Malaysian judiciary

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branch of government judiciary

The Malaysian judiciary is the independent branch of government responsible for interpreting and applying the law in Malaysia through a hierarchical system of courts, including the Federal Court, Court of Appeal, and High Courts.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
High Courts of Malaysia	1
Judicial branch of Malaysia	1
Judiciary of Malaysia	1
Malaysian judiciary canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	branch of government ⓘ judiciary ⓘ
advisedByBodyOnAppointments	Judicial Appointments Commission of Malaysia ⓘ
allowsLanguage	English ⓘ
appointmentAuthorityForJudges	Yang di-Pertuan Agong ⓘ
appointmentOnAdviceOf	Conference of Rulers ⓘ Prime Minister of Malaysia ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Federal Constitution of Malaysia ⓘ
country	Malaysia ⓘ
employs	judges ⓘ judicial commissioners ⓘ registrars and deputy registrars ⓘ
governmentBranch	independent ⓘ
guarantees	judicial independence ⓘ
hasCourt	Court of Appeal of Malaysia ⓘ Federal Court of Malaysia ⓘ High Court of Singapore ⓘ surface form: High Court in Malaya High Court in Sabah and Sarawak ⓘ
hasDisciplinaryBody	Judges’ Ethics Committee ⓘ
hasFunction	adjudication of election petitions ⓘ enforcement of fundamental liberties ⓘ interpretation of the Federal Constitution ⓘ judicial review of administrative action ⓘ settlement of disputes between Federation and states ⓘ
hasLowerCourt	magistrates’ courts ⓘ surface form: Magistrates’ Courts of Malaysia Sessions Courts of Malaysia ⓘ
hasSpecializedCourt	Children’s Courts of Malaysia ⓘ Coroners’ Courts of Malaysia ⓘ Children’s Courts of Malaysia ⓘ surface form: Court for Children of Malaysia Industrial Court of Malaysia ⓘ Native Courts of Sabah and Sarawak ⓘ Syariah Courts of Malaysia ⓘ
headedBy	Lord President of the Federal Court of Malaysia ⓘ surface form: Chief Justice of Malaysia
highestCourt	Federal Court of Malaysia ⓘ
influencedBy	English law ⓘ surface form: English common law
jurisdiction	civil law matters ⓘ constitutional disputes ⓘ criminal law matters ⓘ federal law interpretation ⓘ state law interpretation ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	Malay ⓘ
legalSystemFamily	common law ⓘ
overseenBy	Office of the Chief Registrar of the Federal Court ⓘ
role	applying the law ⓘ interpreting the law ⓘ
secondHighestCourt	Court of Appeal of Malaysia ⓘ
thirdTierCourts	High Court in Malaya ⓘ High Court in Sabah and Sarawak ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kuala Lumpur → isSeatOf → Malaysian judiciary ⓘ

Parliament of Malaysia → relatedInstitution → Malaysian judiciary ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judiciary of Malaysia

Government of Malaysia → hasBranch → Malaysian judiciary ⓘ

this entity surface form: Judicial branch of Malaysia

Federal Constitution of Malaysia → definesJudicialBody → Malaysian judiciary ⓘ

this entity surface form: High Courts of Malaysia