Special Court In Malaysia

Putrajaya march 19 bernama a special court on corruption was proposed to ensure that such cases were given the time and emphasis by the courts said prime minister tun dr mahathir mohamad.

Special court in malaysia. On the 22nd of june 2017 prime minister najib tun razak launched the special court for sexual crimes against children. The magistrates court the court for children and the sessions court are subordinate courts. The juvenile court is paralleled in jurisdiction with the magistrate s court. The special court has exclusive jurisdiction to try all offences committed in the federation by the yang di pertuan agong or the ruler of a state and all civil cases by or against the yang di pertuan agong or the ruler of a state notwithstanding where the cause of action arose.

Malaysia is setting up a special court to tackle rising numbers of human trafficking cases in a move welcomed by campaigners who hope it will deliver justice to victims. In 2008 the first veterans court was created. Outside the court hierarchy are the syariah courts penghulu s courts and the native courts. The high court court of appeal and the federal court are superior courts.

Thus this creates two separate local jurisdiction of the courts for peninsular malaysia and for east malaysia. Of the older such courts usually article i tribunals is the court of appeals for the armed forces founded in 1951 which functions as an appeal court for military and economic offences. Common forms of special courts include drug courts family courts and traffic courts. The malaysian special court for malay rulers will deal with any offences committed by the yang di pertuan agong and not the international criminal court icc said lawyer edmund bon above today.

Thismeans that no proceedings in the special court can be broughtagainst the yang dipertuan agong or a ruler of a state in hisofficial capacity though strictly speaking the special court is not part of thehierarchy of courts in malaysia nevertheless as aconstitutional court a brief mention of it has to be made indiscussing the judicial system in malaysia composition of the special.