Judiciary of Malaysia

Judiciary of Malaysia is largely centralised despite Malaysia being a federation. Malaysia's judiciary is governed by Part IX of the Federal Constitution, and has jurisdiction over wide range of civil and criminal matters. It is also heavily influenced by the English common law, and occasionally by case law from other Commonwealth countries.

Malaysia also has another set of state-level courts known as the Syariah Courts, which is separate from the aforementioned secular judiciary and operate according to Islamic jurisprudence, but with limited jurisdiction.

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