Parliament of Malaysia

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bicameral legislature national legislature

The Parliament of Malaysia is the country's bicameral national legislature, consisting of the Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives) and the Dewan Negara (Senate), responsible for making federal laws and overseeing the government.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
Parliament of Malaysia canonical 23
Malaysian Parliament 2
Dewan Rakyat 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
national legislature ⓘ
constitutionalMonarchInParliament Yang di-Pertuan Agong ⓘ
constitutionalStatus supreme legislative body of Malaysia ⓘ
convenesIn Malaysian Houses of Parliament ⓘ
surface form: Parliament House, Kuala Lumpur
country Malaysia ⓘ
establishedBy Federal Constitution of Malaysia ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of Malaysia
foundationDate 1959 ⓘ
governs federal matters listed in the Federal List ⓘ
Federal Territory of Malaysia ⓘ
surface form: federal territories of Malaysia
hasCommittee Public Accounts Committee of the Dewan Rakyat ⓘ
headOfStateRole Yang di-Pertuan Agong ⓘ
houseType bicameral ⓘ
includesRole Yang di-Pertuan Agong ⓘ
jurisdiction Government of Malaysia ⓘ
surface form: federal government of Malaysia
language English ⓘ
Malay ⓘ
legislativeChamber Dewan Negara ⓘ
Dewan Rakyat ⓘ
location Kuala Lumpur ⓘ
lowerHouse Dewan Rakyat ⓘ
lowerHouseMembersTitle Members of Parliament ⓘ
meetingPlace Malaysian Houses of Parliament ⓘ
nativeName Parliament of Malaysia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Parlimen Malaysia
officialName Parliament of Malaysia self-link ⓘ
power approval of government expenditure ⓘ
approval of taxation ⓘ
constitutional amendment under special procedures ⓘ
enactment of federal legislation ⓘ
scrutiny of the executive ⓘ
precededBy Federal Legislative Council ⓘ
relatedInstitution Cabinet of Malaysia ⓘ
Government of Malaysia ⓘ
Malaysian judiciary ⓘ
surface form: Judiciary of Malaysia
responsibility amending the Constitution of Malaysia ⓘ
approving the federal budget ⓘ
making federal laws ⓘ
overseeing the federal government ⓘ
scope federal laws of Malaysia ⓘ
sessionType parliamentary session ⓘ
system Westminster-style parliamentary system ⓘ
termLengthLowerHouse maximum 5 years ⓘ
typeOfBody federal legislative body ⓘ
upperHouse Dewan Negara ⓘ
upperHouseMembersTitle Senators ⓘ
votingSystemLowerHouse first-past-the-post ⓘ
votingSystemUpperHouse indirect election and appointment ⓘ
website https://www.parlimen.gov.my ⓘ

Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Malaysia → legislature → Parliament of Malaysia ⓘ
Malaysia → lowerHouse → Parliament of Malaysia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Dewan Rakyat
Labuan → legislativeRepresentationBody → Parliament of Malaysia ⓘ
Kuala Lumpur → isSeatOf → Parliament of Malaysia ⓘ
Parliament of Malaysia → officialName → Parliament of Malaysia self-link ⓘ
Parliament of Malaysia → nativeName → Parliament of Malaysia self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parlimen Malaysia
Chinese Malaysians → politicalRepresentationIn → Parliament of Malaysia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malaysian Parliament
Dewan Negara → partOf → Parliament of Malaysia ⓘ
Government of Malaysia → hasBranch → Parliament of Malaysia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Legislative branch of Malaysia
Government of Malaysia → legislativeBody → Parliament of Malaysia ⓘ
Federal Legislative Council → replacedBy → Parliament of Malaysia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parliament of Malaya
Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly → seeAlso → Parliament of Malaysia ⓘ
Kelantan State Legislative Assembly → relatedTo → Parliament of Malaysia ⓘ
Selangor State Legislative Assembly → relatedTo → Parliament of Malaysia ⓘ
Federal Territory of Malaysia → legislature → Parliament of Malaysia ⓘ
Islamic Financial Services Act 2013 → enactedBy → Parliament of Malaysia ⓘ
Labuan federal constituency → jurisdiction → Parliament of Malaysia ⓘ
Federal Constitution of Malaysia → definesLegislature → Parliament of Malaysia ⓘ
Malaysian Houses of Parliament → operator → Parliament of Malaysia ⓘ
Malaysian Houses of Parliament → legislativeBody → Parliament of Malaysia ⓘ
Cabinet of Malaysia → collectiveResponsibilityTo → Parliament of Malaysia ⓘ
Public Accounts Committee of the Dewan Rakyat → parentOrganization → Parliament of Malaysia ⓘ
Dewan Rakyat → partOf → Parliament of Malaysia ⓘ
Dewan Rakyat → isChamberOf → Parliament of Malaysia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malaysian federal parliament
Malaysian Indian Congress → legislativeFocus → Parliament of Malaysia ⓘ
this entity surface form: Malaysian Parliament
Senate of Malaysia → partOf → Parliament of Malaysia ⓘ
President of the Dewan Negara → partOf → Parliament of Malaysia ⓘ
Standing Orders of the Dewan Negara → category → Parliament of Malaysia ⓘ
Prime Minister of Malaysia → memberOf → Parliament of Malaysia ⓘ
Prime Minister of Malaysia → reportsTo → Parliament of Malaysia ⓘ