, including the southern parts of the Zamboanga Peninsula, the Sulu Archipelago and the southern predominantly Muslim-inhabited municipalities of Bataraza and Balabac in Palawan.

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Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of 13 states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two similarly sized regions, Peninsular Malaysia and East Malaysia. Peninsular Malaysia shares a land and maritime border with Thailand and maritime borders with Singapore, Vietnam, and Indonesia. East Malaysia shares land and maritime borders with Brunei and Indonesia and a maritime border with the Philippines and Vietnam. Kuala Lumpur is the national capital and largest city while Putrajaya is the seat of federal government. With a population of over 30 million, Malaysia is the world's 44th most populous country. The southernmost point of continental Eurasia, Tanjung Piai, is in Malaysia. In the tropics, Malaysia is one of 17 megadiverse countries, with large numbers of endemic species.

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Structure

The Ministerial Functions Act 1969, in its current form (1 June 2013), consists of only 5 sections and no schedule (including no amendment), without separate Part.

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