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===Legislative=== {{main|Parliament of Malaysia}} [[Image:MalaysianParliament.jpg|thumb|The Parliament building in [[Kuala Lumpur]]]] Legislative power is divided between federal and state legislatures. The bicameral parliament consists of the [[lower house]], the House of Representatives or ''[[Dewan Rakyat]]'' (literally the "Chamber of the People"); and the [[upper house]], the Senate or ''[[Dewan Negara]]'' (literally the "Chamber of the Nation").<ref>{{Sourcetext|source=Constitution of Malaysia|chapter=|verse=Article 44 |range= }}</ref><ref name="autogenerated1">{{Sourcetext|source=Constitution of Malaysia|chapter=|verse=Article 45 |range= }}</ref> All seventy Senate members sit for three-year terms (to a maximum of two terms); twenty-six are elected by the thirteen state assemblies, and forty-four are appointed by the king based on the advice of the Prime Minister.<ref name="state.gov">{{cite web|url=https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/ei/bgn/2777.htm |title=Malaysia |publisher=State.gov |date=14 July 2010 |access-date=14 September 2010}}</ref> The 222 members of the Dewan Rakyat are elected from single-member districts by universal adult suffrage. Parliament has a maximum mandate of five years by law. The king may dissolve parliament at any time, and usually does so upon the advice of the Prime Minister. [[Malaysian General Election|General elections]] must be held within sixty days of the dissolution of parliament. In practice, this has meant that elections have been held every three to five years at the discretion of the Prime Minister. Legislative power is divided between federal and state legislatures. Malaysia has two sources of law.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://hub.globalccsinstitute.com/publications/permitting-issues-related-carbon-capture-and-storage-coal-based-power-plant-projects-developing-apec-economies/1-political-and-legal-system-1|title=Political and Legal System|website=Global CCS Institute|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180124135652/https://hub.globalccsinstitute.com/publications/permitting-issues-related-carbon-capture-and-storage-coal-based-power-plant-projects-developing-apec-economies/1-political-and-legal-system-1|archive-date=24 January 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> The national constitution, the nation's supreme law, can be amended by a two-thirds majority in parliament. (Since its formation, the BN has never lacked the necessary two-thirds until 8 March 2008's General Election) The second source of law is [[sharia]] (Islamic law), which applies only to Muslims. The federal government has little input into the administration of sharia; it falls to the states to implement Islamic law, and interpretations vary from state to state.<ref name=":0" /> The parliament follows a multi-party system and the governing body is elected through a [[first-past-the-post]] system.<ref name="state.gov"/>
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