If any State law is inconsistent with a federal law, that federal law shall prevail and the State law shall be void, to the extent that it is inconsistent with that federal law.

Power of Parliament to Make Laws for States in Certain Matters

(1) Parliament may make laws on any matter mentioned in the State List, but only as follows:

a. For the purpose of carrying into effect any treaty, agreement or convention between the Federation and any of the constituent states or any decision of an international organisation of which the Federation is a member.

b. For the purpose of providing for uniformity of law between two or more States

c. If so requested by any State Assembly

(2) No law shall be made under paragraph (a) of Clause (1) on any matter relating to Islamic law or Malay customs or on any matter relating to native laws or customs in the Borneo States and no Bill for the purpose of making a law under that paragraph shall be introduced in either House of Parliament until the State Government concerned has been consulted.

(3) Subject to Clause (4), no law made under paragraph (b) or paragraph (c) of Clause (1) shall have effect in any State until it has been accepted by a federal law, and may therefore be amended or repealed by a law made by the Legislature of that State.

(4) Parliament may, for the purpose of providing for uniformity of law and policy only, make laws with respect to the holding of land, the relationship between landlords and tenants, the registration of titles and deeds relating to land, the transfer of land, mortgages, leases and charges in respect of land, easements and other rights and interests in land, the taking of land by force. With respect to the rates and valuation of land and local government and Clauses (1) (b) and (3) shall not apply to any law with respect to any such matter.

Appointment of the Governor
The State Constitution stipulates that the election of a Yang Di-Pertua Negeri for a State shall be appointed by the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong who shall act in his discretion but after consultation with the Chief Minister, under Clause 1(1) and shall rule constitutionally for four years, under Clause 1(2).

The Constitution of the State of Melaka, according to Clause 5(1), stipulates that the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong shall be the Head of the Islamic Religion in the State and a Council shall be established by the Legislature to advise the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong on matters relating to the Islamic religion.

The Yang Di-Pertuan Agong is the ‘Head of State’ and a symbol of the superiority, unity and loyalty of the Malaysian people to the Law and the Constitution. The coronation of the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong is an important historical event for Malaysia and is carried out in accordance with the grandeur of the customs and traditions of the glorious Malay kings.