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 MalayaSee: Federation of Malaya Independence Act 1957See: United Nations Security Council Resolution 125See : 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 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.myGovernment : History of the Constitution – The basis of the Federal Constitution of Malaysia is the Constitution of the Federation of Malaya.
Singapore ceased to be a state of Malaysia on 9 August 1965, becoming an independent state instead.See: the Independence of Singapore Agreement 1965 and the Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom Singapore Act 1966.
Subsequent developments Section 6(2) of, and schedule 3 to, the act were repealed by section 1 of, and part XI of the schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974, which came into force on 27 June 1974.
Section 5 of the act was repealed by section 1(1) of, and part VI of schedule 1 to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989, which came into force on 16 November 1989.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
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Chronological table of the statutes; HMSO, London. 1993. 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