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The Charter is the most significant event in Malaysian legal history as it marked the beginning of the statutory introduction of English law into this country. The Charter established the Court of Judicature of the Prince of Wales' island (as Penang was then known) to exercise jurisdiction in all civil, criminal and ecclesiastical matters.
The following is a list of acts of the Parliament of Malaysia by citation number. The list includes all principal laws of Malaysia enacted after 1969 and pre-1969 laws which have been revised by the Commissioner of Law Revision under the authority of the Revision of Laws Act 1968. Repealed acts and acts not yet in force are stricken through.
Prior to the independence in 1957, most of the laws of United Kingdom were imported and either made into local legislation or simply applied as case laws. Malaysian law is also based on other jurisdictions namely Australia and India. The criminal law in Malaysia—the Criminal Procedure Code—was based on the Indian criminal code. Similarly ...
Laws of Malaysia - Numerical Table of Laws; Official Portal of e-Federal Gazette. List of Post-2011 Principal Acts; List of Post-2011 Amending Acts; List of Post-2011 P.U. (A) List of Post-2011 P.U. (B) Attorney General of Malaysia: Laws of Malaysia - Alphabetical Table of Laws (up to Act 655)
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Malaysian law by year (33 C) Pages in category "Legal history of Malaysia"
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Legal history of Malaysia (8 C, 5 P) Malaysian legislation ... Pages in category "Law of Malaysia"
In each of the Malay states, State Enactments, and in Melaka and Penang, resolutions of the State Legislatures, approving and giving force of law to the federal constitution. The Federal Constitution was significantly amended when Sabah, Sarawak, and Singapore joined the Federation to form Malaysia in 1963. [5]
The Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967 (Malay: Akta Tafsiran 1948 dan 1967) is a Malaysian law which enacted to provide for the commencement, application, construction, interpretation and operation of written laws; to provide for matters in relation to the exercise of statutory powers and duties; and for matters connected therewith.