Kedah State Legislative Assembly

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The Kedah State Legislative Assembly is the unicameral law-making body responsible for enacting state laws and overseeing the government of the Malaysian state of Kedah.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body ⓘ
unicameral state legislature ⓘ
abbreviation DUN Kedah ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of the State of Kedah ⓘ
linked to: Undang-Undang Kedah
country Malaysia ⓘ
elects Deputy Speaker of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly ⓘ
Members of the Kedah State Executive Council indirectly ⓘ
Speaker of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly ⓘ
governs Kedah ⓘ
hasChamberName Dewan Undangan Negeri Kedah ⓘ
hasLegislativeAuthorityOver state matters under the Malaysian Federal Constitution ⓘ
hasLegislativeScope state list and concurrent list matters as allowed by the Federal Constitution of Malaysia ⓘ
hasNumberOfHouses 1 ⓘ
hasPower to pass enactments for Kedah ⓘ
to pass motions of confidence or no confidence ⓘ
to question state ministers ⓘ
hasRole budget approval ⓘ
lawmaking ⓘ
oversight ⓘ
hasTypeOfMembers state assemblymen ⓘ
higherLegalFramework Federal Constitution of Malaysia ⓘ
isComponentOf Malaysian federal system ⓘ
isHeadedBy Speaker of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly ⓘ
isOneOf state legislative assemblies of Malaysia ⓘ
jurisdiction State of Kedah ⓘ
linked to: Kedah
languageUsed Malay ⓘ
legislativeType unicameral ⓘ
locatedIn Alor Setar ⓘ
Kedah ⓘ
mainFunction approve state budget of Kedah ⓘ
enact state laws for Kedah ⓘ
oversee the state government of Kedah ⓘ
represent the people of Kedah ⓘ
meetsAt state legislative assembly building in Alor Setar ⓘ
meetsIn sessions ⓘ
meetsInCapital Alor Setar ⓘ
meetsUnder Standing Orders of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly ⓘ
membersElectedBy voters in Kedah state constituencies ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage ms ⓘ
partOf Government of Kedah ⓘ
state governments of Malaysia ⓘ
supervises Kedah State Executive Council ⓘ
linked to: Government of Kedah
termLengthOfMembers up to 5 years per term ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

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

Kedah → legislature → Kedah State Legislative Assembly ⓘ
Kedah State Legislative Assembly → hasChamberName → Dewan Undangan Negeri Kedah ⓘ
linked to: Kedah State Legislative Assembly
Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri → officeHeldIn → Dewan Undangan Negeri Kedah ⓘ
linked to: Kedah State Legislative Assembly
Government of Kedah → legislature → Kedah State Legislative Assembly ⓘ
DUN Kedah → officialName → Dewan Undangan Negeri Kedah ⓘ
linked to: Kedah State Legislative Assembly
DUN Kedah → shortName → Kedah State Legislative Assembly ⓘ
Standing Orders of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly → appliesTo → Kedah State Legislative Assembly ⓘ