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Politeknik Kota Bharu

Role of YDPA:

• Article 32 – YDPA as a supreme Head of Federation

• Article 40 – YDPA acts on advice

• Act on advice of cabinet

• Possesses limited discretionary in certain matter

• Article 41 – YDPA as a Supreme Commander or Armed Force

• Head of Islam in His own state, FT, Malacca, Penang, Sabah &

Sarawak

• Article 43 – Appointment of cabinet, deputy minister

• Article 40 – Appointment of Senators

• Article 55 – Summoning, prorogation and dissolution of

parliament

• Article 114 – Election Commission

• Article 122 – Appointment of judges

- Enjoy legal immunity (Faridah Begum Abdullah vs Sultan Hj

Ahmad Shah, 1996)

• Article 145 – Appointment of Attorney General

• Article 150 – Emergency Proclamation

Role of conference of ruler

• Article 38 – Conference rules

• Article 38(3) – Deliberates on matters of national policy

• Article 153 – Privileges of Malays and natives

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