Speaker may be a member of the House
or a non-member who is qualified for election into the House.
The Deputy Speaker must, however, be a Member of Parliament
(MP).
Functions of the Speaker include:-
to be responsible for maintaining order in
the House;
to ensure that relevancy is observed during debates;
to interpret the Standing Orders in case of disputes; and
to certify money bills before such bills are transmitted to
the Dewan Rakyat
The Speaker must resign his office by writing to the Secretary
of the House, and must vacate his office in the following
cases:-
when the House first meets after a general election;
on ceasing to be a member of the House in the case of an elected
MP; and
on standing for election to the House or if he is disqualified
by law.
When the Speaker is not present, the Deputy
Speaker presides at the sittings.
A member of the State Legislative Assembly
must resign from the Assembly if he wants to assume the post
of Speaker of the House.
The
present Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat isYang Amat Berbahagia YB TAN SRI DATUK PANDIKAR AMIN BIN HAJI MULIA (28 April 2008 until now).
List Yang di-Pertua Dewan Rakyat
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Y. A. Bhg. Tun Dato'
Seri Dr. Mohamed Zahir bin
Haji Ismail 
