INTRO TO MALAYSIAN LEGAL PRINCIPLES

The highest court in Malaysia is the ______________.

• Court of Appeal

• Federal court

• High court

• Sessions court

Unwritten law is mainly comprised of___________.

• Muslim law, judicial decisions and subsidiary legislation

• English law, Muslim law and subsidiary legislation

• English law, judicial decisions and customs

• Muslim law, English law and customs

The Court of Appeal has power to ________________.

• Reveal cases which has been heard and disposed off by the Court of Appeal

• Hear appeal from any High Court decision on criminal law

• Hear appeal from federal Court

• Hear civil and criminal appeals from the Magistrates’ and Session Court

Which of following is the main source of Malaysia law?

• Federal constitution

• Subsidiaries legislation

• State constitution

• State legislation

An action for recovery of RM20,000 claim for breach of contract can best be brought in the?

• Appeal Court

• Second Class Magistrate Court

• High Court

• First Class Magistrate Court

Select the INCORRECT statement in reference to sources of Malaysian Law.

• Subsidiary legislation is categorized under common law

• Federal Constitution is the supreme law of the land

• Equity is considered as a source of law under English law

• Islamic law was the law of the land before the colonization

"These courts have jurisdiction only over persons professing the religion of Islam.

Their power to impose punishments is confined to three years’ jail, six strokes of the cane and five thousand ringgit fine (or commonly known as the 3-6-5 formula)."

• Magistrate Court

• Syariah Court

• Tribunal

• Native Court

There are two (2) types of Magistrates Court.

• True

• False

The Federal Constitution provides that power is exercised by the ​​​ (a)   , the ​ (b)   and the ​ (c)   .

• legislative
• executive
• judiciary
• jurisdiction
• parliament

This is what we called as ______.

• Separation of powers

• Subsidiary legislations

• Court Hierarchy

• Classification of law