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Juvenile Courts Act 1947 [Act 90] ( Repealed by the Child Act 2001 [Act 611] ) Courts of Judicature Act 1964 [Act 91] Subordinate Courts Act 1948 [Act 92] Arbitration Act 1952 [Act 93] ( Repealed by the Arbitration Act 2005 [Act 646] ) Accountants Act 1967 [Act 94] Petroleum Mining Act 1966 [Act 95] Loans Guarantee (Bodies Corporate) Act 1965 ...
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 Constitution of the United States recognizes that the states have the power to set voting requirements. A few states allowed free Black men to vote, and New Jersey also included unmarried and widowed women who owned property. [1] Generally, states limited this right to property-owning or tax-paying White males (about 6% of the population). [2]
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 ...
In the United States, a State Voting Rights Act (SVRA) is a state-level provision (either state constitutional amendment or state statute) that addresses racial discrimination in voting and provides protections beyond those offered by the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965. [2]
The amendment was proposed after the Shelby County v. Holder case overruled parts of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and in light of Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections. [66] Many key aspects of the amendment were incorporated into the proposed For the People Act, which passed the U.S. House of Representatives. [67]
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]
In 2014, the Voting Rights Amendments Act was introduced in Congress to create a new coverage formula and amend various other provisions. [42] It was referred to the Constitution and Civil Justice congressional subcommittee on February 11, 2015, but no action was taken on it, and it expired [ 43 ] in 2017. [ 44 ]