Malaysia Act 1963

The Malaysia Act 1963 (1963 C 35) was an Act of Parliament in the United Kingdom. It came into operation on 31 July 1963.

For other uses, see Malaysia Act (disambiguation).
Malaysia Act 1963
Long titleAn 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.
Citation1963 Chapter 35
Dates
Royal assent31 July 1963
Other legislation
Relates toBritish Nationality Act 1981
British Overseas Territories Act 2002
Status: Current legislation
Text of statute as originally enacted
Part of the
Formation of Malaysia
Events
Malaysia Bill
Cobbold Commission
 • 18-point agreement
 • 20-point agreement
Singaporean referendum
Sarawak communist insurgency
Piracy in the Sulu Sea
 • Cross border attacks in Sabah
 • Moro conflict
Brunei revolt
 • North Borneo Federation
Indonesia–Malaysia confrontation
Manila Accord
Maphilindo
Sarawak Self-governance
Malaysia Act 1963
North Borneo Self-governance
Proclamation of Malaysia
Operation Claret
1964 race riots in Singapore
MacDonald House bombing
PAP–UMNO relations
Proclamation of Singapore
UN Security Council Resolution 213
Singapore Agreement
South Thailand insurgency
2019 failed constitutional amendment
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Malaysia Act 1963 (1963 C 35) (document) at Wikisource and Commons

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[1][2][3] 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.[4]

Singapore ceased to be a state of Malaysia on 9 August 1965, becoming an independent state instead.[5]

See also

References
  1. See: Federation of Malaya Independence Act 1957
  2. See: United Nations Security Council Resolution 125
  3. See : Agreement relating to Malaysia between United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Federation of Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore – Annex A – Malaysia Bill
  4. myGovernment : History of the Constitution – The basis of the Federal Constitution of Malaysia is the Constitution of the Federation of Malaya. Archived 19 December 2012 at Archive.today
  5. See: the Independence of Singapore Agreement 1965 and the Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom Singapore Act 1966.
  • The UK Statute Law Database:
  • Chronological table of the statutes; HMSO, London. 1993. ISBN 0-11-840331-1
  • Agreement Relating to Malaysia between Governments of United Kingdom, Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore
  • Hansard of Parliament of the United Kingdom Malaysia Bill

Works related to Hansard of Parliament of the United Kingdom (1963) – Malaysia Bill at Wikisource

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