Superior Court And Subordinate Court In Malaysia

The federal court of malaysia is the highest judicial authority and the final court of appeal in malaysia.

Superior court and subordinate court in malaysia. The high courts high court of malaya for the states of peninsular malaysia high court of borneo for sabah sarawak each high courts is headed by a chief justice it hears matters which cannot be determined in the subordinate courts. Interpretation p art ii general 3. The high court court of appeal and the federal court are superior courts. Chief judge of malaya chief judge of sabah and sarawak and six federal court judges.

The superior courts comprise of the high court of malaya the high court of sabah and sarawak the. The current chief justice of the federal court effective 2 may 2019 is yang amat arif tun tengku maimun tuan mat the president of the court of appeal is dato rohana yusuf and the chief judge of malaya is tan sri dato sri. Superior courts high court court of appeal federal. The magistrate s court has the jurisdiction to hear claims of up to myr100 000 in value whereas the sessions court has a monetary jurisdiction of up to myr1 000 000.

Penghulu s court the penghulu s courts hear civil issues in which the claim is below rm50 00 and where the offenders are of asian race and speaks and understands the malay language. Process of courts 5 a. This is that court which hears all civil appeals against the verdict of the high court. The subordinate courts consist of the magistrates court and the sessions court.

Laws of malaysia act 92 subordinate courts act 1948 arrangement of sections p art i preliminary section 1. Hears civil and criminal appeals from the court of appeal. Highest court in malaysia and the final court of appeal. There are 2 high courts in malaysia which have revisionary and general supervisory jurisdiction over the subordinate courts.

The subordinate courts in malaysian legal system hierarchy the subordinate courts comprises the sessions courts the penghulu s courts in western part of malaysia and the magistrates court. The high courts and subordinate courts in east malaysia are under the jurisdiction of the high court in sabah and sarawak the high courts hear appeals from the lower courts in civil and criminal matters and have general jurisdiction claims that exceeds 250 000 malaysian ringgit except for criminal matters involving islamic law. The superior courts are the high court court of appeal and the federal court while the magistrates courts and the sessions courts are classified as subordinate courts. Its decision binds all the courts below.

The federal court consists of a president styled as the chief justice formerly called the lord president the president of the court of appeal the two chief judges of the high courts in malaya and sabah and sarawak and presently six federal. The magistrates court the court for children and the sessions court are subordinate courts. Registrar p art iii supreme court 6 12. Deleted p art iv court of appeal 13 42.

Outside the court hierarchy are the syariah courts penghulu s courts and the native courts. It also hears appeals of criminal decisions of the high court. Seals of courts 5. The federal court of malaysia in the highest court of the land.