This agreement provided for a high commissioner and a federal legislative council. Singapores merger with the federation of malaya and the malaysia agreement, november 1962 september 1963 toh boon kwan. The malayan union was superseded by the federation of malaya on 1 february 1948, and achieved independence within the commonwealth of nations on 31 august 1957. In the 1948 federation of malaya agreement, the british. The federation of malaya agreement was signed on 1 april 1946 at king house by the malay rulers, and by sir edward gent as the representative of the british government. Federation of malaya of 12th october, 1957, 1 and its annexes shall apply to all territories of malaysia, and any reference in that agreement to the federation of malaya shall be deemed to apply to malaysia, subject to the proviso that the government of malaysia will afford to the government of. The federation of malaya agreement 1948 was signed by both. The organization and role of the special branch of the. Pdf puteraamcja was a coalition of political organisation, comprising of. The federation of malaya agreement 1948 was signed by both parties ie the from dkt 226 at university of malaysia, perlis. Federation of malaya agreement 1948, clause 126repealed. Federation of malaya agreement wikisource, the free.
Federation of malaya agreement wikisource, the free online library. There are currently no known outstanding effects for the federation of malaya. I do not expect my colleagues to read these two documents in full, and i therefore. Federation of malaya agreement, 1948, made between his late majesty king. The agreement superseded the agreement creating the malayan union, and prepared for the establishment of the federation of malaya on 1 february 1948. The preamble to the agreement recorded their desire that progress should be made towards eventual selfgovernment, and envisaged that, as a first step to that end. The federation of malaya agreement was signed on 21 january 1948 at king house by the malay rulers, and by sir edward gent as the representative of the british government.
Malaysia agreement united nations treaty collection. The federation of malaya was a federation of what previously had been british malaya. It came into being in 1946, through a series of agreements between the united kingdom and the malayan union. Federation of malaya agreement, 1948, made between his late majesty king george vi and their highnesses the rulers of the malay states. Federation of malaya independence act 1957 legislation. Publication date 1951 topics health services administration, public health administration, malaya. Subclause 1 of clause 10 is hereby amended by a the insertion of the words as the high commissioner. In its place the federation of malaya agreement was signed in kuala lumpur on 21 january 1948, and came into force on 1 february of that year.
From 1946 to 1948, the eleven states formed a single british crown colony known as the. The malay rulers and the making of the malayan constitution, 1956. The 1948 federation agreement converted the malay rulers. The federation of malaya agreement was formulated by the britishmalay pleno. Pdf based on the peoples constitution for malaya document, this.
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