Malaysian judiciary

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The Malaysian judiciary is the independent branch of government responsible for interpreting and applying the law in Malaysia through a hierarchical system of courts, including the Federal Court, Court of Appeal, and High Courts.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf branch of government ⓘ
judiciary ⓘ
advisedByBodyOnAppointments Judicial Appointments Commission of Malaysia ⓘ
allowsLanguage English ⓘ
appointmentAuthorityForJudges Yang di-Pertuan Agong ⓘ
appointmentOnAdviceOf Conference of Rulers ⓘ
Prime Minister of Malaysia ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Federal Constitution of Malaysia ⓘ
country Malaysia ⓘ
employs judges ⓘ
judicial commissioners ⓘ
registrars and deputy registrars ⓘ
governmentBranch independent ⓘ
guarantees judicial independence ⓘ
hasCourt Court of Appeal of Malaysia ⓘ
Federal Court of Malaysia ⓘ
High Court in Malaya ⓘ
High Court in Sabah and Sarawak ⓘ
hasDisciplinaryBody Judges’ Ethics Committee ⓘ
hasFunction adjudication of election petitions ⓘ
enforcement of fundamental liberties ⓘ
interpretation of the Federal Constitution ⓘ
judicial review of administrative action ⓘ
settlement of disputes between Federation and states ⓘ
hasLowerCourt Magistrates’ Courts of Malaysia ⓘ
Sessions Courts of Malaysia ⓘ
hasSpecializedCourt Children’s Courts of Malaysia ⓘ
Coroners’ Courts of Malaysia ⓘ
Court for Children of Malaysia ⓘ
Industrial Court of Malaysia ⓘ
Native Courts of Sabah and Sarawak ⓘ
Syariah Courts of Malaysia ⓘ
headedBy Chief Justice of Malaysia ⓘ
highestCourt Federal Court of Malaysia ⓘ
influencedBy English common law ⓘ
linked to: English law
jurisdiction civil law matters ⓘ
constitutional disputes ⓘ
criminal law matters ⓘ
federal law interpretation ⓘ
state law interpretation ⓘ
languageOfProceedings Malay ⓘ
legalSystemFamily common law ⓘ
overseenBy Office of the Chief Registrar of the Federal Court ⓘ
role applying the law ⓘ
interpreting the law ⓘ
secondHighestCourt Court of Appeal of Malaysia ⓘ
thirdTierCourts High Court in Malaya ⓘ
High Court in Sabah and Sarawak ⓘ

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Kuala Lumpur → isSeatOf → Malaysian judiciary ⓘ
Parliament of Malaysia → relatedInstitution → Judiciary of Malaysia ⓘ
linked to: Malaysian judiciary
Government of Malaysia → hasBranch → Judicial branch of Malaysia ⓘ
linked to: Malaysian judiciary
Federal Constitution of Malaysia → definesJudicialBody → High Courts of Malaysia ⓘ
linked to: Malaysian judiciary
Zaki Azmi → employer → Malaysian Judiciary ⓘ
linked to: Malaysian judiciary
Lord President of the Federal Court of Malaysia → branch → judiciary of Malaysia ⓘ
linked to: Malaysian judiciary
Lord President of the Federal Court of Malaysia → category → Judiciary of Malaysia ⓘ
linked to: Malaysian judiciary
Azlan Shah → associatedWith → Malaysian judiciary ⓘ
Federal Court of Malaysia → partOf → Judiciary of Malaysia ⓘ
linked to: Malaysian judiciary
Court of Appeal of Malaysia → partOf → Judiciary of Malaysia ⓘ
linked to: Malaysian judiciary
Sessions Courts of Malaysia → partOf → Malaysian judiciary ⓘ
Sessions Courts of Malaysia → subordinateTo → High Courts of Malaysia ⓘ
linked to: Malaysian judiciary
Syariah Courts of Malaysia → parallelTo → Civil courts of Malaysia ⓘ
linked to: Malaysian judiciary
Children’s Courts of Malaysia → underAuthorityOf → Judiciary of Malaysia ⓘ
linked to: Malaysian judiciary
Judges’ Ethics Committee → jurisdiction → Malaysian judiciary ⓘ
Judges’ Ethics Committee → partOf → Malaysian judiciary ⓘ
High Court in Sabah and Sarawak → partOf → Malaysian judiciary ⓘ
High Court in Malaya → partOf → Malaysian judiciary ⓘ
High Court of Malaya building → partOf → Malaysian judiciary ⓘ
High Court of Malaya building → operator → Judiciary of Malaysia ⓘ
linked to: Malaysian judiciary
Court of Appeal of Malaysia building → operatedBy → Judiciary of Malaysia ⓘ
linked to: Malaysian judiciary
Federal Court of Malaysia building → operator → Judiciary of Malaysia ⓘ
linked to: Malaysian judiciary
Part VIII – Elections → enforceableBy → courts of Malaysia ⓘ
linked to: Malaysian judiciary
Penang state government → judicialBody → courts of Malaysia ⓘ
linked to: Malaysian judiciary