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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.
2.2.4.2. Pemakaian Undang-undang Inggeris.
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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).
3.14. Sheridan, LA (ed), Malaya and Singapore, The Borneo Territories : The
Development of their Laws and Constitutions (Steven & Sons, 1961).
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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

Abdul Shaik bin Md Ibrahim & Anor [1999] 5 MLJ618

Ah Thian v. Government of Malaysia [1976] 2 M.L.J 112
Arulpragasan a/l Sandaraju v PP [1997]1 MLJ 1
Che Omar Che Soh v. PP [1988] 2 MLJ 55
Choa Choon Neo v. Yeap Cheah Neo [1892] 1 Ky 44
Choa Choon Neoh v. Spottiswoode [1869] 1 Ky. 216
Conway v Rimmer & Anor [1968] A.C 910
Dalip Bhagwan Singh v PP [1998] 1 MLJ
Dalip Kaur v Pegawai Polis Daerah, Bukit Mertajam & Anor (1992) 1 MLJ 1.
Darmawan Sasmitaat [1999] 2 MLJ 241
Daud Mamat & Ors [2001] 2 CLJ 161
Dewan Undangan Negeri Kelantan & Anor. v. Nordin Salleh & Anor (1)
[1992] 1 CLJ 72
Director-General of Inland Revenue v Kulim Rubber Plantations Ltd [1981] 1
MLJ 214
Fatimah & Ors v. Logan & Ors [1871] 1 Ky. 255
Gobind Singh Deo v. Yang Dipertua, Dewan Rakyat & Ors [2010] 9 CLJ 449
Goh Chong Hin v. Consolidated Malay Rubber [1924] 5 F.M.S.L.R. 86
Government of Perak v. Adams [1914] 2 F.M.S.L.R. 144
Hajah Amin bte Kassim v. Hj Abdul Rashid bin Abd Hamid 1993-2 MLJ 338
Henry v De Cruz [1949] MLJ Supp. 25
In The Good of Abdullah [1835] 2 Ky. 8
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
Indra Gandhi Mutho [2018] 1 LNS 86
Isa Abdul Rahman [1992] 2 M.L.J.244
Isaac Penhas v. Tan Soo Eng[1953] M.L.J. 73
Justin Milroy Narakera v. Public Prosecutor [1990] 2 C.L.J. 227.
Kamoo v. Thomas Turner Bassett [1808] 1 Ky. 1
Kandasamy v. Suppiah [1919] 1 F.M.S.L.R 381
Khalid Panjang & Ors v PP [1964] 2 MLJ 108
Kok Wah Kuan v. Pengarah Penjara Kajang [2004] 8 CLJ 324.
Koperasi Rakyat v Harta Empat [2000] 2 AMR 2311
Kumpulan Perangsang Selangor v Zaid bin Hj Mohd. Noh [1997] 1 MLJ 789
Leong & Anor v. Lim Beng Chye [1955] M.L.J. 153
Lina Joy (2004) 6 CLJ 242
Majlis Agama Islam Pulau Pinang v Isa Abdul Rahman & satu yang lain
(1992) 2 MLJ 244
Majlis Perbandaran Pulau Pinang v Sykt. Bekerjasama-sama Serbaguna
Sungai Gelugor [1999] 3 CLJ 74
Malaysia National Insurance v Lim Tiok [1997] 2 MLJ 165
Mansor bin Mat Tahir v. Kadi Daerah Pendang Kedah & Anor [1989] 1 MLJ
106
Mirza Akbar v King Emperor L.R 67 I.A 336
Mohamed Ganny v. Vadveng Kuti [1933] 7 FMSLR 170
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Mohamed Habibullah [1992] 2 MLJ 793

Motor Emporium v. Arumugam [1933] 2 M.L.J. 276
Ong Cheng Neo v. Yeap Cheah Neo & Ors [1972] 1 Ky 326
PP v Datuk Tan Cheng Swee & Anor [1980] 2 MLJ 276
PP v Ooi Khai Chin & Anor [1979] 1 MLJ 112
PP v. Kok Wah Kuan [2007] 6 CLJ 341
Public Prosecutor v. Sannasi [1970] 2 M.L.J. 198
Pushpah v. Malaysian Co-operative Insurance Society [1995] 2 M.L.J. 657
R v Taylor (1950) 2 KB 368
Read v Bishop of Lincoln [1893] A.C 644
Regina v. Willans [1858] 3 Ky 16
Rethana M. Rajasigamoney v. The Government of Malaysia [1984] 1 CLJ 323
Sarwaria[sol] [2001] 6 MLJ 737
Seng Djit hin v. Nagurdas Purshotumdas & Co [1923] AC 444
Shaik Sahied Abdullah v. Sockalingam Chettiar [1933] 2 M.L.J. 81
Soon Singh a [sol] l Bikar Singh v Pertubuhan Kebajikan Islam Malaysia
(PERKIM) Kedah & Anor [[1999] 1 MLJ 489
Sri Inai (Pulau Pinang) Sdn Bhd v. Yong Yit Swee [1998] 3 A.M.R. 2847
Subashini Rajasingam [2007] 7 CLJ 584
Sukma Darmawan Sasmitaat Madja v Ketua Pengarah Penjara, Malaysia &
Anor, 1999, 2 MLJ 241
Sundralingam v Ramanathan Chettiar [1967] 2 MLJ 211
Syarikat Kenderaan Melayu Kelantan v TWU [1996] 4 CLJ 687
Tan Boon Kean v PP [1995] 3 MLJ 514
Tun Datu Mustapha Datu Harun v. State Legislative Assembly of Sabah &
Anor. [1993] 1 CLJ 86
Warren v. Tay Say Geok [1963] M.L.J. 179
YAB Dato' Dr Zambry Abd Kadir & Ors v. YB Sivakumar Varatharaju Naidu;
Attorney-General Malaysia (INTERVENER) [2009] 4 CLJ 253
Young v Bristol Aeroplane Co. Ltd [1994] KB 718
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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
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respect to 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.