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The Commission fields. Each Department has its
own headquarters which are
The Federal Constitution allows mainly located in Kuala Lumpur
the formation of two types of and Putrajaya. The functions of
Permanent Commission which the Headquarters is to formulate
is the Election Commission and policies, plan, and monitor and
the Service Commission. The coordinate the activities of the
Government has also given the Department at the state and
consent to set up a temporary district levels as well as being
Special Commission to review the responsible for matters relating
specific matters or problems. In to the career development of
the Government’s administrative the Officers and the staff of the
structure, the Commission differs Department.
from the other components in
terms of the freedom to carry out
their tasks. The appointment of its
members are specially appointed
by the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong with
the advice from the Prime Minister
and as well as in consultation
with the Conference of Rulers.
For a regular Commission, the
appointment period is five years
or at the discretion of the Yang
Di-Pertuan Agong. At the Federal
level, there are four types of
Commission namely the Public
Service Commission, Education
Commission, Police Commission
and the Judicial and Law
Commission.

The Department

The Government Departments
are the agencies at the second
highest level after the Ministry. The
Department has been in existence
during the British colonisation.
During the British colonisation in
Malaya, government Departments
were established to implement
the activities under a Ministry. The
functions of the Department are
related to the implementation
of a policy that has been set
by the Government. The daily
activities of the Departments
involved the provision of services
to the community in various
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