Article 150(1)

Agong’s power to issue emergency proclamation not justiciable: judge

Article 150(1) of the constitution grants the Yang di-Pertuan Agong the power to issue a Proclamation of Emergency if His Majesty “is satisfied that a grave emergency exists whereby the security, or the economic life, or public order in the federation or any part thereof is threatened”.  

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