Malaysia Act 1963

For other uses, see Malaysia Act (disambiguation).

Malaysia Act 1963

Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to make provision for and in connection with the federation of North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore with the existing States of the Federation of Malaya.
Citation	1963 c. 35
Territorial extent	United Kingdom
Dates
Royal assent	31 July 1963
Commencement	31 August 1963
Other legislation
Amends	Federation of Malaya Independence Act 1957
Amended by	Civil Aviation Act 1971 Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974 Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977 International Organisations Act 1981 British Nationality Act 1981 Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 Commonwealth Act 2002 Armed Forces Act 2006
Relates to	British Overseas Territories Act 2002
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Revised text of statute as amended
Text of the Malaysia Act 1963 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

Malaysia Act 1963 (c. 35) (document) at Wikisource and Commons

The Malaysia Act 1963 (c. 35) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It came into operation on 31 July 1963.

The act made provisions for the federation of the States of North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore with the existing States of the Federation of Malaya merge with the states of North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore and the union was renamed Malaysia. As a result of the act, the Federation of Malaya was renamed Malaysia on 16 September 1963.

Singapore ceased to be a state of Malaysia on 9 August 1965, becoming an independent state instead.

Subsequent developments

Section 6(2) of, and schedule 3 to, the act were repealed by section 1 of, and part XI of the schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974, which came into force on 27 June 1974.

Section 5 of the act was repealed by section 1(1) of, and part VI of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989, which came into force on 16 November 1989.

See also

• British Nationality Act 1981
• British Overseas Territories Act 2002
• Constitution of Malaysia
• Malaysia Agreement was signed on 9 July 1963 at London

External links

• Text of the Malaysia Act 1963 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
• Text of the Malaysia Act 1963 as originally enacted or made within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.
• Chronological table of the statutes; HMSO, London. 1993. ISBN 0-11-840331-1
• Agreement Relating to Malaysia between Governments of United Kingdom, Federation of Malaya, Crown Colony of North Borneo, Crown Colony of Sarawak and Singapore
• Hansard of Parliament of the United Kingdom Malaysia Bill