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Malaysian Legal System (LU1) Part 1 - Coggle Diagram
Malaysian Legal System (LU1) Part 1
Function of law
Protect our general safety
Ensure our right as citizens against abuses by other people
shaping moral standards
promoting social justice
facilitating orderly change
provide a basis for compromise
to help in facilitating a plan
What is law?
body of rules which are enforced by a country or state
Legislation
process of making or enacting laws
How to legislate a law?
written by legislators (senators/congressmen)
An act ➡ Bill (it must be passed by both senate and house of representatives)
Bill = final proposal of a law
Difference between act & regulation
Act
What?
Legislation passed by the parliament
Can only amended by another act of parliament
Regulation
a.k.a "subsidiary legislation"
require publishing in government gazette to become legal
Difference between act & code
Act
a formal decision, law, by the legislature/ruler/court
Code
systematically arranged collection of laws, rules, regulations
Difference between an act and policy
Act
Piece of legislation; base for forming a law
Parliament houses pass a bill (proposed form of an act) ➡ President approves the bill ➡ then it becomes an act
if the act is implemented & people are bound to abide by its obligations ➡ it becomes law ➡ come with penalty