Malaysia Citizenship

(1) Introduction: 

Citizenship is a status of being citizen of nation according to federal constitution of Malaysia has specific provision from article 14 to 31 relating to Malaysian citizenship. Citizenship law was first implemented in several Malaysian states before Malay achieved independence. The status is being citizen the quality of person conduct as member of country is citizenship so the concept of citizenship in Malaysia is not new. Citizenship requires some specific characters. The federal constitution of Malaysia elaborates the grounds of achieving and lousing modes to acquire citizenship in Malaysia.  

(2) Modes to require citizenship in Malaysia:  

Following are the general and specific modes to require citizenship in Malaysia:

(a) By operation of law:

Every person born before Malaysia day e.g. 16 September 1963 became a Malay national. Further every person with in Malaysia on is before Merdeka and before October 1962 also became Malaysian national. 

(b) Citizenship by registration:

This clause relates to registration of members indifferent grounds. Following are the main grounds. Any marriage woman who is husband Malay national and upon making application to the federal government may apply for the registration of his wife, the government may grant citizenship on the applicant of such husband. Every marriage woman who marriage is register in accordance with any law enforce in federation may demand for registration.

(c) Registration under special powers to register:

The federal government may in such special circumstance as it since fit cause any person under the age of 21 years to the register as citizen according to article 18. 

(d) Registration under the granted of residence:

According to Malaysian government citizenship can be granted on the ground of residence at the various states on various term and condition. The term and condition each state is different though are different but the propose to grant nationality is to facilities to resident. In states of Sabah, Sara walk almost the term are same.

(e) General provisions of registration:

There are some specific as well as general provisions to grand registration according to first schedule of the constitution article 18 enumerates that no person above the age of 18 years shall be register as citizen until he was taken the oath set out first schedule of the constitution. It is the authority of federal government to grant or reject the application of registration.

(f) Citizenship by agreement:

If any new territory annexes or admitted to the federation after the Malaysia day. This is improved to makes laws for the grant of nationality on specific term and condition. 

(g) How citizenship is revoke:

There are many provisions from article 23 to 31 relations to the deprivation, calculation, renunciation and revocation. Following are the main modes of termination and revocation:

1) If any person of 21 years are above became the citizen of another country may revoke his citizenship.  

2) If the federal government is stratified that any citizen had acquire by registration. The citizenship of any country outside the federation government may deprive such person of it citizenship.

3) It is also the powers of federal government to deprive the citizenship of any citizen by registration or by naturalization on the ground of fraud misrepresentation.

4) The federal government may the revoke the citizenship of any person on the application of revocation. 

(3) Conclusion: 

To conclude I can say that citizenship is a powers to become member of a state. In Malaysia there are various modes to acquire and louse citizenship. The federal government is fully improved to administered and regulate the citizenship matters. The federal constitution provides comprehensive laws about citizenship in its articles from 14 to 31.