Senate of Malaysia

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The Senate of Malaysia is the upper house of the Malaysian Parliament, comprising appointed and indirectly elected members who review and refine legislation proposed by the lower house.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Dewan Negara of Malaysia 1
Senate of Malaysia canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf chamber of the Parliament of Malaysia ⓘ
upper house of parliament ⓘ
abbreviation Dewan Negara ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Dewan Negara of Malaysia ⓘ
linked to: Senate of Malaysia
appointingAuthority Yang di-Pertuan Agong ⓘ
appointmentOnAdviceOf Prime Minister of Malaysia ⓘ
canVeto constitutional amendments under certain conditions ⓘ
constitutionalStatus entrenched in the Federal Constitution of Malaysia ⓘ
country Malaysia ⓘ
deputyPresidingOfficer Deputy President of the Senate of Malaysia ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of Malaysia ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch of Malaysia ⓘ
hasCommittee Privileges Committee of the Senate of Malaysia ⓘ
Selection Committee of the Senate of Malaysia ⓘ
Standing Orders Committee of the Senate of Malaysia ⓘ
hasMeetingCity Kuala Lumpur ⓘ
hasNumberOfMembers 70 ⓘ
hasOfficialPublication Hansard of the Senate of Malaysia ⓘ
hasQuorumRequirement 26 members ⓘ
hasSessionRoom Dewan Negara chamber, Malaysian Houses of Parliament ⓘ
hasVotingSystem appointment ⓘ
indirect election ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of Malaysia ⓘ
languageUsed English ⓘ
Malay ⓘ
legislativeBodyFor Malaysia ⓘ
legislativePower can delay constitutional amendment bills ⓘ
can delay ordinary bills ⓘ
locatedIn Kuala Lumpur ⓘ
maximumConsecutiveTerms 2 ⓘ
meetsIn Malaysian Houses of Parliament ⓘ
nativeName Dewan Negara ⓘ
numberOfAppointedMembers 44 ⓘ
numberOfStateRepresentatives 26 ⓘ
oversightFunction scrutiny of government policies and administration ⓘ
partOf Parliament of Malaysia ⓘ
presidingOfficer President of the Senate of Malaysia ⓘ
relatedLowerHouse House of Representatives of Malaysia ⓘ
linked to: Dewan Rakyat
role deliberates on public policy and national issues ⓘ
may propose amendments to legislation ⓘ
reviews legislation passed by the House of Representatives of Malaysia ⓘ
sessionType plenary sessions ⓘ
stateRepresentativesElectedBy State Legislative Assemblies of Malaysia ⓘ
termLength 3 years ⓘ
typeOfLegislature bicameral parliament upper chamber ⓘ
votingMajorityType simple majority for most decisions ⓘ
website https://www.parlimen.gov.my ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

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

Dewan Negara → EnglishName → Senate of Malaysia ⓘ
Senate of Malaysia → alsoKnownAs → Dewan Negara of Malaysia ⓘ
linked to: Senate of Malaysia