Agreement relating to Malaysia between United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Federation of Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore/Annex A/Second Schedule

by the Governments of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Federation of Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore

SECOND SCHEDULE
SECTION ADDED TO EIGHTH SCHEDULE TO CONSTITUTION

23. (1) Part I of this Schedule shall apply to the States of Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore as it applies to the States of Penang and Malacca except for the modifications of section 10 stated in subsection (2) of this section.

(2) Section 10 in its application to the State of Sabah, Sarawak or Singapore may be modified by the substitution for the words " one of its members to be Speaker " in sub-section (1) of the words " as Speaker such person as the Assembly may determine ", by the omission of the word " other " in sub-section (3), and by the addition of a sub-section (4)—

" (4) A person shall not be chosen to be Speaker, unless he is a member or qualified to be a member of the Legislative Assembly, and the Speaker, whether a member or not, shall vacate his office on the dissolution of the Assembly, and may at any time resign his office."