Court of Appeal of Malaysia

E896744

The Court of Appeal of Malaysia is the country’s second-highest appellate court, responsible for hearing civil and criminal appeals from the High Courts.

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf appellate court ⓘ
federal court ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Mahkamah Rayuan Malaysia ⓘ
appealProcessLevel second level of appeal in Malaysia ⓘ
branchOfGovernment judicial branch of Malaysia ⓘ
canSitInLargerPanel five judges ⓘ
constitutionalArticle Article 121 of the Federal Constitution of Malaysia ⓘ
country Malaysia ⓘ
courtType intermediate appellate court ⓘ
decidesOn questions of fact ⓘ
questions of law ⓘ
decisionsAppealableTo Federal Court of Malaysia ⓘ
establishedBy Federal Constitution of Malaysia ⓘ
governingLaw Courts of Judicature Act 1964 ⓘ
handlesCaseType civil appeals ⓘ
criminal appeals ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver civil matters ⓘ
criminal matters ⓘ
hasComposition panel of judges ⓘ
hasFunction ensure uniformity of judicial decisions in Malaysia ⓘ
review decisions of the High Courts ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.kehakiman.gov.my ⓘ
hasTitleForHead President of the Court of Appeal ⓘ
headedBy President of the Court of Appeal of Malaysia ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom High Court in Sabah and Sarawak ⓘ
High Court of Malaya ⓘ
higherCourt Federal Court of Malaysia ⓘ
interprets Acts of Parliament of Malaysia ⓘ
Federal Constitution of Malaysia ⓘ
subsidiary legislation of Malaysia ⓘ
jurisdiction Malaysia ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
Malay ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
legalTradition English common law tradition ⓘ
linked to: English law
locatedIn Putrajaya ⓘ
lowerCourt High Court in Sabah and Sarawak ⓘ
High Court of Malaya ⓘ
partOf Judiciary of Malaysia ⓘ
linked to: Malaysian judiciary
positionInJudicialHierarchy second-highest court in Malaysia ⓘ
regionServed Peninsular Malaysia ⓘ
linked to: West Malaysia

Sabah ⓘ
Sarawak ⓘ
seat Palace of Justice, Putrajaya ⓘ
subjectTo Federal Constitution of Malaysia ⓘ
typeOfBody superior court of record ⓘ
typicalPanelSize three judges ⓘ
usesHonorificForJudges Justice ⓘ

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Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Malaysian judiciary → hasCourt → Court of Appeal of Malaysia ⓘ
Malaysian judiciary → secondHighestCourt → Court of Appeal of Malaysia ⓘ
Federal Constitution of Malaysia → definesJudicialBody → Court of Appeal of Malaysia ⓘ
Malaysian law → hasCourtHierarchy → Court of Appeal of Malaysia ⓘ
Prime Minister’s Department of Malaysia → hasPart → Court of Appeal of Malaysia administration ⓘ
linked to: Court of Appeal of Malaysia
Federal Court of Malaysia → aboveInHierarchy → Court of Appeal of Malaysia ⓘ
Court of Appeal of Malaysia → alsoKnownAs → Mahkamah Rayuan Malaysia ⓘ
linked to: Court of Appeal of Malaysia
High Court in Sabah and Sarawak → below → Court of Appeal of Malaysia ⓘ
High Court in Malaya → higherCourt → Court of Appeal of Malaysia ⓘ
Court of Appeal of Malaysia building → houses → Court of Appeal of Malaysia ⓘ
Federal Court of Malaysia building → houses → Court of Appeal of Malaysia ⓘ