Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Law of Malaysia - History -

Law Of Malaysia
(History)
prior to the independence in 1957, most of the laws of United Kingdom were imported and either made into local legislation or simply applied as case laws. Malaysian law is also based on other jurisdictions namely Australia and India. The criminal law in Malaysia- The Criminal Procedure Code- was based on the indian criminal code. Similarly,the contract act is based on the indian model. Malaysian land law is based on the Australian Torrens system.

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