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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.
The Federal Constitution of Malaysia ( Malay: Perlembagaan Persekutuan Malaysia ), which came into force in 1957 as the Constitution of the Federation of Malaya and was amended in 1963 to form the Constitution of Malaysia, is the supreme law of Malaysia and contains a total of 183 articles. [1]
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 1960s. The supreme law of the land—the Constitution of Malaysia—sets out the legal framework and rights of Malaysian citizens. Federal laws enacted ...
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. The first was the founding of the Melaka Sultanate at the beginning of the 15th century; second was the spread of Islam in the indigenous culture; and ...
12-05-1970. 17th. Amend articles 10, 63, 72, 152, 153, 159, 161A. Act A30. Constitution (Amendment) Act 1971. 10-03-1971. One of the most controversial amendments in Malaysia's Constitution is the Constitution (Amendment) Act, 1971, which came in the wake of the May 13, 1969 racial riots .
The Sedition Act 1948 ( Malay: Akta Hasutan 1948) in Malaysia is a law prohibiting discourse deemed as seditious. The act was originally enacted by the colonial authorities of British Malaya in 1948 to contain the local communist insurgence. [1] The act criminalises speech with "seditious tendency", including that which would "bring into hatred ...
This is a list of acts of the Parliament of Malaysia. The list includes all principal acts enacted after 1969 and pre-1969 statutes that were revised by the Commissioner of Law Revision under the authority of the Revision of Laws Act 1968.
The protection of basic human rights is enshrined in Constitution of Malaysia. These include liberty of the person (Article 5) and prohibition of slavery and forced labour (Article 6). At the national level, legislative measures that exist to prevent human rights violations and abuses can be found in acts and laws on issues that either have a ...