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LAWS OF MALAYSIA

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Act 59

CITY OF KUALA LUMPUR

ACT 1971
Incorporating all amendments up to 1 January 2006

PUBLISHED BY
THE COMMISSIONER OF LAW REVISION , MALAYSIA
UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE REVISION OF LAWS ACT 1968
IN COLLABORATION WITH MALAYAN LAW JOURNAL SDN BHD AND
PERCETAKAN NASIONAL MALAYSIA BHD
2006

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CITY OF KUALA LUMPUR ACT 1971

Date of Royal Assent… … … … 29 December 1971

Date of publication in the Gazette… … 30 December 1971

PREVIOUS REPRINTS
First Reprint … … … … … 1992
Second Reprint … … … … 1999

PREPARED FOR PUBLICATION BY

MALAYAN LAW JOURNAL SDN BHD
AND PRINTED BY
PERCETAKAN NASIONAL MALAYSIA BERHAD
KUALA LUMPUR BRANCH
2006

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LAWS OF MALAYSIA

Act 59

CITY OF KUALA LUMPUR ACT 1971

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section
1. Short title
2. Change of title
3. Saving of rights and duties of Commissioner and other persons
4. Amendment to titles
5. Operation of Federal Capital Act 1960

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LAWS OF MALAYSIA

Act 59

CITY OF KUALA LUMPUR ACT 1971

An Act to make provision for changes in title and other matters

consequential on the conferment of the status of a City on the
Municipality of the Federal Capital of Kuala Lumpur.

[1 February 1972]

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

1. This Act may be cited as the City of Kuala Lumpur Act 1971.

Change of title

2. The Corporation established under the Municipal Ordinance

of the Straits Settlements [S.S. Cap.133] and styled “the
Municipality of the Federal Capital of Kuala Lumpur” and
administered under the Federal Capital Act 1960 [Act 190], shall
be styled “Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur” or “the City of Kuala
Lumpur”.

Saving of rights and duties of Commissioner and other persons

3. (1) The coming into force of this Act shall be without

prejudice to the Commissioner of the Federal Capital or any other
persons lawfully appointed or nominated, as the case may be, at
the date of the coming into force of this Act holding office, who,
from the said date shall, as Commissioner or other offices
respectively, have and exercise all the rights, duties, powers and
privileges formerly appertaining to any such office under the
Federal Capital Act 1960 or any other written law and any by-laws
made thereunder as if this Act had not been enacted.

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(2) Nothing in this Act shall affect the validity or effect of any
action, proceeding, conveyance, transfer, deed, transaction or act
of any kind bona fide taken, entered into or done before the
coming into force of this Act by or against or in the name or on
behalf of the Municipality of the Federal Capital of Kuala
Lumpur.

Amendment to titles

4. Unless there is something repugnant in the subject or context,

in every written law—
(a) references to “the Municipality of the Federal Capital
of Kuala Lumpur” shall be construed as references to
“Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur” or “the City of Kuala
Lumpur”;
(b) references to “the Municipal Office” or to “the Office
of the Commissioner” shall be construed as references
to “Dewan Bandaraya” or “the City Hall”;
(c) references to “Municipal” in relation to the Federal
Capital of Kuala Lumpur shall be construed as
references to “Bandaraya” or “City”; and
(d) references to “the Commissioner of the Federal
Capital of Kuala Lumpur” shall be construed as
references to “Dato Bandar Kuala Lumpur” or “the
Commissioner of the City of Kuala Lumpur”.

Operation of Federal Capital Act 1960

5. Save as hereinbefore provided, nothing in this Act shall affect

the operation of the Federal Capital Act 1960.

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Act 59

CITY OF KUALA LUMPUR ACT 1971

LIST OF AMENDMENTS

Amending law Short title In force from

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LIST OF SECTIONS AMENDED

Section Amending authority In force from

– NIL –

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