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Juvenile Courts Act 1947 [Act 90] ( Repealed by the Child Act 2001 [Act 611] ) Courts of Judicature Act 1964 [Act 91] Subordinate Courts Act 1948 [Act 92] Arbitration Act 1952 [Act 93] ( Repealed by the Arbitration Act 2005 [Act 646] ) Accountants Act 1967 [Act 94] Petroleum Mining Act 1966 [Act 95] Loans Guarantee (Bodies Corporate) Act 1965 ...
Constitution (Amendment) Act 2019: 11-09-2019 except s.3: 15-12-2021 This amendment lowers the voting age from 21 to 18 and introduces automatic voter registration 59th: Amend article 1, 160, 161A: Act A1642 Constitution (Amendment) Act 2022: 11-02-2022 60th: Insert article 119A: Act A1656 Constitution (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2022: 15-12-2021 61st
The jurisdiction of the courts in civil or criminal matters are contained in the Subordinate Courts Act 1948 and the Courts of Judicature Act 1964. Article 121 of the Constitution provides for two High Courts of co-ordinate jurisdiction, the High Court in Malaya, and the High Court in Sabah and Sarawak.
The Representation of the People (Equal Franchise) Act 1928 brought the voting age for women down to 21. [71] The reduction of the voting age to 16 in the United Kingdom was first given serious consideration in 1999, when the House of Commons considered in Committee an amendment proposed by Simon Hughes to the Representation of the People Bill ...
The various levels of courts were founded via the Union Judiciary Act, 1948. [4] The first Chief Justice of independent Burma (Myanmar) was a Cambridge-educated lawyer called Dr. Ba U, who later became the 2nd President of the Union of Burma. Dr. Ba U served as Chief Justice from 1948 to 1952. [5]
Mitchell (1970), the Supreme Court considered whether the voting-age provisions Congress added to the Voting Rights Act in 1970 were constitutional. The Court struck down the provisions that established 18 as the voting age in state and local elections. However, the Court upheld the provision establishing the voting age as 18 in federal elections.
In 2013, the Supreme Court effectively gutted Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act that had required local election officials in areas with a history of discrimination to run their laws by the ...
The Election Offences Act 1954 (Malay: Akta Kesalahan Pilihan Raya 1954) is a Malaysian law which enacted to prevent electoral offences and corrupt and illegal practices at elections; to provide for the establishment of enforcement teams and for matters connected therewith; to provide for the appointment of election agents and to control election expenses; and to provide for election petitions.