Government of Sabah

Sabah State Government
Kerajaan Wilayah Sabah
Agency overview
Formed31 August 1963 (61 years ago) (1963-08-31)
JurisdictionSabah
HeadquartersKota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Annual budgetRM 5.7 billion (2024)[1]
Minister responsible
Agency executive
  • Safar Untong, State Secretary
Parent agencyGovernment of Malaysia
Child agency
  • 10 ministries
Websitewww.sabah.gov.my

The Sabah State Government is an authority governing Sabah, one of Borneo states of Malaysia, based in Kota Kinabalu, the state capital. The state government adheres to and is created by both the Federal Constitution of Malaysia, the supreme law of Malaysia, and the Constitution of the State of Sabah, the supreme law of the State.

The state government has only two branches: executive and legislative. Sabah has no judiciary branch due to the federalisation of court system in Malaysia. Although Sabah has jurisdictions towards Sharia and Native Courts (and their respective laws),[2][3] both courts are still considered a part of the state executive branch.

  1. ^ Lajius, Leolerry (17 November 2017). "Sabah peruntukkan RM4,104.35 juta untuk Bajet Negeri 2018". Sayang Sabah (in Malay). Archived from the original on 29 July 2018. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  2. ^ Both courts are under the jurisdiction of the Minister of State for Law and Native Affairs.
  3. ^ Federal Constitution, Ninth Schedule, List IIA, Item 13.