KUALA LUMPUR: The Malay version of the Federal Constitution will supersede the English text as the authoritative supreme law of the country when it receives Royal Assent from the Yang di-Pertuan Agong.
While no date has been given for the enforcement, the Constitution was amended in 2001 to include Article 160B, which provides for the King to stipulate that the version in the national language was the valid text.
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