Federated Malay States (FMS) Enactments were laws passed by the British administration for the FMS (Perak, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Pahang) from 1896, introducing unified legal frameworks like the significant Malay Reservations Enactment 1913 (MRE), which protected Malay land ownership by restricting sales to non-Malays, a core concept continuing in Malaysian land law, alongside enactments for administration, revenue, and other civic matters, published in the FMS Government Gazette. These enactments formed the basis of legislation before the formation of Malaysia, establishing systems for land, courts, and general governance.
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