Jadual Keempat Perjanjian Persekutuan Tanah Melayu 1957: Intipati dan Kepentingannya kepada Kedah

The Fourth Schedule of the Federation of Malaya Agreement 1957: Its Essence and Importance to Kedah

Authors

  • Wan Ahmad Fauzi Wan Husain International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization (ISTAC-IIUM), 24, Persiaran Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin, Bukit Tunku, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Faculty of Industrial Management (FIM), Universiti Malaysia Pahang Al-Sultan Abdullah, 26000, Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55265/lpsjournal.v5i1.155

Keywords:

Jadual Keempat, Triti 1869, Perkara 167, Kedah, Jurisprudens Watan, Article 167, Treaty of 1869, Fourth Schedule, Fiqh Al-Watan

Abstract

The Fourth Schedule of the Federation of Malaya Agreement 1957 is the only provision of that Agreement that names and preserves a Malay State treaty, namely the Treaty of 6 May 1869 relating to Kedah. This article examines the Schedule's conditions and legal effects, including the essence of the 1869 Treaty, to determine the true position of Kedah’s rights and interests under Article 167 of the Federal Constitution. It applies Watanic Jurisprudence to the Kedah treaties, the 1957 Agreement and its drafting record. The Schedule is found to contain five conditions that continue, rather than end, the obligations under Articles II and III of the Treaty. The Treaty's essence is conditional possession and administration in return for continuing payment, not a cession of alludial title of the territory. Consequently, the treaty obligations passed to the Federation and the State of Penang, Kedah acquired direct standing as a party to the 1957 Agreement, and Article 167(7) stands as a continuing constitutional obligation. “The like annual payments” means payments of a similar kind, not the same amount; the quantum has remained undetermined since 31 August 1957. This article concludes that the Fourth Schedule is the constitutional source of Kedah's subsisting rights, and compliance remains enforceable.

 

Abstrak

Jadual Keempat Perjanjian Persekutuan Tanah Melayu 1957 ialah satu-satunya peruntukan Perjanjian yang menamakan dan memelihara sebuah triti Negeri Melayu, iaitu Triti 6 Mei 1869 berkenaan Kedah. Artikel ini menganalisis syarat dan kesan perundangan Jadual tersebut, termasuk intipati Triti 1869, bagi menentukan kedudukan sebenar hak dan kepentingan Kedah di bawah Perkara 167 Perlembagaan Persekutuan. Kajian ini menggunakan metodologi Jurisprudens Watan terhadap teks triti Kedah, Perjanjian 1957 dan rekod penggubalannya. Dapatan menunjukkan bahawa Jadual Keempat mengandungi lima syarat yang meneruskan, bukan menamatkan, obligasi Perkara II dan III Triti 1869. Intipati triti itu ialah pegangan dan pentadbiran bersyarat atas bayaran berterusan, bukan penyerahan hak milik kekal kewilayahan. Kesannya, obligasi triti beralih penanggung kepada Persekutuan dan Negeri Pulau Pinang, Kedah memperoleh kedudukan langsung sebagai pihak kepada Perjanjian 1957, dan Perkara 167(7) berdiri sebagai obligasi perlembagaan yang berterusan. Frasa “the like annual payments” merujuk kepada bayaran daripada jenis yang serupa, bukan jumlah yang sama; kuantumnya belum ditentukan sejak 31 Ogos 1957. Artikel ini merumuskan bahawa Jadual Keempat ialah punca perlembagaan bagi hak Kedah yang masih hidup dan boleh dituntut pematuhannya.

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Published

2026-10-25

How to Cite

Jadual Keempat Perjanjian Persekutuan Tanah Melayu 1957: Intipati dan Kepentingannya kepada Kedah: The Fourth Schedule of the Federation of Malaya Agreement 1957: Its Essence and Importance to Kedah. (2026). Law, Policy, and Social Science, 5(1), 158-169. https://doi.org/10.55265/lpsjournal.v5i1.155

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