DR ZULAZHAR TAHIR - MLS

SISTEM UNDANG-UNDANG DI MALAYSIA

FAKULTI UNDANG-UNDANG

UNIVERSITI MALAYSA

SESI 2019/2020

HANYA UNTUK KEGUNAAN DI FAKULTI UNDANG-UNDANG

UNIVERSITI MALAYA
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MAKLUMAT KURSUS UNTUK SEMESTER/PENGGAL SEMASA COURSE

INFORMATION FOR CURRENT SEMESTER/TERM

Sesi Akademik 2018/2019

Academic Session
Semester/Penggal Semester 1
Semester/Term
Kod Kursus LIA2001
Course Code
Tajuk Kursus Sistem Undang-Undang di Malaysia
Course Title
Bahasa Pengantar Bahasa Melayu dan Bahasa Inggeris
Medium of Instruction
Rujukan Utama
Main Reference 1. Islamic law / [Series editor] Mashood A. Baderin, Aldershot :
Ashgate, 2014.
2. Understanding Islamic law (shari'a) / Raj Bhala, New Providence,
NJ : LexisNexis, 2011.
3. Human rights law : international, Malaysian and Islamic perspectives
/ edited by Abdul Ghafur Hamid @ Khin Maung Sein , Petaling Jaya,
Selangor : Thomson Reuters Malaysia, 2012.
4. Wan Arfah Hamzah and Ramy Bulan (2002), An Introduction to the
Malaysian Legal System, Shah Alam: Fajar Bakti;
5. Sharifah Suhanah Syed Ahmad (1999), Malaysian Legal System,
Malaysia: Malayan Law Journal.
6. Wu Min Aun (2005) (3rd ed), The Malaysian Legal System, Petaling
Jaya: Pearson.
7. Ahmad Ibrahin dan Ahilemah Joned, Sistem Undang-Undang di
Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur : Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (2002)
8. Wan Arfah Hamzah, A First Look at The Malaysian Legal System,
Selangor : Oxford Fajar Sdn. Bhd. (2009).

Strategi Pembelajaran Kuliah dan Tutorial.

Learning Strategies
Masa Pembelajaran Pelajar
Bersemuka / Face to face : 39
Student Learning Time
Tidak Bersemuka / Non Face to face: 77
Masa Persediaan Pelajar / Student Preparation Time: 4

Kemahiran Boleh Pindah Pemikiran Kritis Dan Kemahiran Menyelesaikan Masalah (CT1,CT2,
Transferable Skills CT3)
Kemahiran Kerja Berpasukan (TS1, TS2, T3)
Etika dan Moral Profesional (EM1, EM2)

Pensyarah / Lecturer Dr. Zulazhar bin Tahir

Bilik / Room 2.43

Telefon/e-mel 03-79676560 / zulazhar@um.edu.my

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Telephone/e-mail

Sesi Kuliah / Lecture Session:

Hari/Masa / Day/Time Seperti dalam Jadual Waktu.

Tempat / Venue

Sesi Tutorial/Amali:
Tutorial/Practical Session:

Hari/Masa / Day/Time Seperti dalam Jadual Waktu.

Tempat / Venue
Perincian Pemberatan Penilaian Berterusan / Continuous Assessment : 40%
Penilaian
Detail of Assessment 1. Ujian/Tugasan : 20%.
Weightage 2. Pembentangan Tutorial : 20%.

Peperiksaan Akhir / Final Examination: 60% Rujuk kepada Jadual

Peperiksaan.
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Jadual Pengajaran / Teaching Schedule

Minggu Topik & Aktiviti Rujukan

Week Topic & Activities References

Introductory to the Malaysian Legal system Course outline

1
Political history – brief introduction Computer
LCD projector
Legal history before reception of English law Course outline
2
Local/indigeneous legal system Computer
LCD projector
The Legal system of Melaka Course outline
3 Melaka Sultanate Computer
Portuguese administration LCD projector
Dutch administration
Reception of English law Course outline
4
Strait Settlements Computer
Malay States LCD projector
Reception of English law Course outline
5
Federated Malay States Computer
Borneo States LCD projector
Reception of English law Course outline
6
The Federation of Malaysia Computer
LCD projector
Sources of Law in Malaysia Course outline
7
- Federal Constitution Computer
- State constitutions LCD projector
Sources of Law in Malaysia Course outline
8
- Primary legislations Computer
- Statutory Legislation LCD projector
- How statutes are promulgated Course outline
9
- Computer
- Secondary Legislation LCD projector
Judicial Decision Course outline
10
- How judges ‘make’ law Computer
LCD projector
Judicial Decision Course outline
11
- a common law of Malaysia Computer
LCD projector
Reception of English law – principles and issues Course outline
12
Computer
LCD projector
Customary laws Course outline
13
Computer
LCD projector
Customary laws Course outline
14
Computer
LCD projector
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LIA 1002

PENGANTAR SISTEM UNDANG-UNDANG DI MALAYSIA

(INTRODUCTION TO THE MALAYSIAN LEGAL SYSTEM)

RANGKA KURSUS

1. SEJARAH UNDANG-UNDANG DI MALAYSIA

1.1. Ringkasan sejarah politik.

1.2. Sejarah undang-undang sebelum penerimaan undang-undang Inggeris.

1.2.1. Sistem undang-undang tempatan.

1.2.2. Sistem undang-undang di Melaka.
1.2.2.1. Zaman Kesultanan Melaka.
1.2.2.2. Pertadbiran Portugis [1511 – 1641).
1.2.2.3. Pentadbiran Belanda (1641 – 1824).
1.3. Penerimaan Undang-undang Inggeris.
1.3.1. Negeri-Negeri Selat.
1.3.2. Negeri-Negeri Melayu.
1.3.3. Persekutuan Tanah Melayu.
1.3.4. Negeri-Negeri Borneo.
1.3.5. Persekutuan Malaysia.

2. SUMBER UNDANG-UNDANG DI MALAYSIA.

2.1. Makna “sumber”

2.2. Sumber-sumber undang-undang di Malaysia.
2.2.1. Perlembagaan Persekutuan dan Perlembagaan Negeri.
2.2.2. Perundangan.
2.2.2.1. Perundangan Utama atau Statut.
2.2.2.2. Perundangan yang berkuatkuasa di Malaysia.
2.2.2.3. Bagaimana statut diperbuat.
2.2.2.4. Perundangan Subsidiari

2.2.3. Keputusan Kehakiman.

2.2.3.1. Bagaimana hakim “membuat” undang-undang
dalam sistem common law.
2.2.3.2. Ke arah common law Malaysia.

2.2.4. Undang-Undang Inggeris.

2.2.4.1. Penerimaan Undang-undang Inggeris.
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2.2.4.2. Pemakaian Undang-undang Inggeris.

2.2.5. Undang-Undang Adat.

2.2.5.1. Definisi.
2.2.5.2. Undang-Undang Adat Melayu.
2.2.5.3. Undang-Undang Adat Cina.
2.2.5.4. Undang-Undang Adat Hindu.
2.2.5.5. Undang-Undang Adat Bumiputra di Sabah dan
Serawak.

2.2.6. Undang-Undang Islam.

2.2.6.1. Definisi.
2.2.6.2. Sejarah Undang-Undang Islam di Malaysia.
2.2.6.3. Undang-Undang Islam dalam Perlembagaan.
2.2.6.4. Pentadbiran Undang-Undang Islam di Malaysia.
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BACAAN YANG DISYORKAN.

1. Bacaan Pengantar.

1.1. Mohamed Suffian, An Introduction to the Legal System of Malaysia

(Penerbit Fjar Bakti), Ed. Ke 2 ( Buku ini hendaklah dibaca sepintas lalau
dari mula sampai akhir sekurang-kurangnya sekali dipermulaan
kursus).

2. Buku-Buku Teks.

2.1. Ahmad Ibrahim & Ahilemah Joned, Sistem Undang-Undang di Malaysia

(Dewan Bahasa & Pustaka (2002).
2.2. Wan Arfah Hamzah, A fIrst Look at the Malaysian Legal System (Oxford,
2009).
2.3. Wu Min Aun, The Malaysian Legal System (Longman Malaysia, 199) Ed
Ke 2.
2.4. Sharifah Suhanah Syed Ahmad (1999), Malaysian Legal System,
Malayan Law Journal.

3. Rujukan Umum.

3.1. Ahmad bin Mohd Ibrahim, Towards a History of Law in Malaysia and
Singapore (Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 1992).
3.2. Bartholomew, GW, “English Law in Partibus Orientalum”. Dalam
Harding, AJ (ed), The Common Law in Singapore and Malaysia
(Butterworths, 1985).
3.3. Braddel, RSJ, The Law of the Straits Settlements. A Commentary
(Oxford University Press, 1982).
3.4. Chan, HM, The Legal System of Singapore (Butterworths Asia, 1995).
3.5. Hickling, RH, Malaysian Law (Professional Law Books, 1987).
3.6. Hickling, RH, Essays in Malaysian Law (Pelanduk Publications, 1991).
3.7. Hooker, MB, A concise Legal History of South-East Asia (Clarendon
Press, 1978).
3.8. Hooker, MB, The Laws of South-East Asia. Volume II : European Laws
in South-East Asia (Butterworths, 1988).
3.9. Hooker, MB, The Laws of South-East Asia Singapore (Butterworths Asia,
1995).
3.10. Ismail Mohd. et al , Introduction to Malaysian Legal History, (Ilmiah,
2004).
3.11. Napier, WJ, An Introduction to the Study of the Law Administered in the
Colony of the Straits Settlements (Frase & Neave Ltd, 1989)
3.12. Roberts-Wray, KO, Commonwealth and Colonial Law (Steven & Sons,
1966).
3.13. Rutter, MF, The Applicable Law in Singapore & Malaysia (Malayan Law
Journal Pte. Ltd., 1989).
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3.14. Sheridan, LA (ed), Malaya and Singapore, The Borneo Territories : The
Development of their Laws and Constitutions (Steven & Sons, 1961).
3.15. Woon, W (ed), The Singapore Legal System (Longman, 1988)

4. Rujukan-rujukan khusus.

Akan diberi dari masa ke semasa.

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Cases

1. Ong Cheng Neo v. Yeap Cheah Neo & Ors [1972] 1 Ky 326.
2. Government of Perak v. Adams [1914] 2 F.M.S.L.R. 144.
3. Kandasamy v. Suppiah [1919] 1 F.M.S.L.R 381.
4. Mohamed Ganny v. Vadveng Kuti [1933] 7 FMSLR 170.
5. Motor Emporium v. Arumugam [1933] 2 M.L.J. 276.
6. In the matter or an oral application by Dato’ Seri Anwar bin Ibrahim to
disqualify a judge of the Court of Appeal [2000] 2 M.L.J. 481.
7. Gobind Singh Deo v. Yang Dipertua, Dewan Rakyat & Ors [2010] 9 CLJ 449.
8. PP v. Kok Wah Kuan [2007] 6 CLJ 341.
9. Kok Wah Kuan v. Pengarah Penjara Kajang [2004] 8 CLJ 324.
10. Tun Datu Mustapha Datu Harun v. State Legislative Assembly of Sabah &
Anor. [1993] 1 CLJ 86.
11. Regina v. Willans [1858] 3 Ky 16.
12. YAB Dato' Dr Zambry Abd Kadir & Ors v. YB Sivakumar Varatharaju Naidu;
Attorney-General Malaysia (INTERVENER) [2009] 4 CLJ 253.
13. Dewan Undangan Negeri Kelantan & Anor. v. Nordin Salleh & Anor (1)
[1992] 1 CLJ 72.
14. Rethana M. Rajasigamoney v. The Government of Malaysia [1984] 1 CLJ 323
15. Ah Thian v. Government of Malaysia [1976] 2 M.L.J 112.
16. Public Prosecutor v. Sannasi [1970] 2 M.L.J. 198.
17. Justin Milroy Narakera v. Public Prosecutor [1990] 2 C.L.J. 227.
18. Sri Inai (Pulau Pinang) Sdn Bhd v. Yong Yit Swee [1998] 3 A.M.R. 2847.
19. Pushpah v. Malaysian Co-operative Insurance Society [1995] 2 M.L.J. 657.
20. Warren v. Tay Say Geok [1963] M.L.J. 179.
21. Choa Choon Neo v. Yeap Cheah Neo [1892] 1 Ky 44.
22. Kamoo v. Thomas Turner Bassett [1808] 1 Ky. 1
23. Seng Djit hin v. Nagurdas Purshotumdas & Co [1923] AC 444.
24. Shaik Sahied Abdullah v. Sockalingam Chettiar [1933] 2 M.L.J. 81
25. Dalip Kaur v Pegawai Polis Daerah, Bukit Mertajam & Anor (1992) 1 MLJ 1.
26. Majlis Agama Islam Pulau Pinang v Isa Abdul Rahman & satu yang lain (1992)
2 MLJ 244.
27. Soon Singh a [sol] l Bikar Singh v Pertubuhan Kebajikan Islam Malaysia
(PERKIM) Kedah & Anor [[1999] 1 MLJ 489].
28. Hajah Amin bte Kassim v. Hj Abdul Rashid bin Abd Hamid 1993-2 MLJ 338.
29. Mansor bin Mat Tahir v. Kadi Daerah Pendang Kedah & Anor [1989] 1 MLJ 106.
30. Che Omar Che Soh v. PP [1988] 2 MLJ 55.
31. Sukma Darmawan Sasmitaat Madja v Ketua Pengarah Penjara, Malaysia &
Anor, 1999, 2 MLJ 241.
32. In The Good of Abdullah [1835] 2 Ky. 8.
33. Fatimah & Ors v. Logan & Ors [1871] 1 Ky. 255.
34. Choa Choon Neoh v. Spottiswoode [1869] 1 Ky. 216.
35. Isaac Penhas v. Tan Soo Eng[1953] M.L.J. 73.
36. Leong & Anor v. Lim Beng Chye [1955] M.L.J. 153.
37. Goh Chong Hin v. Consolidated Malay Rubber [1924] 5 F.M.S.L.R. 86.
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CIVIL LAW ACT 1956

(REVISED 1972)
ACT 67

3. Application of U.K. common law, rules of equity and certain statutes.

(1) Save so far as other provision has been made or may hereafter be made by any
written law in force in Malaysia, the Court shall -
(a) in Peninsular Malaysia or any part thereof, apply the common law of England and
the rules of equity as administered in England on the 7 April 1956;
(b) in Sabah, apply the common law of England and the rules of equity, together with
statutes of general application, as administered or in force in England on 1 December
1951;
(c) in Sarawak, apply the common law of England and the rules of equity, together
with statutes of general application, as administered or in force in England on 12
December 1949, subject however to subparagraph (3)(ii):
Provided always that the said common law, rules of equity and statutes of general
application shall be applied so far only as the circumstances of the States of Malaysia
and their respective inhabitants permit and subject to such qualifications as local
circumstances render necessary.
(2) Subject to the express provisions of this Act or any other written law in force in
Malaysia or any part thereof, in the event of conflict or variance between the
common law and the rules of equity with reference to the same matter, the rules of
equity shall prevail.
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraphs (1)(b) and (c) and
notwithstanding paragraph (1)(c) -
(i) it is hereby declared that proceedings of a nature such as in England are taken on
the Crown side of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court by way of habeas
corpus or for an order of mandamus, an order of prohibition, an order of certiorari or
for an injunction restraining any person who acts in an office in which he is not
entitled to act, shall be available in Sabah to the same extent and for the like objects
and purposes as they are available in England;
(ii) the Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom applied to Sarawak under sections
3 and 4 of the Application of Laws Ordinance of Sarawak (Sarawak Cap. 2) and
specified in the Second Schedule of this Act, shall, to the extent specified in the
second column of the said Schedule, continue in force in Sarawak with such formal
alterations and amendments as may be necessary to make the same applicable to
the circumstances of Sarawak and, in particular, subject to the modifications set out
in third column of the said Schedule.

5. Application of English law in commercial matters.

(1) In all questions or issues which arise or which have to be decided in the States
of Peninsular Malaysia other than Malacca and Penang with respect to the law of
partnerships, corporations, banks and banking, principals and agents, carriers by air,
land and sea, marine insurance, average, life and fire insurance, and with respect to
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mercantile law generally, the law to be administered shall be the same as would be
administered in England in the like case at the date of the coming into force of
this Act, if such question or issue had arisen or had to be decided in England, unless
in any case other provision is or shall be made by any written law.

(2) In all questions or issues which arise or which have to be decided in the States
of Malacca, Penang, Sabah and Sarawak with respect to the law concerning any of
the matters referred to in subsection (1), the law to be administered shall be the
same as would be administered in England, in the like case at the corresponding
period, if such question or issue had arisen or had to be decided in England, unless
in any case other provision is or shall be made by any written law.
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SOALAN TUTORIAL

INTORDUCTION TO THE MALAYSIAN LEGAL SYSTEM

MALAYSIAN LEGAL HISTORY

1. 'Whether Penang was ceded or settled is now academic.'

Discuss.

2. Read the judgement of Maxwell R in the case of R v Willans [1858] 3'Ky

16 and answer the following questions:

(a) State the material facts and issues,

(b) On what grounds did Maxwell R decide that neither;

(i) The law of Kedah;

(ii) The personal laws of the Malay, Chinese and Indian settlers; nor
(iii) English law could be considered the lex loci of Penang at the time
Penang was ceded to the East India Company?

(c) If none of the above could be considered the lex loci, what law
applied in Penang in the first twenty odd years after British occupation?

(d) Pick out from the judgement all the factual evidence which
refuted any contention law applied in Penang from the date of 1786.

(e) In the opinion of Maxwell R what law did the Charier of Justice
1807 introduce into Penang?

(f) To what extent did the law held to have been introduced by the
1807 Charter apply to Penang?

(g) To what extent did English statute law applicable in England in

1826 apply in Penang?

(h) What was the criteria used by Maxwell R to determine whether

the English Statute 4 Geo. IV c. 34 which provided for punishment of
laborers for willful breaches of their contract with their employers was
applicable in Penang?

(I) What was the decision of Maxwell R on the issue whether

Magistrate Willan's refusal to adjudicate upon the second absenting
of the laborer, Chivatean, was well-founded in law? State the reasons
for his decision.
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3. Outline the legal history of Melaka until its cession to the British in 1824.

4. Summarize the legal developments in the Straits Settlements from 1786

to 1855.

5. "The Second Charter of Justice 1926 did not in so many words expressly
transplant the English Common Law or any English Statute to the
territory. But decisions of courts in the territory interpreted its provisions
as having that effect."

Rutter. MF The Applicable Law in Singapore and. Malaysia (Singapore:

Malayan Law Journal, (1989) 116.

Discuss.

6. "Principles of English Law have for many years been accepted in the
Federated Malay States where no other provision has been made by
statute. Section 2(1) of the Civil Law Enactment therefore merely
gave a statutory reception to a practice which the courts had previously
followed."

Discuss.

7. The Straits Settlements were British territory while the Malay States
were regarded as sovereign states despite the treaties of protection
concluded between the Malay Rulers and the British. What difference,
if any, did this have on the introduction of English Law?

8. Outline the legal developments in North Borneo, (Sabah) and Sarawak

from the time of cession to European adventurers until 1946.

9. Charter of Justice 1826, introduced the English law that existed at that
date, not only in the Malacca and Singapore but also in Penang subject
to modification to conform with local conditions. Discuss the truth of
this fact by referring to the relevant cases?
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REFERENCES

Refer to the reading list in the Course Outline AND the following:

Buss-Tjen, "Malay Law", 7 American Journal of Comparative Law (1958) : 248

Hooker, MB, "The Oriental Law Text: With reference to Text : With reference
to the Undang-Undang Melaka and Malay Law". In Hooker, MB (ed),
Malaysian..Legal Essays (Malayan Law Journal Pte Ltd, 1986)

Kyshe, NJW, "Judicial History of the Straits Settlements, 1786 -1890",

reprinted in Mal. L.R. 11 (1966) : 1 at 38.

Liaw Yock Fang, Undang-Undang Melaka (Martinus Nijhoff, 1976)

Mohamad Jajuli A. Rahman, The Malay Law' Text (Dewan Bahasa & Pustaka)
1995.

Muhammad Yusof Hashim, "Legal Codes of the Malacca Sultanate: An

Appraisal", Journal of the Malaysian Historical Society, Vol. 26 (1983) : 84

Wilinson, RJ, "Malay Law" , In Hooker: MS, . Readings in Malay Adat Laws
(Singapore Universlty Press, 1970)

Windstedt, RO. "Digest of Laws", Journal of the Malayan Branch of the Royal
Asiatic Society, Vol. XXXX1, Part III (1958) : 136

Legal Development in the Straits Settlements.

List of Cases

1. Kamoo v Basset (1808) 'I Ky 1

2. In the Goods of Abdullah (1835) 2 Ky 8
3. R v Willans (1858) 3 Ky 16
4. Chulas v Kolson [1867] Leic 462
5. Ghoa Ghoon Neoh v Spottiswoode (1869) 1 Ky 216
6. Sahrip v Mitchell [1870] Leic 466
7. Fatimah & Ors v Logan & Ors (1871) 1 Ky 255
8. Municipal Commissioners v Tolson (1872) 1 Ky 272
9. Coomarapah Chetty v Kang Oon Lock (1872) 1 Ky 314
10. Ong Cheng Neo v Yeap Cheah Neo (1872) 1 Ky 326
11. Khoo Tiang Bee v Tan Bang Guat (1877) 1 Ky 413
12. Ismail bin Savoosah v Madinasah Merican (1887) 4 Ky 311
13. Scully v Scully (1890) 4 Ky 602
14. Chao Ang Chee v Neoh Chan Neo / In the Estate of Choo Eng Ghoon
/ The Six Widows Case"(1908) 2 SSLR 120
15. Syed Ali v Syed Omar Alsagoff (1918) 15 SSLR 103
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16. Khoo Hooi Leong v Khoo Chong Yeok [1930] AC 346

17. Mong v Da,ing Mookeh [1935] MLJ 147
18. Isaac Penhas v Tan Soo Eng (1953) MLJ 73

Legal Developments in the Malay States

List of Cases

1. Mighell v The Sultan of Johore [1894] 1 QB 149

2. Ong Cheng Neo v Yap Kwan Seng (1897) 1 SSLR Supp 1
3. Government of Perak v Adams (1914) 2 FMSLR 144
4. Yang Sao Lin v Fung Poi Fang (1914) MLJ 63
5. Shaik Abdul Latif v Shaik Elias Bux (1915) 1 FMSLR 204
5. Haji Abdul Rahman v Mohamed Hassan [1917] AC 209
6. Kandasamy v Suppiah (1919) 1 FMSLR 381.
7. Yap Tham Thei v Low Hup Neo (1919) 1 FMSLR 383
8. Leonard v Nachiappa Chettiar (1923) 4 FMSLR 265
9. Re the Will of Yap Kim Seng (1924) 4 FMSLR 313
10. Duff Development Company v Government of Kelantan [1924) AC 797
11. Ramah v Laton (1927) 6 FMSLR 128.
12. Mohamed Ganny v Vadveng Kid; (1930) 7 FMSLR 170
13. Motor Emporium v Arumugam (1933) MLJ 276
14. Pahang Consolidated Co Ltd v State of Pahang [1933] MLJ 247
15. Anchom v Public Prosecutor [1940J MLJ 22
16. In re Tan Soh Sim deceased (1951) MLJ 21
17. Sultan of Johore v Tenqku Abu Bakar (1952) MLJ 115
18. Bachan Singh v Mahinder Kaur & Ors [1956] MLJ 97
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SOURCES OF MALAYSIAN LAW

1. Explain the following concepts:

(a) Written constitution

(b) Unwritten constitution
(c) Supremacy of the constitution
(d) Sovereignty of parliament

2. What is the Federal Constitutions?

3. How did the Malaysian Federal Constitutions come into being?

4. How can that constitution be changed or amended?

3. Define legislation.

4. Why has legislation become a predominant source of law not only in

Malaysia but in most countries?

5. What is subsidiary or delegated legislation?

6. Why does Parliament delegate its power to legislate?

7. What are the main methods of control over subsidiary legislation?

8. "Judges will meet in June to discuss the formulation of a common law

based on local rather than British values. Lord President Tan Sri
Abdul Hamid Omar said today that the common law being used in
Malaysia belonged to England and its application in this country was
subject to the provisions of the Civil Law Act, 1956."

Analyze and comment on the above report.

9. Discuss the extent to which English law is a source of Malaysian law.

10. "... The common law presumption. .. that a fire which began on a man's
property arose from some act or default for which he was
answerable has no application in Malaysia and has had no
application, there at least since the coming into force of the Civil
Law Ordinance 1956; section 3 . The reason is that having been
displaced by statute... The presumption formed no part of the Common
Law of England as administered in England at that date. Upon the
appellants lay the burden of proof as to both negligence and nuisance...
Sir Frank Kitto in Leong Bee & Co. v Linq Nem Rubber Works [1970] 2
MLJ 45 at 46.
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What law is applicable in West Malaysia if a common law rule in England

had been repealed by statute before 7 April 1956?

11. '''Law' includes written law, the common law in so far as it is in operation
in the Federation or any part thereof, and any custom or usage having
the force of Law in the Federation or any part thereof."
Article 160 Federal Constitution.

Analyze and comment on the above definition of law in the Federal

Constitutions.

12. "There can be no doubt that Muslim Law would have ended by becoming
the law of Malaya had not British law stepped in to check it."
RJ Wilkinson, Paper on Malay Subjects, First Series Law part 1, 49
Discuss.

13. To what extent is the Syariah implemented and enforced in Malaysia?

14. Can a component state of Malaysia implement hudud laws?

15. Can a system of Syariah Courts be created for the Federation of Malaysia
as a whole?

16. To what extent is an adat or customary law applicable in West Malaysia

and East Malaysia?

17. “The doctrine of the supremacy of Parliament does not apply in Malaysia.
Here we have a written constitution. The power of parliament and of
State Legislatures in Malaysia is limited by the Constitution, and they
cannot make any law they please”
Ah Thian v. Government of Malaysia [1976] 2 M.L.J 112.
Discuss the above statement.
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REFERENCES

Ahrnad lbrahirn, "Malaysia as a federation", (1974) JMCL 1 : 1

'The Position of Islam in the Constitution of Malaysia." In Mohamed Suffian, HP
Lee & FA Trindade (ed); Constitution of Malaysia, Its Development: 1957 -
1977;
_______ , "Islamic Law in Malaysia" (1981] JMCL?'1
________, "The Future of the Shariah and the Shariah Courts" [1.995] JMCL
41
Bartholomew, GW The Commercial Law of Malaysia (1965) 21 - 39
Chia, Joseph "Reception of English Law under sections 3 and 5 of the Civil Law
Act 1956 (Revised 1972)" [1974J JMCL42
Hooker, MS, The Personal Law of Malaysia An Introduction (1976)
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