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INTRO TO MALAYSIAN LEGAL PRINCIPLES

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The highest court in Malaysia is the ______________.

a)

Court of Appeal

b)

Federal court

c)

High court

d)

Sessions court

2.

Unwritten law is mainly comprised of___________.

a)

Muslim law, judicial decisions and subsidiary legislation

b)

English law, Muslim law and subsidiary legislation

c)

English law, judicial decisions and customs

d)

Muslim law, English law and customs

3.

The Court of Appeal has power to ________________.

a)

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

b)

Hear appeal from any High Court decision on criminal law

c)

Hear appeal from federal Court

d)

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

4.

Which of following is the main source of Malaysia law?

a)

Federal constitution

b)

Subsidiaries legislation

c)

State constitution

d)

State legislation

5.

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

a)

Appeal Court

b)

Second Class Magistrate Court

c)

High Court

d)

First Class Magistrate Court

6.

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

a)

Subsidiary legislation is categorized under common law

b)

Federal Constitution is the supreme law of the land

c)

Equity is considered as a source of law under English law

d)

Islamic law was the law of the land before the colonization

7.

"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)."

a)

Magistrate Court

b)

Syariah Court

c)

Tribunal

d)

Native Court

8.

There are two (2) types of Magistrates Court.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

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

Choose from the below words
legislative
executive
judiciary
jurisdiction
parliament
10.

This is what we called as ______.

a)

Separation of powers

b)

Subsidiary legislations

c)

Court Hierarchy

d)

Classification of law

11.

This is called as _______.

a)

Sources of law

b)

Separation of powers

c)

Written law

d)

Classification of law

12.

Written law in Malaysia may be found in the following _______.

a)

Legislation

b)

State Constitutions

c)

Subsidiary Legislation

d)

The Federal Constitution

e)

All of the above

13.

Besides laying down the powers of the Federal and ​ (a)   Governments, the ​ (b)   Constitution enshrines the basic fundamental ​ (c)   of the ​ (d)   .

Choose from the below words
State
Federal
rights
individual
subsidiary
14.

The rights written into the ​ (a)   can only be changed by a two-​​ (b)   ​ (c)   of the total number of ​ (d)   of the legislature.

Choose from the below words
Constitution
thirds
majority
members
15.

​ (a)   (Parliament) refers to law enacted by a body constituted for this purpose. In Malaysia, laws are legislated by ​ (b)   at Federal level and by any various State ​ (c)   Assemblies at ​ (d)   level.

Choose from the below words
Legislation
Parliament
Legislative
state