Malaysia Act 1963

Malaysia Act 1963
Act of Parliament
	Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to make provision for and in connection with the federation of North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore with the existing States of the Federation of Malaya.
Citation	1963 c. 35
Dates
Royal assent	31 July 1963
Other legislation
Amended by	Civil Aviation Act 1971; Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974; Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1977; International Organisations Act 1981; British Nationality Act 1981; Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989;
Relates to	British Overseas Territories Act 2002;
Status: Amended
Text of statute as originally enacted
Text of the Malaysia Act 1963 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

The Malaysia Act 1963 (c. 35) was an act of Parliament of the United Kingdom. It came into operation on 31 July 1963.

The act made provisions for the federation of the States of North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore with the existing States of the Federation of Malaya merge with the states of North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore and the union was renamed Malaysia. As a result of the act, the Federation of Malaya was renamed Malaysia on 16 September 1963.

Singapore ceased to be a state of Malaysia on 9 August 1965, becoming an independent state instead.