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PART VI
TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

Existing laws.

48. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Article and to any provision made on or after Malaysia Day by or under Federal law or State law, all existing laws shall on and after the commencement of this Constitution continue to have effect but shall be construed with such modifications, adaptations, qualifications and exceptions as may be necessary to bring them into conformity with the provisions of this Constitution.

(2) Subject as aforesaid and without prejudice to the generality of clause (1), references in any existing law to the colony of North Borneo or any officer holding office under the Government of the colony or to any authority or body constituted in or for the colony shall be construed on and after the commencement of this Constitution as references to the State or to the corresponding officer, authority or body respectively.

(3) (a) The Governor of the colony of North Borneo may by order made at any time before Malaysia Day make such modifications in any existing law as appear to him to be necessary or expedient in consequence of the promulgation of this Constitution or the passing of the Malaysia Act, 1963

(b) This clause shall come into operation on the publication of this Constitution in the Gazette.

(c) An order made under this clause shall have effect from such date, not being later than the commencement of this Constitution, as may be specified therein.

(4) (a) The Yang di-Pertua Negara may by order at any time after during the commencement of this Constitution and before the end of August, 1965, make such modifications in any existing law, to the extent that it is by virtue of the provisions of the Federal Constitution treated as a State law, as appear to him to be necessary or expedient in consequence of the promulgation of this Constitution or the passing of the Malaysia Act, 1963.

(b) An order made under this clause shall have effect from such date, not being earlier than the commencement of this Constitution, as may be specified therein.

(5) Any provision made by an order under this Article with respect to any law may be amended or repealed in like manner as that law.

(6) An order made under clause (3) shall be laid before the Legislative Assembly as soon as may be on or after Malaysia Day and an order made under clause (4) shall be so laid as soon as may be after it is made.

(7) In clauses (3) and (4) "modification" includes amendment, adaptation and repeal.

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