{
  "id": 14576648,
  "title": "No provision of a written law or clause in an agreement can be read in isolation — Hafiz Hassan",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/15/no-provision-of-a-written-law-or-clause-in-an-agreement-can-be-read",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-15T00:46:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Malay Mail",
    "slug": "malay-mail-malaymail",
    "url": "https://www.malaymail.com/news/what-you-think/2026/10/15/no-provision-of-a-written-law-or-clause-in-an-agreement-can-be-read-in-isolation-hafiz-hassan/239153"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On September 10, 1963, the Kelantan government initiated legal proceedings in the High Court to challenge the validity of the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) and the Malaysia Act 1963 (Act 1963), arguing that these documents were null and void or not binding on the state. The Kelantan government contended that the Act 1963 violated the Federation of Malaya Agreement 1957, that the proposed changes required the consent of all constituent states, including Kelantan, which had not been obtained, that the Ruler of Kelantan should have been a party to MA63, that constitutional convention called for consultation with Rulers on substantial changes to the Federation of Malaya Constitution 1957, and that the Federal Parliament lacked the power to legislate for Kelantan on matters within the state's own jurisdiction.",
  "summary": "OCTOBER 15 — On September 10, 1963, six days before the Federation of Malaya would be abolished and a new Federati...",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}