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 * 25. Subject to Article 72 of the Federal Constitution, it shall be lawful for the Legislature by law to determine and regulate the privileges, immunities or powers of the Legislative Assembly ; but no such privileges, immunities or powers shall exceed those of the Federal House of Representatives.


 * 26. (1) The power of the Legislature to make laws shall be exercised by Bills passed by the Legislative Assembly and assented to by the Yang di-Pertua Negara.


 * (2) All laws passed by the Legislature shall be styled Enactments and the words of enactment shall be "Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Sabah ".


 * (3) A Bill shall become law on being assented to by the Yang di-Pertua Negara, but no law shall come into force until it has been published in the Gazette, without prejudice, however, to the power of the Legislature to postpone the operation of any law or to make laws with retrospective effect.


 * 27. Any Enactment passed on or after Malaysia Day which is inconsistent with this Constitution shall, to the extent of the inconsistency, be void.


 * 28. No tax or rate shall be levied by or for the purposes of the State except by or under the authority of law.


 * 29. (1) All revenues and moneys howsoever raised or received by the State from whatsoever source shall, subject to this Constitution and any law, be paid into and form one fund to be known as " the Consolidated Fund ".


 * (2) There shall be charged on and paid out of the Consolidated Fund, in addition to any grant, remuneration or other moneys so charged by any other provision of this Constitution or by State law—


 * (a) all debt charges for which the State is liable ; and


 * (b) any moneys required to satisfy any judgment, decision or award against the State by any court or tribunal.


 * (3) For the purposes of this Article, " debt charges " include interest, sinking fund charges, repayment or amortisation of debt and all expenditure in connection with the raising of loans on the security of the Consolidated Fund and the service and redemption of debt created thereby.


 * 30. (1) The Yang di-Pertua Negara shall, in respect of every financial year, cause to be laid before the Legislative Assembly a statement of the estimated receipts and expenditure of the State for that year, and, unless the Legislature in respect of any year otherwise provides, that statement shall be so laid before the commencement of that year.