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  2. Judicial review in Malaysia - Wikipedia

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    A particularly significant amendment was the removal of the judicial power and subjecting the judiciary to such jurisdiction and powers as may be conferred by or under federal law. [2] The merits of detentions made under the Internal Security Act are also not subject to judicial review, but the procedures are. [3]

  3. Malaysian legal history - Wikipedia

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    Malaysian legal history has been determined by events spanning a period of some six hundred years. Of these, three major periods were largely responsible for shaping the current Malaysian system. Of these, three major periods were largely responsible for shaping the current Malaysian system.

  4. Judiciary of Malaysia - Wikipedia

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    Today the courts have shifted to either the Palace of Justice in Putrajaya during the early 2000s, or the Kuala Lumpur Courts Complex in 2007. Judiciary of Malaysia is largely centralised despite Malaysia's federal constitution, heavily influenced by the English common law, as well as Islamic jurisprudence.

  5. Law of Malaysia - Wikipedia

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    The law of Malaysia is mainly based on the common law legal system. This was a direct result of the colonisation of Malaya, Sarawak, and North Borneo by Britain between the early 19th century to the 1960s. The supreme law of the land—the Constitution of Malaysia—sets out the legal framework and rights of Malaysian citizens.

  6. Syariah Court - Wikipedia

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    Syariah (Jawi: شرعية‎‎ ‎, the Malay spelling of "Sharia") refers to sharia law in Islamic religious law and deals with exclusively Islamic laws, having jurisdiction upon every Muslim in Malaysia. The Syariah Court system is one of the two separate court systems which exist in the general Malaysian legal system. There is a parallel ...

  7. Nik Elin v Kelantan - Wikipedia

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    Nik Elin Zurina bt Nik Abdul Rashid & Anor v. Kerajaan Negeri Kelantan, [2024] 2 MLJ 140 is a landmark decision of the Federal Court of Malaysia in which the court held that the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly did not have the power to enact 16 Sharia laws pertaining to criminal matters, which were deemed null, void and unconstitutional.

  8. Sagong Tasi - Wikipedia

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    The Sagong Tasi case (Sagong bin Tasi & Ors v Kerajaan Negeri Selangor, 2002) was a landmark land rights case in Malaysia, in which the courts ruled against the Selangor State in favour of the Temuan-Orang Asli (also known as Temuan) plaintiffs.

  9. Politics of Malaysia - Wikipedia

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    Malaysia's legal system is based on English Common Law, [22] alongside a Sharia court system for Malaysian Muslims. [55] The Federal Court reviews decisions referred from the Court of Appeals; it has original jurisdiction in constitutional matters and in disputes between states or between the federal government and a state.