CIVIL LIST ACT 1982

LAWS OF MALAYSIA ONLINE VERSION OF UPDATED TEXT OF REPRINT Act 269 CIVIL LIST ACT 1982 As at 1 September 2012 2 CIVIL LIST ACT 1982 Date of Royal Assent … … … … ... 30 April 1982 Date of publication in the Gazette … … ... 13 May 1982 Latest amendment made by P.U. (A) 253/2002 which came into operation on … … … … 1 November 2001 PREVIOUS REPRINT First Reprint … … … … … 2001 3 LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 269 CIVIL LIST ACT 1982 ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section 1 . Short title and commencement 2 . Civil List of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong 3 . Other privileges 4 . Charge on the Consolidated Fund 5 . Payment 6 . Appropriation, application of the Financial Procedure Act 1957 and virement 7 . Change of holder of office 8 . Amendment of Schedules 9 . Repeal FIRST SCHEDULE SECOND SCHEDULE THIRD SCHEDULE FOURTH SCHEDULE 5 LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 269 CIVIL LIST ACT 1982 An Act to make provision for the Civil List of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and for other related matters. [1 July 1981] BE IT ENACTED by the Seri Paduka Baginda Yang di-Pertuan Agong with the advice and consent of the Dewan Negara and Dewan Rakyat in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: Short title and commencement 1. This Act may be cited as the Civil List Act 1982 and shall be deemed to have come into force on 1 July 1981. Civil List of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong 2. (1) There shall be paid for the Civil List of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong the yearly sums specified in the First, Second and Third Schedules and such sums as may be necessary for the provision of privileges determined pursuant to the Fourth Schedule. (2) Payments in respect of the amounts specified in the First Schedule shall be made to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong. (3) Payments in respect of the amounts specified in the Second Schedule shall be made to, and be under the control of, the 6 Laws of Malaysia ACT 269 controlling officer appointed pursuant to section 15A of the Financial Procedure Act 1957 [Act 61]. (4) Payments in respect of the amounts specified in the Third Schedule shall be made to the Raja Permaisuri Agong. Other privileges 3. There shall be granted to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong and the Raja Permaisuri Agong such privileges as may be determined pursuant to the Fourth Schedule. Charge on the Consolidated Fund 4. The sums required for the payments and for the provision of privileges under sections 2 and 3 shall be charged on the Consolidated Fund. Payment 5. The yearly sums payable under the First and Third Schedule shall— (a) accrue from day to day; and (b) be payable monthly on the last day of each month or on such other day of the month as the Minister of Finance may from time to time determine. Appropriation, application of the Financial Procedure Act 1957 and virement 6. (1) The amounts specified in the Second Schedule in any year shall be appropriated to the purposes of expenditure specified therein respectively and shall be expended in that year by the controlling Civil List 7 officer, and, subject to subsection (2), every warrant issued in respect of such amounts shall lapse in accordance with subsection 13(6) of the Financial Procedure Act 1957. (2) If it appears that the sum appropriated to any purpose of expenditure as specified in the Second Schedule in any year will not wholly be required for expenditure for that purpose in that year the Prime Minister, after consultation with the Minister of Finance, may direct that the amount not so required be applied as an addition to the sum available for any other purpose. Change of holder of office 7. In the event of there being a change of holder of the office of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong or of the Raja Permaisuri Agong, there shall be made such adjustments and distribution of the yearly sums due and payable under the First and Third Schedules as the circumstances of the case may require. Amendment of Schedules 8. The Cabinet may by order amend the Schedules from time to time. Repeal 9. The Civil Lists Ordinance 1957 [Ord. 70 of 1957] is repealed. 8 Laws of Malaysia ACT 269 FIRST SCHEDULE (a) Privy Purse ... ... RM608,400.00 or the sum payable in respect of the Privy Purse under State law to the Ruler of a State on the date of such Ruler’s election as the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, whichever sum is greater (b) Entertainment Allowance ... ... RM202,800.00 (c) Istana Negara Royal Allowance ... ... RM243,360.00 SECOND SCHEDULE (a) (b) (c) Expenses of the Istana and Hospitality ... ... RM2,259,100.00 Salaries of the Staff of the Istana ... ... RM1,514,700.00 Royal Bounty, Alms and Special Services ... ... RM50,000.00 THIRD SCHEDULE (a) Privy Purse ... ... RM113,568.00 (b) Entertainment Allowance ... ... RM36,504.00 (c) Istana Negara Royal Allowance ... ... RM46,800.00 Civil List 9 FOURTH SCHEDULE There shall be provided such privileges as may be determined by the Cabinet from time to time. 10 LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 269 CIVIL LIST ACT 1982 LIST OF AMENDMENTS Amending law Short title In force from P.U. (A) 28/1987 Civil List (Amendment of Second Schedule) (No. 1) Order 1987 01-01-1985 P.U. (A) 29/1987 Civil List (Amendment of Second Schedule) (No. 2) Order 1987 Civil List (Amendment Second Schedule) (No. 3) Order 1987 01-01-1986 of 01-01-1987 P.U. (A) 76/1995 Civil List (Amendment of First and Third Schedules) Order 1995 01-01-1994 P.U. (A) 253/2002 Civil List (Amendment of First and Third Schedules) Order 2002 01-11-2001 P.U. (A) 30/1987 11 LAWS OF MALAYSIA Act 269 CIVIL LIST ACT 1982 LIST OF SECTION AMENDED Section Amending authority In force from FIRST SCHEDULE P.U. (A) 76/1995 P.U. (A) 253/2002 01-01-1994 01-11-2001 SECOND SCHEDULE P.U. (A) 28/1987 P.U. (A) 29/1987 P.U. (A) 30/1987 01-01-1985 01-01-1986 01-01-1987 T HIRD SCHEDULE P.U. (A) 76/1995 P.U. (A) 253/2002 01-01-1994 01-11-2001