Public Law In Malaysia

The supreme law of the land the constitution of malaysia sets out the legal framework and rights of malaysian citizens.

Public law in malaysia. Sabah and sarawak 18 march 1965 l n. Public law affects society as a whole and includes administrative law constitutional law criminal law municipal law and international law. A state in malaysia has introduced public canings for people who break sharia law despite strong criticism from politicians and rights campaigners. Public law is the body of law which governs the exercise of powers of the government and public authorities.

This was a direct result of the colonisation of malaya sarawak and north borneo by britain between the early 19th century to 1960s. Public law and private law are two wide areas of law that sometimes tend to overlap when exercised. In the landmark case of brown v. The office of the chief justice of the federal court of malaysia recently drafted proposed amendments to the rules of court 2012 rules of the court of appeal 1994 and rules of the federal court 1995.

This act may be cited as the notaries public act 1959. It also does away with the cutting and pasting of the hard copies i e. Elaw my is malaysia s largest database of court judgments and legislation streamlined in a powerful yet user friendly engine for busy legal professionals like yourself. Notaries public 5 laws of malaysia act 115 notaries public act 1959 an act relating to notaries public.

Main difference public vs private law. 98 1965 short title 1. In this act unless the context otherwise. Nothing in this act shall be construed as relieving any person who has entered into a contract of service either as the employer or as the person employed of any duty or liability imposed upon him by the provisions of any other written law for the time being in force in malaysia or any part thereof or to limit any power which may be exercised by any public officer or any right conferred upon.

Peninsular malaysia 1 october 1959 ord. Federal laws enacted by parliament of malaysia that apply throughout. The law of malaysia is mainly based on the common law legal system. Case law elaw s digital library houses more than 80 000 judgments from the industrial court high court court of appeal and federal supreme court of malaysia dating all the way back from the 1900s.