CAPITATION GRANT ACT 2026

Capitation Grant LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 880 CAPITATION GRANT ACT 2026 1 2 Laws of Malaysia Act 880 Date of Royal Assent ... ... 30 March 2026 Date of publication in the Gazette ... ... 31 March 2026 Publisher’s Copyright C PERCETAKAN NASIONAL MALAYSIA BERHAD All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording and/or otherwise without the prior permission of Percetakan Nasional Malaysia Berhad (Appointed Printer to the Government of Malaysia). 3 Capitation Grant LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 880 CAPITATION GRANT ACT 2026 An Act to amend the provisions of Part I of the Tenth Schedule to the Federal Constitution. [ ] WHEREAS by Clause (2) of Article 109 of the Federal Constitution it is provided that Parliament may from time to time by law vary the rates of the capitation grant appearing in Part I of the Tenth Schedule to the Constitution: AND WHEREAS pursuant to Clause (4)(b) of Article 159 of the Federal Constitution any amendment to the Constitution incidental to or consequential on the exercise of any power to make law conferred on Parliament by any provision of the Constitution, other than Articles 74 and 76, is excepted from the provisions of Clause (3) of Article 159: NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ENACTED by the Parliament of Malaysia as follows: Short title and commencement 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Capitation Grant Act 2026. (2) This Act comes into operation on 1 April 2026. 4 Laws of Malaysia Act 880 Amendment of Part I of the Tenth Schedule to the Federal Constitution 2. Subsection 1(1) of Part I of the Tenth Schedule to the Federal Constitution is amended by substituting for paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) the following paragraphs: “(a) for the first 100,000 persons at the rate of RM102.00 per person; (b) for the next 500,000 persons at the rate of RM14.00 per person; (c) for the next 500,000 persons at the rate of RM13.50 per person; (d) for the remainder at the rate of RM13.00 per person,”.