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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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Dewan Rakyat	1
Malaysian Parliament	1
Parlimen Malaysia	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 (8)

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

Kuala Lumpur → isSeatOf → Parliament of Malaysia ⓘ

Labuan → legislativeRepresentationBody → Parliament of Malaysia ⓘ

Malaysia → legislature → Parliament of Malaysia ⓘ

Malaysia → lowerHouse → Parliament of Malaysia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Dewan Rakyat

Parliament of Malaysia → nativeName → Parliament of Malaysia self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Parlimen Malaysia

Parliament of Malaysia → officialName → Parliament of Malaysia self-link ⓘ

Dewan Negara → partOf → Parliament of Malaysia ⓘ

Chinese Malaysians → politicalRepresentationIn → Parliament of Malaysia ⓘ

this entity surface form: Malaysian Parliament