Federal Court of Malaysia

E896743

apex court court of last resort judicial body

The Federal Court of Malaysia is the highest appellate court in the country, serving as the ultimate judicial authority on constitutional, civil, and criminal matters.

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Label	Occurrences
Federal Court of Malaysia canonical	3

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	apex court ⓘ court of last resort ⓘ judicial body ⓘ
aboveInHierarchy	Court of Appeal of Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ High Court of Malaya NERFINISHED ⓘ High Court of Sabah and Sarawak NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Mahkamah Persekutuan Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ
compositionIncludes	Chief Judge of Malaya NERFINISHED ⓘ Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak NERFINISHED ⓘ Chief Justice of Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ President of the Court of Appeal of Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ other Federal Court judges ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Federal Constitution of Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Malaysia ⓘ
decisionsAre	binding on all lower courts in Malaysia ⓘ
establishedInYear	1957 ⓘ
function	advises the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on constitutional questions when referred ⓘ determines constitutional questions referred by lower courts ⓘ determines validity of federal laws ⓘ determines validity of state laws ⓘ hears appeals from the Court of Appeal of Malaysia ⓘ hears appeals from the High Court of Malaya in limited circumstances ⓘ hears appeals from the High Court of Sabah and Sarawak in limited circumstances ⓘ interprets the Federal Constitution of Malaysia ⓘ
hasPosition	Chief Judge of Malaya NERFINISHED ⓘ Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak NERFINISHED ⓘ Chief Justice of Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ Federal Court judge ⓘ President of the Court of Appeal of Malaysia ⓘ
hasTypeOfCase	civil appeals ⓘ constitutional cases ⓘ criminal appeals ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.kehakiman.gov.my ⓘ
headedBy	Chief Justice of Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ
jurisdiction	Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageOfProceedings	English ⓘ Malay ⓘ
locatedIn	Palace of Justice, Putrajaya NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeNameLanguage	ms ⓘ
partOf	Judiciary of Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor	Supreme Court of Malaysia NERFINISHED ⓘ
reconstitutedInYear	1994 ⓘ
role	final court of appeal in Malaysia ⓘ highest appellate court in Malaysia ⓘ ultimate judicial authority on civil matters in Malaysia ⓘ ultimate judicial authority on constitutional matters in Malaysia ⓘ ultimate judicial authority on criminal matters in Malaysia ⓘ
seat	Putrajaya NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Malaysian judiciary → hasCourt → Federal Court of Malaysia ⓘ

Malaysian judiciary → highestCourt → Federal Court of Malaysia ⓘ

Federal Constitution of Malaysia → definesJudicialBody → Federal Court of Malaysia ⓘ