The Act made provisions for the federation of the States of North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore with the existing States of the Federation of Malaya[1][2][3] merge with the states of North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore and the union was renamed Malaysia.

As a result of the Act, the Federation of Malaya was renamed Malaysia on 16 September 1963.

[4] Singapore ceased to be a state of Malaysia on 9 August 1965, becoming an independent state instead.

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