Malaysian law

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Malaysian law is the hybrid legal system of Malaysia, combining common law principles with Islamic law and customary practices to govern the country’s civil, criminal, and administrative matters.

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Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf legal system ⓘ
allows freedom of religion subject to constitutional limits ⓘ
basedOn English common law ⓘ
civilCourtsApply secular law ⓘ
civilProcedureCodifiedIn Rules of Court 2012 ⓘ
constitutionalFramework Federal Constitution of Malaysia ⓘ
constitutionalReviewBy Federal Court of Malaysia ⓘ
contractLawInfluencedBy Indian Contract Act 1872 ⓘ
country Malaysia ⓘ
criminalLawCodifiedIn Penal Code of Malaysia ⓘ
criminalProcedureCodifiedIn Criminal Procedure Code of Malaysia ⓘ
evidenceLawCodifiedIn Evidence Act 1950 ⓘ
governs administrative matters in Malaysia ⓘ
civil matters in Malaysia ⓘ
criminal matters in Malaysia ⓘ
governsCitizenshipThrough Federal Constitution of Malaysia ⓘ
governsCommercialMattersThrough Companies Act 2016 ⓘ
Contracts Act 1950 ⓘ
Sale of Goods Act 1957 ⓘ
governsEmploymentThrough Employment Act 1955 ⓘ
governsImmigrationThrough Immigration Act 1959/63 ⓘ
governsIndustrialRelationsThrough Industrial Relations Act 1967 ⓘ
governsLandMattersThrough National Land Code 1965 ⓘ
hasComponent Syariah law in Malaysia ⓘ
federal law of Malaysia ⓘ
local government law in Malaysia ⓘ
native customary law in Malaysia ⓘ
state law of Malaysia ⓘ
hasCourtHierarchy Court of Appeal of Malaysia ⓘ
Federal Court of Malaysia at apex ⓘ
High Court in Malaya ⓘ
High Court in Sabah and Sarawak ⓘ
hasSpecializedCourts Industrial Court ⓘ
Juvenile Courts ⓘ
linked to: juvenile courts

Native Courts in Sabah and Sarawak ⓘ
Syariah Courts ⓘ
hasSubordinateCourts Magistrates’ Courts ⓘ
Sessions Courts ⓘ
includes Islamic law ⓘ
customary law ⓘ
influencedBy British colonial legislation ⓘ
Islamic jurisprudence ⓘ
local customary practices ⓘ
languageOfLegislation English (authoritative for some older laws) ⓘ
Malay ⓘ
legalFamily common law ⓘ
legalProfessionRegulatedBy Legal Profession Act 1976 ⓘ
recognizes Islam as the religion of the Federation ⓘ
separatesJurisdiction civil courts and Syariah courts ⓘ
supremeLaw Federal Constitution of Malaysia ⓘ
SyariahCourtsApply Islamic personal and family law for Muslims ⓘ

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Jeli → legalSystem → Malaysian law ⓘ
state land and survey departments of Malaysia → governedBy → National Land Code of Malaysia ⓘ
linked to: Malaysian law
Multimedia Super Corridor → hasLegalFramework → Multimedia-related cyberlaws of Malaysia ⓘ
linked to: Malaysian law
Pahang state government → usesLegalSystem → Malaysian legal system ⓘ
linked to: Malaysian law
Native Courts of Sabah and Sarawak → partOf → Malaysian legal system ⓘ
linked to: Malaysian law
Children’s Courts of Malaysia → governedBy → Malaysian criminal procedure laws ⓘ
linked to: Malaysian law
Judges’ Ethics Committee → legalSystem → Malaysian legal system ⓘ
linked to: Malaysian law
Islam in Malaysia → influences → Malaysian law ⓘ
Attorney General of Malaysia → category → Law of Malaysia ⓘ
linked to: Malaysian law