Kota Kinabalu: Walaupun Laporan IGC 1963 dan Perjanjian Malaysia 1963 tidak dimasukkan sepenuhnya ke dalam Akta Malaysia 1963 dan Perlembagaan Persekutuan, status kepentingan dan status quasi-perlembagaan kedua-duanya diangkat banyak kali oleh mahkamah dalam beberapa kes penting.
“Status undang-undang bagi dokumen sejarah dan perjanjian antarabangsa ini – iaitu MA63 dan Laporan IGC – kini diserap dalam perlembagaan dalam Akta Perlembagaan (Pindaan) 2022,” kata Prof Emeritus Datuk Dr Shad Saleem Faruqi.
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Laporan Jawatankuasa Antara Kerajaan (IGC) membabitkan perbincangan dalam kalangan pemimpin Malaya, Singapura, Sarawak dan Borneo Utara British ketika itu mengenai asas pembentukan negara baharu.
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