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Sources of Malaysian Law - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Legislature
      - Executive Council
      - Legislative Assembly (Dewan Undangan Negeri)
      - State Employee
  - - - deals with the details about which legislature has nither the time nor the technical knowledge to enact laws
- - - - Declaratory Precedent
        
        a judge applies an existing rule of law without
        extending it
      - Original Precedent
        
        if the case before the judge is without precedent, then the decision has to be made based on justice, equity and good conscience
  - - - betrothal, marriage, divorce, nullity of marriage, guardianship or custody of infants
    - - imprisonment up to 3 years
      - Whipping up to six strokes
      - fine up to RM5000
      - Combination of all the above
  - - - Absence of local law
      - Suitability to local circumstances