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agreed to be leased to the Services' Lands Board for the purposes there mentioned, and on the terms and conditions on which it was so leased or agreed to be leased, except that—


 * (a) the Federal Lands Commissioner shall take the place of the Services' Lands Board ; and


 * (b) a condition that, subject to sub-section (3) of this section, the land shall be used by the Federal Government for defence purposes (including the purpose of implementing any agreement with the government of the United Kingdom relating to defence) shall take the place of any condition that the land shall be used for the purposes mentioned in sub-section (1).


 * (3) For the purpose of implementing any such agreement as aforesaid, the Federal Government may permit any authority of the government of the United Kingdom to occupy, use, control or manage for defence purposes any land which is to be used for those purposes under sub-section (2) of this section, or sub-section (1) of section 75 ; and where land is vested in the Federal Lands Commissioner under this section, the Federal Lands Commissioner on the direction of the Federal Government may from time to time grant leases of the land for defence purposes for any term not exceeding at any time thirty years to any person for and on behalf of the government of the United Kingdom.


 * (4) Sub-section (1) of section 75 shall not apply to land in Singapore which immediately before Malaysia Day is occupied for defence purposes under a temporary occupation licence.


 * (5) In this section " the Services' Lands Board " means the corporation incorporated by that name under the Services' Lands Board Ordinance, 1959, of Singapore (No. 8 of 1959).


 * 80. (1) As regards Sabah and Sarawak Clause (2) of Article 97 and Articles 109, 110 and 112C of the Constitution shall not have effect until the year 1964.


 * (2) Until the year 1964, all revenues accruing or collected in a Borneo State which would apart from this provision be revenues of the Federation shall be revenues of the State, and the burden of all expenditure in respect of federal services in the State (except to the extent that it is incurred by the Federation as additional expenditure) shall be borne by the State.

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 * 81. (1) Article 147 of the Constitution shall have effect as if any reference to the public services included the public services before Malaysia Day in the territories comprised in any of the Borneo States or in Singapore.