DUN Perak

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DUN Perak is the unicameral legislative body responsible for making state laws and overseeing the government in the Malaysian state of Perak.

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DUN Perak canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislature ⓘ
unicameral state legislative assembly ⓘ
abbreviation DUN Perak ⓘ
advisesDissolutionRequestedBy Menteri Besar of Perak ⓘ
canBeDissolvedBy Sultan of Perak ⓘ
chamberType unicameral ⓘ
country Malaysia ⓘ
deputyPresidingOfficerTitle Deputy Speaker ⓘ
dividedInto state constituencies ⓘ
electionsHeldConcurrentlyWith Malaysian general elections (usually) ⓘ
establishedUnder Constitution of the State of Perak ⓘ
Federal Constitution of Malaysia ⓘ
governmentBranch legislative branch ⓘ
hasElectionType state election ⓘ
hasPower to pass, amend, and repeal state laws ⓘ
to question state ministers ⓘ
hasRole approves state budget ⓘ
forum for public policy debate in Perak ⓘ
passes state enactments ⓘ
scrutinises state executive council ⓘ
headedBy Speaker of the Perak State Legislative Assembly ⓘ
jurisdiction state of Perak ⓘ
linked to: State of Perak
languageUsed Malay ⓘ
legislativeBodyOf Perak ⓘ
locatedIn Perak, Malaysia ⓘ
linked to: Perak
meetsFrequency at least once a year ⓘ
meetsIn Perak State Secretariat Building ⓘ
meetsInCity Ipoh ⓘ
membersCalled Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri ⓘ
State Assemblymen ⓘ
membersElectedFrom single-member constituencies ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage ms ⓘ
numberOfMembers 59 ⓘ
officialName Dewan Undangan Negeri Perak ⓘ
oversees Perak State Executive Council ⓘ
partOf state government of Perak ⓘ
presidingOfficerTitle Speaker ⓘ
primaryFunction making state laws for Perak ⓘ
overseeing the state government of Perak ⓘ
responsibleFor representing constituencies in Perak ⓘ
secondaryLanguageUsed English ⓘ
shortName Perak State Legislative Assembly ⓘ
state Perak ⓘ
supervises implementation of state laws in Perak ⓘ
termLength 5 years ⓘ
typeOfLawPassed state enactments of Perak ⓘ
votingSystem first-past-the-post ⓘ

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