Articles 42 and 43 of Federal Constitution are inseparable, like ‘irama dan lagu, tidak boleh dipisahkan’ — Hafiz Hassan

NOVEMBER 13 — Royal prerogatives are legal powers that are used without requiring parliamentary authority.

Parliament is supreme in the United Kingdom. But historically, there were executive, legislative and judicial powers which would have been exercised by a monarch directly. The majority of the powers have, over time, been abolished, delegated to ministers or replaced by statute.

In so far as it has not been superseded by statute, the royal prerogative, or simply the prerogative, is the power which is utilised by the monarch and its ministers and servants in exercising the functions of government. (See Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia of the Laws of Scotland, Volume 7, The Crown, LexisNexis, 1995)