Law in Malaysia
Law in Malaysia
Law in Malaysia
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The states of Sabah and Sarawak jo<strong>in</strong>ed Malaya and<br />
S<strong>in</strong>gapore to form <strong>Malaysia</strong> <strong>in</strong> 1963, and there are<br />
special laws applicable only to these two states. An<br />
important area <strong>in</strong> this regard is the immigration law.<br />
Other areas of law peculiar to these two states is land<br />
law. Generally, land matters and natural resource<br />
management is a federal law matter. However, there<br />
are special provisions <strong>in</strong> the Constitution allow<strong>in</strong>g for<br />
the states of Sabah and Sarawak to create separate<br />
legislations. For example, <strong>in</strong> the Pen<strong>in</strong>sular, the<br />
National Land Code governs most of the laws relat<strong>in</strong>g to<br />
land. In Sabah, the ma<strong>in</strong> legislation is the Sabah Land<br />
Ord<strong>in</strong>ance; and <strong>in</strong> Sarawak, the Sarawak Land Code.<br />
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