Law in Malaysia

The Federal Court of Malaysia is the highest judicial authority
and the final court of appeal in Malaysia. The country,
although federally constituted, has a single-structured judicial
system consisting of two parts - the superior courts and the
subordinate courts. The subordinate courts are the Magistrate
Courts and the Sessions Courts whilst the superior courts are
the two High Courts of co-ordinate jurisdiction and status,
one for Peninsular Malaysia and the other for the States of
Sabah and Sarawak, the Court of Appeal and the Federal
Court. The Federal Court, earlier known as the Supreme
Court and renamed the Federal Court vide Act A885 effective
from June 24, 1994, stands at the apex of this pyramid.
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