Proksi diterima kecuali jika mandat itu tidak sah.

Diterima is the passive form of terima (accept / receive).

• menerima = to accept / accepts in an active sense
• diterima = is accepted / are accepted

So:

• Proksi diterima = The proxy is accepted / Proxies are accepted

This kind of passive wording is very common in formal Malay, especially in rules, procedures, and legal language.

Proksi means proxy. In formal or legal contexts, it usually refers to a person or authorization acting on someone else’s behalf, such as in meetings, voting, or representation.

In this sentence, it most likely means a proxy appointment or proxy representation is accepted.

Malay often uses loanwords like this in administrative and legal language.

It can be singular or plural, depending on context.

Malay nouns usually do not change form for singular vs. plural the way English nouns do. So:

• proksi diterima could mean the proxy is accepted
• or proxies are accepted

Usually the wider context tells you which one is intended. In legal or procedural writing, English often translates this more naturally as Proxies are accepted...

Kecuali jika means except if or more naturally in English, unless.

• kecuali = except
• jika = if

Together they form a conditional exception:

• kecuali jika mandat itu tidak sah = unless the mandate is invalid

Malay often uses combinations like this quite naturally. Even though English may prefer one word, unless, Malay commonly expresses it as except if.

Yes, in meaning it is very close to unless.

So the whole sentence can be understood as:

• Proksi diterima kecuali jika mandat itu tidak sah.
• Proxies are accepted unless the mandate is invalid.

A learner may notice that Malay literally looks more like accepted except if..., but the natural English equivalent is often unless.

Mandat means mandate, authorization, or authority given to someone.

In this sentence, it likely refers to the legal or formal authorization that supports the proxy. So the idea is:

• the proxy is accepted
• but not if the authorization behind it is invalid

This is a fairly formal word and is common in administrative, political, and legal contexts.

Itu often means that, but in many sentences it also works like a definite marker, making the noun more specific.

So:

• mandat = a mandate / mandate
• mandat itu = that mandate / the mandate in question

In English, you would often translate mandat itu simply as the mandate, not necessarily that mandate, unless the context is pointing to a specific one.

Use tidak before adjectives and verbs, and bukan mainly before nouns.

Here, sah means valid / legitimate, which functions like an adjective. So:

• tidak sah = invalid / not valid
• bukan sah = unnatural / incorrect here

This is a very important Malay pattern:

• tidak besar = not big
• tidak betul = not correct
• tidak sah = not valid

But:

• bukan doktor = not a doctor
• bukan alasan = not an excuse

Sah means valid, legal, legitimate, or officially recognized, depending on context.

Examples:

• dokumen sah = a valid document
• perkahwinan sah = a legal/valid marriage
• tidak sah = invalid

In your sentence, mandat itu tidak sah means the mandate is not legally or formally valid.

Yes, very much so.

Words like proksi, mandat, diterima, and sah all sound formal, administrative, or legal. This is the kind of sentence you might see in:

• meeting rules
• company documents
• election procedures
• legal notices
• official forms

In everyday speech, people might phrase the idea more simply, depending on the situation.

Malay does not normally have articles like a, an, and the.

So a sentence like:

• Proksi diterima

does not directly show whether English should be:

• A proxy is accepted
• The proxy is accepted
• Proxies are accepted

The context decides that. Sometimes words like itu help make something more definite, as in mandat itu.

This is one of the biggest differences English speakers notice when learning Malay.

That word order is very natural in Malay.

The sentence is built like this:

• Proksi diterima = main statement
• kecuali jika mandat itu tidak sah = exception condition

So the structure is:

• [Main rule] + [exception]

This is similar to formal English:

• Proxies are accepted, unless the mandate is invalid.

Malay could sometimes rearrange parts for emphasis, but this order is standard and clear.

Yes. For example:

• Kami menerima proksi kecuali jika mandat itu tidak sah.
  = We accept proxies unless the mandate is invalid.

This active version uses menerima instead of diterima.

But the original passive version sounds more formal and neutral, which is often preferred in official writing because it focuses on the rule itself rather than on who is doing the accepting.

The sentence says clearly that the mandate is what is invalid:

• mandat itu tidak sah = the mandate is invalid

So the proxy itself is being accepted or not accepted, but the reason for non-acceptance is that the mandate behind it is invalid.

In other words:

• the rule is about accepting the proxy
• the condition concerns the validity of the mandate

Grammatically, yes, but stylistically it would be less formal.

• jika = more formal if
• kalau = more conversational if

So:

• kecuali jika mandat itu tidak sah sounds official and appropriate here
• kecuali kalau mandat itu tidak sah would sound more spoken or less formal

In legal or procedural Malay, jika is usually the better choice.

The most natural English rendering is:

• Proxies are accepted unless the mandate is invalid.

A more literal breakdown would be:

• Proksi = proxy / proxies
• diterima = is accepted / are accepted
• kecuali jika = except if / unless
• mandat itu = the mandate
• tidak sah = is invalid

So the sentence states a general rule with one exception.